Experience

  1. Associate Professor

    Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

  2. Senior Medical Officer

    Armed Forces Medical Services, India
    Worked as a Physician, Public Health Specialist and Epidemiologist at Largest Air Base in Asia

  3. Commanding Officer

    Station Health Organization, Jalandhar Cantt

  4. Assistant Professor

    Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
    Worked as first Clinical Tutor in the Department of Community Medicine at AFMC, Pune

  5. Medical Officer

    Armed Forces Medical Services, India
    Worked as Medical Officer in Counterinsurgency Areas in Jammu and Kashmir, and the North Eastern states of India. Worked as Regimental Medical Officer with GUARDS and JAT regiments.

Education

  1. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

    Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

  2. Doctorate of Medicine (MD Community Medicine)

    Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
    Thesis on Organizational Support to Spinal Cord Injury Patients. Supervised by Maj Gen (Prof). Rajat Prakash. Published a paper in Journal of Marine Medical Society, with Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) Gold Medal and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MHS) Certificate of Appreciation.

  3. Diplomat National Board (DNB Preventive and Social Medicine)

    Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
    Recieved President’s NBE Gold Medal for standing first in India.

  4. PhD Epidemiology (Data Science in Healthcare)

    Sree Chitra Tirunal Instite for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
    Thesis on Data Science Approach for Spatiotemporal Modeling and Forecasting of Dengue in Punjab, India. Supervised by Prof. Biju Soman. Published 4 papers in Spatial and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology, Ecological Informatics, ICT4D UiO Norway, and Int J Community Med Public Health, with best PhD paper award at National Conference of the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine at PGIMER, Chandigarh (IAPSMCON 2021)IAPSMCON 2021 (PGIMER, Chandigarh) and Gavin Mooney Prize at National Conference of the Indian Health Economics and Policy Association, Flame University, Pune (IHEPA 2024).
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Skills & Hobbies
Healthcare Professional
Preventive Medicine
Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
Study Designs
Health System Analysis
Health Technology Assessments
Programming Skills
R programming (Positron/ RStudio)
Health Data Science
Infectious Disease Modelling
Spatial and Spatiotemporal Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Awards
DGAFMS Gold Medal
Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, India ∙ April 2015
Awarded for scoring highest marks in grading exam for MD(Community Medicine)
President Gold Medal
National Board of Examinations, India ∙ June 2016
Awarded for scoring highest marks in India for DNB (Preventive and Social Medicine)
GOC Appreciation Certificate and Medallion
General Officer Commanding, 11 Corps Headquaters, Indian Army ∙ August 2017
Awarded as recognition of Public Health services provided in Jalandhar Cantonment
Best PhD Paper Award
Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine ∙ January 2021
Awarded during the National Conference (IAPSMCON) held at PGIMER, Chandigarh
Excellent Grading and Best Speaker Award
Medical Training Centre, Indian Air Force ∙ August 2022
Awareded during Senior Medical Officer Administrative Course held in 2022
AOC Appreciation Certificate
Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station, Hindan ∙ October 2023
Awarded as recognition of Public Health and Epidemiological services provided at the Largest Air Base in Asia
Runner up Public Health Trophy
Director General Medical Services, Indian Air Force ∙ January 2024
Awarded as recognition of best practices in Public Health in Indian Air Force
Gavin Mooney Prize
Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA) ∙ January 2024
Awarded as best PhD paper presented during National Conference of IHEPA 2024
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