Academic Qualifications

Ph.D in Applied Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, 1985

M.Sc in Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1977

B.Sc in Mathematics, Madras University, 1975

Professional Record

Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Since August 2010

Honorary Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, January 2000 -August 2010

Consultant, Department of Gender, Women and Health, WHO, Geneva, September 2009-June 2010

Consultant, Ford Foundation's Education, Sexuality and Religion Unit, June-October 2008

Consultant, WHO, Western Pacific Region, Manila, September 2006-June 2008

Technical Officer (P5) working from Trivandrum, for the Dept. of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, Geneva to work on providing technical support to countries for conducting training on Gender and Rights in Reproductive Health, October 2005- August 2006; September 2004-August 2005; & June 2003-March 2004

Working from Geneva, Gender and Health Specialist (P4 and later P5), Department of Gender, Women and Health, WHO, Geneva , May 2002 - April 2003 and May 2001-January 2002

Technical Officer (P4), WHO, Geneva, editing a publication on gender and reproductive health and rights , April 2000-April 2001

APW for one year, and Short-term Consultant (starting July 99) for WHO South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India, preparing a regional profile On Women's Health, April 1998-October 1999

Coeditor of REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MATTERS (Part-time). This is an international peer-reviewed journal included in Medline, October 1992-December 1998

Faculty member at the Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, June 1988 March 1993

Worked with the Women's Health and Development Program, and with the maternal health (later Safe Motherhood) Program of the Division of Family Health, WHO, Geneva, in various short term consultancies, and for the year 1987-88 as technical officer, October 1983 - April 1988

Area of Interest

Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Gender and Health, Health Systems and Health Financing, Health Policy and Advocacy

Current Activities

Teaching in the MPH Programme. Modules taught: Health and Development (3 credits)

Health economics (2 credits), Health Policy-2 (1 credit).

Teaching in the DPH Programme: Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 credits)

Supervising MPH dissertations

Ph.D guide

Membership

Member, External Advisory Panel, UNFPA, New York

Member, External Advisory Group, UNFPA Regional Office for Asia-Pacific, Bangkok

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, WHO

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Reproductive Health Matters, London

Member, Steering Committee of 2012 Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva, Switzerland.

Chair person, CommonHealth Coalition for maternal-neonatal health and safe abortion, India

(Past) Member of Women's Health and Gender Equity Knowledge Network of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.

(Past) Member of the United Nations Task Force on Maternal and Neonatal Health set up by the Millennium Development Project of the United Nations.

Publications