Research Projects

Current Projects:

1. After the single use: Rethinking medical devices for reuse, renewal, and resilience.   Wellcome Trust Discovery Award, in Collaboration with Edinburgh University.

2. From Asia to Africa: Antibiotic Trajectories across the Indian Ocean (FAR), PI, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo. August 2022- August 2024.

Completed Projects:

1. Regional Road map for health security and health system resilience. WHO SEARO, INR 1551308. (June -August 2022). CO-I

2. Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of ECD (parenting and play practices of 0–6-year-old children) in Telangana. Aga Khan Foundation, INR 11,00,000 (April - June 2022). Co-I

3. Explaining the differential severity of COVID-19 between Indians in India and the UK (DiSeCT). UKRI-DBT COVID 19 Initiative. INR 2,50,00,000. May 2021- Nov 2022. Co-I

4. Strengthening Multi-Sectoral Partnerships for Delivering Public Health Services in Primary Care Settings. Infosys Foundation, 25,35,193, (October 2020-September 2022) Co-I

5. Technology for Inclusive Health: A proof of concept action research project among Tribal’s in Telangana and Karnataka. Duration: 10/2015 to 12/2019 (Funded by DST SERB & PHFI-Public Health Research Initiative) INR 30 Lakhs, PI.

6. Health and Wellbeing among cottonseed girls in Telangana and Maharashtra. Duration: 04/2017 to 03/2020 (Funded by CEH, PHFI-TISS) INR 40 Lakhs, PI.  

7.  Interface between community and the health system: A case study of Kyasanur forest disease - An emerging tropical disease in India. Duration: 04/2017 to 12/2020 (Funded by SEARO, WHO) INR 973800, PI.

8. Social Monitoring and Social Audit of Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Project, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Duration: 03/2018 to 04/2018 (Funded by APPCB) INR 580459, PI.

9. Feasibility, perceived effectiveness and the politico-legal environment around introduction of standardized packaging and the impact of larger graphic health warnings as tobacco control measures in India. Duration: 07/2015 to 12/2015. (Funded by University of Oxford) INR 6,39,000. Co-PI.

10.  Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) around responsive caregiving for children of 0-3 years in Telangana. Duration:  August-December 2019, Co-PI.

11.  Evaluation of Dakshata program in Rajasthan and AP, India. Duration: October 2016- December 2019 ( Funded by Children’s Investment Fund Foundation), USD 471991(INR 30679415), Co-PI.

12. Implementation science of Dakshata Program – USD 52,175 (INR 3711875) Duration: April 2019- March 2020, Co-PI.

13. Investigation of disease outbreaks in different geographical areas in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Government of Andhra Pradesh. INR 4,00,000. Duration: March-June 2021. Co-PI

14. Decolonising Mental Health Curriculum in India. Duration: August 2019- July 2020. UCL Global Engagement Funds 2020/21, Co-PI.

15. Programme for Evidence to inform Disability Action (PENDA), August 2021 -April 2022 LSHTM, Co-I.

16.  A Comprehensive Cancer Care Model to Catalyze the Cancer Prevention and Control Activities for the State of Telangana. Duration: December 2020 -April 2021 Roche, 25,18,351, Co-I.

17. COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO) initiative in Telangana, India. Duration: May 2020 - November 2020 Co-PI

Consultancy Projects:

1.  Indian School of Business (ISB) for a grants project: "Studying the private provider practices for effective management of hypertension". Funded by Resolve to Save Life. INR 14,08524 (April-Dec 2020)

2.  Indian School of Business (ISB) to lead qualitative research component for the project “Incentivizing fruit and vegetable consumption in urbanising India”. $5,253.31.  (January 1, 2019- May 31 2020.)

3.  DiaDev: A Research Study Investigating the Design and Use of Diagnostic Devices in Global Health. (with Edinburgh University, Funded by European Union)