GRANTS OBTAINED
a. Ongoing
i. As Principal Investigator
Targeted Intervention (TI) project in the South Zone, by the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO). Funding Agency – the Global Fund Grant 2024-27, Year- 2025.
Future Proofing Public Health Education. Funding Agency – SRMIST Selective Excellence Grant 2025; Year- 2025.
Assessment of Unintentional Elderly Injuries and Injury Surveillance’ in Paniya Tribes of Nilgiris District Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi, April 2023.
ii. As Co-Principal Investigator
iii. As Co-Principal Investigator
b. Completed
i. As Principal Investigator
1. Public-Private Partnerships for increasing Hepatitis B vaccination among Irula tribes in Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2019.
2. Efficacy of Homoeopathic prophylaxis Arsenicum Album against COVID-19 (EPAC): A Cluster randomized controlled trial. Funding Agency – Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi; Year- 2020.
3. Assessment of childhood injuries and establishment of Mobile base community Childhood injury Surveillance system (m-CCISS) among tribal children in Tamilnadu. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2017.
ii. As Co Principal-investigator
1) Assessment of Heamoglobinopathies and G6PDs in Tribal areas of Dharmapuri District - A multi centric ICMR Task Force Study. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2019.
iii. As Co-investigator
1. “Estimate the burden of TB among the tribal population and develop an innovative health system model to strengthen TB control in the tribal areas”- Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2018.
2. Magnitude of Childhood Injuries in India - A multi centric ICMR task Force Study. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2018.
a. Ongoing
i. As Co-Principal Investigator
National Family Health Survey 6 (NFHS 6) Tamil Nadu North and Puducherry. Funding Agency - International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) Mumbai, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 2023.
b. Completed
i. As Co-Principal Investigator
1. Baseline Study on Introduction of Fortified Rice in Pt MGR Nutritious Meal Programme and ICDS in 5 Districts. Funding Agency - SRCW, Government of Tamilnadu.2018.
2. Evaluation Study on “Distribution of Aids and Appliances to the Differently Abled”- in Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency - Department of Evaluations and Applied Research, Government of Tamilnadu.2018.
3. Impact Evaluation Study on “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)” in Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency - Department of Evaluations and Applied Research, Government of Tamilnadu.2016-18.
4. Evaluation of Integrated Child Development Service Scheme (ICDS) on Health and Nutritional status of Children in 32 districts in Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency - Department of Evaluations and Applied Research, Government of Tamilnadu.2015-17.
Zonal Coordinator - Monitoring the Access to Equitable Services & Infrastructure of 24X7 PHCS for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) care In Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri funded by UNICEF India, 2013.
Project Coordinator - Public private partnerships to reduce the burden of under 5 morbidity and mortality in rural India. A Health system research project of ICMR at Rural Unit of Health and Social Affairs, CMC Vellore, 2011-2012.
Research Associate- Role of intestinal dysfunction in the nutritional compromise seen in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in rural India. Tufts University, CMC Vellore, 2011-2012.
Epidemiologist - Determinants and correlates of water quality and diarrheal diseases in Shillong, Meghalayala, 2011.
Post-Graduate Research – Factors Associated with The Risk of Fall in Elderly. A Community-Based Case-Control Study in Kaniyambadi Block, Tamilnadu. 2010.
PhD Research – Magnitude and Determinants Associated with The Risk of Unintentional Injuries Among the Elderly in Tamilnadu. A Community Based Injury Prediction Model.2020.