Prof. Divya Aggarwal - Divya has completed her Ph.D (Management) in the area of Human Resources from prestigious Amity University, Noida. She did her graduation from Delhi University in the field of Instrumentation. After that, she did her M.B.A specializing in Human Resources and Finance from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. She has more than 17 years of Academic and consultancy experience and has diverse knowledge of the corporate world. Led the first cycle of NAAC accreditation, demonstrating her commitment to quality standards and successfully got ‘A’ grade for the institution. Divya is an expert on long-term success. Dr. Divya leverages her academic background and extensive consultancy experience to empower organizations with strategies for sustainable growth and lasting success. Under her supervision, nine post graduate students carried out research work in the area of Zoonoses which was funded by International organization. She had carried out research project on workload assessment of ANMs funded by UNICEF and has carried out various projects related to strategy and HR viz., strategy evaluation, workforce planning, competency mapping, talent retention strategies at the corporate level. She conducted Attitude Survey of Employees of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC Bank Ltd) on 16 parameters on All India Basis and made Action Plan. She has conducted various trainings and workshops on areas related to Conflict management, team building and leadrship in various organizations and b-schools. 

Dr. Sumant Kumar Swain has a background in social sciences and awarded M Phil and Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Before joining IIHMR-Delhi, he has worked with NCERT, New Delhi, India. Dr. Swain has more than fifteen years of experience in national health programme evaluations, operational and formative research projects using both qualitative and quantitative methods in various health and social programmes. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Oriental Studies under Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia in different assignments under Indo-Russian Cultural Exchange Program by Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), Government of India. He has published one book, seven edited books and many research papers in different disciplines. His areas of interest are health survey research, implementation research, programme evaluation, project management, monitoring & evaluation, NGO management, health system research, health governance and health security.

Dr. Rupsa Banerjee has done her MBBS and MD in Community Medicine from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, following which she completed DNB in Community Medicine. She also received PG Diploma in Mental Health from IGNOU and Diploma in Community Mental Health from NIMHANS.  

Rupsa is a public health specialist with over 9 years of diverse experience in the fields of medical education, clinical and patient care, public health research, health systems strengthening, providing technical support to public health programmes and capacity building.   

She has contributed to the operationalization of Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) across the country and has conducted 13 national level training programmes for the delivery of Comprehensive Primary Health Care through AB-HWCs.  

She was actively engaged in research priority setting for states under the implementation research for health systems strengthening (IR-HSS) platform under the National Health Mission to support research for health systems strengthening.  

She has conducted five funded/commissioned research projects as Co-PI/ Co-investigator in the fields of maternal and child health and non-communicable diseases, including two multicentric multi-country international projects funded by NIHR UK (PREVENT study) and Thrasher Foundation (EMBRACE trial). For the multicentric projects, she is actively involved in conducting process evaluation, quality monitoring and clinical audits to improve the overall quality of project execution. 

She has over 25 publications in renowned national and international academic journals, medical textbooks and health magazines and has contributed to developing several policy documents, programme operational guidelines and training modules for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 

Dr. Mukesh Ravi Raushan is Assistant Professor at International Institute of Health Management Research, Delhi. Dr. Raushan is a demographer by training and having interest in empirical methods like causal analysis, simultaneous equation modelling and inferential statistics other than sampling design and survey research methods.

His work focuses on, but not limited to, technical demography, nutrition, population and development, intervention research, process evaluation, violence, gender, adolescent, ageing and mental health. In recent years, he has written extensively on adolescent health, ageing, and survey research methods in developing countries and its linkages with critical indicators of population, health and development. Dr. Raushan has published over 18 articles, chapters and scientific reports.

His expertise in monitoring, learning and evaluation; survey design and sampling; data collection techniques, data management, and data analysis is an asset. In recent years, Dr. Raushan largely worked on health & mortality, disease burden, abortion, reproductive health, high-risk group, medical anthropology, ageing, adolescent health, gender and development, and global health. For monitoring, learning and supervision, other than research, he remained resourceful on research methodology, survey research methods, data structure, management, analysis, statistical and projection software. His area of interest are statistics, applied and technical demography, survey research, monitoring, learning and evaluation (MLE), data quality assurance, public health and policy, programme evaluations and intervention studies.

Before joining IIHMR-Delhi, he was associated with Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Situation of Adolescent, Dasra, Impact Foundation; Evidence Action, and Sigma Research. Dr. Raushan is interested in applying his research and technical expertise to provide evidence-based support to explore an unexplored area of research other than teaching and capacity building.

He completed his Master and PhD in Population Study from International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS). His doctoral work was on human capital and intra-familial relationships.

Dr. Sukesh Bhardwaj is an IT professional with 9+ years of work experience in Information technology domain. By qualification, he is a Ph.D. in Cloud Computing, MCA, Cisco Certified Network Associate. He has also done Global Net Plus Diploma in Systems and Networking from NIIT.

He has worked at IIHMR Delhi as a Senior System Analyst-IT Deptt. Head more than 7 years. He worked as an IT Coordinator in National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) Odisha State and (NFHS-4) Chhattisgarh State under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He has an extensive experience in Technical Trainings, SOP Development, Systems Planning & Designing, Integration and development.

He has expertise on several types of ERPs for Real-Estate, and Education industry. CRM’s, Payroll and biometric Systems, Security Surveillance systems, He is also engaged in Academic Teaching and other trainings within the organization.

Dr. Pijush Kanti Khan is an Assistant Professor at the International Institute of Health Management Research, Delhi. He is a trained demographer and health economist with a keen interest in empirical research. Previously, Dr. Pijush worked as a Senior Research Officer at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai. His primary areas of interest include Applied Demography, Economic Aspects of Healthcare, Maternal and Child Health, Quantitative Data Analysis, Model Specification, and Multilevel Modelling.

Dr. Pijush has authored several publications in esteemed international journals such as The Milbank Quarterly, Social Science & Medicine, Tropical Medicine & International Health, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, BMC Series, and Royal Society for Public Health. These publications reflect his dedication to conducting rigorous research that addresses crucial healthcare challenges. He has extensive experience in working with Indian sample survey datasets- National Family Health Survey (NFHS), National Sample Survey (NSS), and District Level Household Survey (DLHS).

Dr. Pijush obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. His doctoral research focused on 'Health Insurance, Healtcare Utilization, and Health Spending in India'. His commitment to empirical research, data-driven analysis, and the exploration of key healthcare issues positions him as a valuable asset in the pursuit of evidence-based solutions to enhance population health and well-being.

A Medical Graduate, Post-Graduate in Hospital Management & Ph.D. in Hospital Management / Hospital Administration. Advanced Diploma in Computer Software and Applications. Course Director - Executive Program on Hospital Management, IIC Member, Life member of the Academy of Hospital Administration. Editorial Review Board Member of the Academy of Marketing Studies Journal. Guest co-editor of the Journal of Autonomous Intelligence. Reviewer of Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management. About 15 years of industry & and academic experience in the fields of Hospital Administration / Management, Hospital operations, Medical Administration, Nursing Administration, Clinical & and clinical operations, Hospital Planning and design, budgeting, Purchase, Finance, Business Development, P&L management, Supply Chain Management, Accounting, Internal Quality Management & Audit, Inventory & Legal aspects, MRD, Bio-medical Equipment - procurement & maintenance and Drugs- Budgeting and Planning, Grievance Handling, Hospital Manpower Planning, HMIS system, MIS, Quality Assurance - NABH & NABL accreditation. 

Worked for the Apollo Clinics, An Apollo Hospitals Group Initiative at the operations level & in an administrative role for four years. Worked as Asst. Medical Superintendent for more than eight years in a Medical College Hospital with a total bed capacity of over 1400 Beds. a tertiary care multi-specialty Hospital and Regional Cancer Institute attached with PT. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Worked with State Health Resource Centre- SHRC, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Chhattisgarh as Sr. Consultant. 

Besides this have attended various International & National conferences, seminars, training programs, and workshops and have presented various papers at National & International Conferences/seminars. Have written various papers in National and International Journals of repute. 

Have been Awarded under the GOLD and SILVER category by the Skoch Foundation at the 47th Skoch Summit, held at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. Awarded by the Honorable Health Minister of State of Chhattisgarh, Mr. T.S. Singdeoji & Chairman of Chhattisgarh Women’s Commission Ms. Kiran Mai Nayak for exemplary work in the Medical College Hospital in fighting the COVID pandemic on 23rd Dec 2021 held at Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

Ratika Samtani is a Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Delhi and was awarded the Teaching Fellowship by University of Delhi while pursuing her research. She has also cleared UGC-NET.

Ratika worked as an Assistant Professor at Amity University, Noida for a span of ten years. She was also awarded the Young Investigators award by Department of Biotechnology for her project proposal in the field of Cancer Biology. Under this, she was the Principal Investigator of the DBT funded project, “Screening and Epigenetic Profiling of Ovarian Cancer in Malwa region of Punjab” for a span of four years. She has supervised and mentored a number of doctoral students’ scholars in their research endeavors.

Ratika has carried out a number of research projects and published articles in the area of environmental health, pesticide toxicity, cancer epigenetics, infectious diseases, bio-social determinants of health, genetics of complex disorders, beta thalassemia, sickle cell anemia etc. She has published more than 25 research articles in national and international journals of repute and has presented papers in various National and International Conferences. She has also developed e-content modules for online learning platforms like e-pg pathshala and e-gyan kosh. 

Ratika also held the position of Manager-Learning and Development at NatureNurture Eduserv, where she created curriculum using a variety of pedagogical approaches (such as Bloom's taxonomy, the Theory of Cognitive Development by Jean Piaget, Howard Gardner's Model of Multiple Intelligences, and 21st century skills).

Dr. Himanshu Tolani has done Ph.D. in Statistics, titled “ Assessment of Event Dynamics through Bayesian Models” from the Department of Statistics, University of Delhi and prior to that he has done M.Phil. and Masters in Statistics.  In past, Himanshu has worked in the domain of Statistics as an academician and a researcher in universities and research institutes. Dr. Himanshu’s specialization lies in Data Visualization, Bayesian Inference, Applied Bayesian Modelling, Spatial-Temporal Modelling, and related statistical analysis.  Dr. Himanshu has published his research on applications of Bayesian models in various aspects like Crime, Pollution, Cricket , Covid-19 and Malnutrition in indexed journals. Dr. Himanshu is a Biostatistics faculty at IIHMR, Delhi and handling various research projects and preparing research manuscripts for public health using advanced statistical methods.