| Profiles
of the Members of the SHRC Core Team
The
SHRC core team comprises of Dr. T. Sundararaman, the Director and
designated Programme Coordinators. The profiles of the core team
members are described below.
Dr.
T. Sundararaman : A postgraduate in general medicine, Dr.
Sundararaman is on deputation from his post as professor of medicine at
JIPMER, a central government institution located at Pondicherry. Dr.
Sundararaman has been actively involved in both the People’s Science
and Literacy Movements and in Health Movements in the country. He is a
founder member of the All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN) and
the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS). Dr. Sundararaman has been on
deputation to the Literacy Mission, Government of India from 1991 to
1993. He was one of the national coordinators of the People’s Health
Assembly, 2000 and the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan. As a part of his
association with the People’s Health Movement, he was involved with
initiating and guiding community health interventions in more than 30
blocks of the country in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar,
and Jharkhand. Dr. Sundararaman has authored over 60 books in the area
of health education and health policy.
As
the Director of the State Health Resource Centre, Dr. Sundararaman has
steered the work of the Centre and has been involved in the
conceptualisation, operationalisation and implementation of the Mitanin
Programme and the Health Sector Reforms in Chhattisgarh. As a member of
the NRHM Mentoring and the Coordinating Committee, he has been guiding
the development of the Mission in a pro-poor direction, and has been
involved in various aspects of revising and formulating training modules
for the ASHA Programme, facilitating the initiation of the NRHM process
in different states and recommending architectural corrections of the
health sector. Dr. Sundararaman is considered an advocate of public
health and as a sectoral resource.
V.R.
Raman: A postgraduate in English and Linguistics, Raman has been
a cultural activist since an early age. He has been involved with the
Kerala Shashtra Sahitya Parishad, the precursor of the Science Movement
in Kerala for over 18 years. He has been the National Coordinator for
North India for the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti for 9 years and has been
involved in the People’s Health assembly as the Convenor for the Uttar
Pradesh Chapter. He was also the chief functionary for "A Multi
Sectoral Approach to Health" a government of India pilot
study on decentralised district health planning funded by UNDP in 2
districts of U.P/Uttaranchal- Raebareli & Pithoragarh.
As
the State Programme Coordinator of Mitanin Programme in the State Health
Resource Centre, Raman has been actively involved in designing the
Mitanin Programme, formulating training modules and conducting training
for the various cadres of health personnel, in creating monitoring and
evaluation criteria and formats for health information systems for the
Programme.
Dr.
Premanjali Deepti Singh: A clinician with expertise in obstetrics, Dr.
Singh has worked for over two decades in Mission Hospitals across
Northern India. She is a member of the Executive Committee for Mission
Hospitals in Chhattisgarh as well as the Executive member of
Chhattisgarh Multipurpose Polytechnic.
As
a Programme Coordinator in the State Health Resource Centre, Dr. Singh
has been playing an anchor role in conceptualising the health sector
reforms in the state of Chhattisgarh, and has authored related documents
and policy briefs like the Standard Treatment Guidelines, Drug
Formulary, guidelines for Emergency Obstetric Care for medical officers
and the malaria control strategy.
Dr.
Kamlesh Jain: A postgraduate in Preventive and Social Medicine, Dr.
Jain also holds a postgraduate diploma in Maternal and child Health. He
has been involved as a volunteer in various community health initiatives
with the JNM Medical College, Raipur and has served as a medical officer
and director at the Prani Mitra Charitable Hospital.
As
a Programme Coordinator of the State Health Resource Centre, Dr. Jain
has been made significant contributions to the operationalisation of the
Mitanin Programme on the field. He has been extending his support to
different cadres of the field staff in the Programme as well as in
monitoring their performance and formulating evaluation formats and
health information systems.
Avinash
Loomba: A postgraduate in Public Administration, and also a
mechanical engineer, Avinash started his career as ICDS Project and
worked for 8 years in capacities of CDPO and District Project Officer
,left ICDS , he worked with CARE for 4 years as
Capacity Building Officer .
Avinash
joined State Health Resource Centre
as Programme Coordinator in 2006 and he is supporting Mitanin
programme at state level.
Rambir Singh
Sikarwar: A postgraduate in Management with specialization in
Hospital Management, Rambir is perusing a Ph.D in Public Health .Started
his career as Consultant in World Bank funded project at State Institute
of Health Management and Communication, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh).He was
working as State Training Manager under Reproductive and Child Health
Project II and NRHM at State Programme Management Unit, Dehradun (Uttaranchal)
Rambir
Singh is working as Programme Coordinator in State Health Resource
Centre focusing on capacity building of District health resource groups
under Public Health Resource Network. He is responsible for the
documentation and dissemination of experience under Public Health
initiatives like Mitanin Programme in Chhattisgarh
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