ANNUAL REPORT - 2006-07

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE, PGIMER, CHANDIGARH.

 FACULTY

Professor and Head                  Rajesh Kumar                       MD, MSc (Epid), FIPHA, FIAPSM

Professor                                  Amarjeet Singh                      MD, FIAPSM

Additional Professor                 Arun Kumar Aggarwal          MD, DNB (HHA)

Assistant Professor                   J. S. Thakur                          MD, DNB (FM), FIPHA

Dr. Rajesh Kumar was elected Chief Editor of Indian Journal of Community Medicine. He received Dr. R. N. Roy Memorial Best Paper Award for his research paper published in the Indian Journal of Public Health. He delivered Dr. B. C. Dasgupta Memorial Oration “Making Right to Health a Reality in India” in 50th All India Annual Conference of Indian Public Health Association, 19 to 21 January 2007, Kolkata. He was invited as a speaker in the 16th International AIDS Conference, 13 to 18 August 2006, Toronto, and also delivered a lecture in the National Conference on Research in HIV/AIDS, 21 to 23 April 2006, New Delhi and in the International Expert Group Meeting on National Rural Health Mission organized by the Earth Institute, Columbia University, 2 August 2006, New Delhi. He chaired a scientific session in 34th National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM), 22 to 24 February 2007, New Delhi, 13th Annual Symposium of Ranbaxy Science Foundation on Impact of Lifestyle on Cardiovascular Health, 20 March 2007, New Delhi and in the Workshop on Choosing Health: An Opportunity for India organized by the Centre for Global Health Research Toronto, 5 to 6 January 2007, New Delhi. WHO SEARO appointed him as Temporary Advisor in the National Capacity Strengthening Workshop for Program Managers on Integrated Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases, 12 to 16 March 2007, Kathmandu. Govt. of India selected him for the Technical Resource Group on HIV Surveillance and Estimation, and ICMR nominated him to Indo-US Joint Working Group on Maternal and Child Health, Steering Committee of National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau and to the Scientific Advisory Group of the Division of Reproductive Health and Nutrition.