Senior Research Associate
Officiating Dean (Academic Programs & Training), IIPH Hyderabad
Honorary Distinguished Professor and Goodwill Ambassador of PHFI for Public Health Partnerships
Director (SACDIR) and Distinguished Professor
Officiating Dean (Research & Policy), IIPH Hyderabad
Assistant Professor
Officiating Dean (Public Health Practice & Community Engagement), IIPH Hyderabad
Advisor (Government Engagement)

IIPH Hyderabad

Name of the Faculty memberCurrent DesignationArea of Specialization E-Mail Id
Dr. GVS MurthyDirectorNon-Communicable Diseases(NCDs) and Injuries
Disability
Eye Health
Community Health
Research Methods
murthy.gvs@iiphh.org
Dr. M JayaramActing DeanLeprosy,
Non-communicable diseases,
Environmental health
jayaram.m@iiphh.org
Dr. Nanda KishoreAdditional ProfessorMedical Anthropology, Public Mental Health, Tribal Health, Community Based Participatory Methods; Health Policy and Systems Research, Qualitative Methods, Research Ethicsnandu.k@iiphh.org
Dr Rajan ShuklaAdditional ProfessorHealth system,
Health Policy Management,
MCH, Blindness,
NCDs, Public health surveillance
rajan.shukla@iiphh.org
Dr. Neena JohnAssociate ProfessorEpidemiology, Data Managemet, Disailigy Reseachneena.sushil@iiphh.org
Dr. Shailaja TetaliAssociate ProfessorDisability, Injury prevention, environment and healthshailaja.t@iiphh.org
Dr. Samiksha SinghAdditional ProfessorMaternal Health,
Early Childhood Development,
Health Systems,
Quality of care, and Epidemiology.
samiksha.singh@iiphh.org
Dr. Suresh Babu MunuswamyAdditional ProfessorHealth Informatics,
Digital Health,
Health Technologies,
Artificial Intelligence,
Digital Surveillance
s.munuswamy@iiphh.org,
s.munuswamy@phfi.org
Dr. Sureshkumar KamalakannanAssociate ProfessorDisability, Health Systems/Policies and Interventions Researchsuresh.kumar@iiphh.org
Dr Shilpa SadanandAssistant ProfessorPsychology, Mental Health, Ageing, Dementiashilpa.sadanand@iiphh.org
Dr. Gowri Krovi IyerAssistant ProfessorPublic Mental Health, Cognitive & Behavioral Sciencesgowri.iyer@iiphh.org
Mr. Hira Ballabh PantSenior LecturerPublic Health Data Management and Data Analysishira@iiphh.org
Dr Sirshendu ChaudhuriAssistant Professorsirshendu@iiphh.org
Dr Varun AgiwalSenior Lecturervarun.agiwal@iiphh.org
Dr. YashaswiniSenior Lectureryashaswini.k@iiphh.org
Dr Nirupama AYLecturernirupama.ay@iiphh.org
Dr Beena VargheseProfessorbeena.varghese@iiphh.org

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Dr. Sunanda Reddy KolliCARENIDHI
Dr. Sanjay KinraLSHTM
Dr. B.R. ShamannaUniversity of Hyderabad
Dr. Sanjeev UpadhyayUNICEF
Prof. Dharmapuri VidyasagarEmeritus Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of 
Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Vijay YeldandiUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Awards

Dr Nanda Kishore KannuriPublic Health Research Initiative Fellowship (3 years)Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board & PHFI
Doctoral Studies (3 years)PHFI-UKC Wellcome Trust Capacity Building Programme
Dr Giridhar BabuPost-doctoral Wellcome Trust Fellowship (5 years)Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance
Neena John SushilPHRI Fellowship (3 years)Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board & PHFI
Dr T N SathyanarayanaWellcome Trust Fellowship on Traditional Complementary Alternative Medicine (3 years)Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance
Dr Biswamitra SahuWellcome Trust Fellowship Gender, Religion and Reproductive Health among Muslims and Hindus in India (3 years)Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance
Dr Shailaja TetaliDoctoral Studies (3 years)PHFI-UKC Wellcome Trust Capacity Building Programme
Dr Samiksha SinghDoctoral Studies (3 years)PHFI-UKC Wellcome Trust Capacity Building Programme
Suresh Kumar KamalakannanDoctoral Studies (3 years)PHFI-UKC Wellcome Trust Capacity Building Programme
Dr Rajan ShuklaDoctoral Studies (3 years)Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium, International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM
Dr Raghupathy AnchalaPost-doctoral Studies (3 years)Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium, International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM
Dr JK Lakshmi  
Hira Ballabh PantInternational Scholar Exchange Programme (3 months)University of Michigan, USA and PHFI
Shivani Mathur GaihaDoctoral Studies (3 years)PHFI-UKC Wellcome Trust Capacity Building Programme
Queens Young Leader Runner-Up Award, 2015-16Queen’s Young Leaders Programme