Dr Ashutosh Kothari

Summary

• Public health professional with more than five years of experience in the development and clinical sector in India.
• Proficient in proposal development, report writing for the government and international organisations, concept note development and other program-related documentation.
• Data analysis and interpretation of the critical process, output and outcome indicators for the high-focus states and Aspirational districts with the data available in NITI Aayog Champions of Change Dashboard, National Family Health Survey, Rural Health Statistics, Longitudinal Aging Study of India, HMIS 2.0, NSSO, PLFS and GBD 2019-IHME.
• Contributed to the policy-making of recent initiatives in the country for creating health systems resilience ecosystems such as primary care guidelines on Mental Neurological and Substance Use, Emergency COVID-19 Response Package, Indian Public Health Standards 2022, revision of National Urban Health Mission framework, Fifteenth Finance Commission and Prime Minister Ayushmaan Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (rural and urban components). Proficient in scientific writing, research papers (systematic literature reviews, original research, secondary analysis, etc.), study design, evaluation, and health need assessments.
• Intersectoral coordination, liaising with all the donors and stakeholders. Part of the National Common Review Mission in 2019, 2021 and 2022 for the states of Uttarakhand, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh.
• Public Health Specialization from JIPMER International School of Public Health, Jawaharlal Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry (An Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India).
• Recipient of prestigious UGC-NET JRF qualified (2023).

• A virtual presentation on 'Programmatic and Legal Preparedness of India on Early Childhood Development' at the 6th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, November 8-12, 2020
• Resource Person to the workshop on health preparedness, planning and management of COVID essential services for North East states from 15.09.2020 to 50.09.2020
• Conducted a session during 'Training of Doctors on Management of COVID-19 in Children' on 30 July 2021 organised by the Directorate General of Health Services, MoHFW, GoI
• Won second runner-up in Oral Presentation at International Palliative Care Conference, at SMVMCH, Puducherry, on the topic 'Awareness and Perception towards Assisted Dying and Voluntary Euthanasia'

• Programmatic and legal preparedness of India on early childhood development, Prev Med Res Rev, 10.4103/PMRR.PMRR_39
• Kothari, Ashutosh; Premarajan, K. C.; Sethuramachandran, Adinarayanan; Subramanian, Sadhana. Assisted Dying and Voluntary Euthanasia: Exploring Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions in a Tertiary Care Setting in South India. Preventive Medicine Research & Reviews, DOI: 10.4103/PMRR.PMRR_58_23
• Urban health in India: from smaller steps to a big leap, Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy, 10.52872/001c.117363
• Making the health system work for over 25 million births annually: drivers of the notable decline in maternal and newborn mortality in India, BMJ Global Health, 9:e011411
• A tale of two exemplars: the maternal and newborn mortality transitions of two state clusters in India, BMJ Global Health, 9:e011413
• Assisted dying and voluntary euthanasia: awareness and perception among health care professionals in a tertiary care centre, South India, International J Community Med Public Health, 7:2280-6
• Prevalence of suicidal ideation, plan, attempts and its associated factors in selected rural and urban areas of Puducherry, India, Oxford Journal of Public Health
• Knowledge Attitude and Practice Toward Covid-19 Disease Among Various Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey, Asian Journal Of Pharmaceutical And Clinical Research, 14, 4, 60-63
• Assisted Dying and Voluntary Euthanasia: Exploring Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions in a Tertiary Care Setting in South India, Preventive Medicine Research & Reviews, 1, 3, 130-133, 10.4103/PMRR.PMRR_58_23
• Public Health Management Cadre in India: Challenges and Road Ahead, IJFMR, 5, 4, July-August 2023, 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4701
• National Ambulance Services in India: A Narrative Review, IJFMR, 5, 5, September-October 2023, 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i05.6517

• Presented paper on Ambulance services in India at The 6th Global Public Health Conference 2023 (March 2023)
• Pre-conference workshop on Implementation Research and Quasi-experimental studies - design and Analysis conducted by IPHACON 2021
• A three-day seminar on GIS conducted by the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, JIPMER (June 2019)
• NPTEL Online course (by National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras) on Health Research Fundamentals

• Sh Rajeev Sadanandan, IAS, CEO, Health Systems Transformation Platform, Former Health Secretary, Government of Kerala
• Dr Himanshu Bhushan, MBBS, MPH, drhbhushan@gmail.com, Former Advisor to National Health Systems Resource Centre (technical support institution with MoHFW) and former Deputy Commissioner and Incharge, Maternal Health, MoHFW, Government of India
• Dr Sitanshu Shekar Kar, MBBS, MD, MBA, FAIMER Fellow (PSG-FRI), drsitanshukar@gmail.com, Professor and Head, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry