Nitya Balagopalan

Experienced public health researcher and physician specializing in community medicine, with a strong background in health systems strengthening, clinical management, and program evaluation. Skilled in program implementation, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and data analysis, with a passion for advancing equitable healthcare delivery. Areas of expertise include public health research, primary health care, maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, mental health, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases.

• Basic Health Economics | PGIMER, Chandigarh (2023)
• Basic Human Subjects Research, Johns Hopkins University (CITI Program) 2020
• Advanced Epidemiology & Biostatistics | PGIMER, Chandigarh (2019)
• Maternal Death Surveillance & Near Miss Review | Directorate of Family Welfare (2018)
• Immunization updates, Rotavirus Vaccination and Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance | New Delhi (2020)
• Basic Epidemiology & Biostatistics | St. Johns Research Institute, Bengaluru (2018)

• Field Monitor, Intensified Mission Indradhanush, 2017, 2018
• Study Medical Officer, WHO India Polio Seroprevalence Study, 2019
• Volunteer advocate for Mental health awareness, Samvad, Being Lagom

Fluent: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Proficient: Marathi, Basic: Tamil

• Plenary session on Holistic primary healthcare by fostering participation, integration, collaboration and equity, IAPSM, Mangalore, Karnataka, 2024-01-01
• A cross-sectional assessment of COVID-appropriate behaviors in rural areas of Chhattisgarh, India, International SBCC Summit, Marrakech, Morocco, 2022-01-01
• Prevalence and risk factors of gestational diabetes, IAPSM, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 2019-01-01
• Comparison of WHO, IADPSG and DIPSI diagnostic criteria for diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus, North Zone IAPSM, Mewat, Haryana, 2019-01-01
• Physical activity pattern of pregnant women and its association with GDM, IPHA National Conference, AIIMS New Delhi, 2020-01-01

• Balagopalan N, Siddiqui A, Srivastava A, Lalchandani K, Khandelwal S, Health and nutritional status of rural women, J Natl Hum Rights Comm, 2024-01-01, 23, 85-94
• Murali K, Balagopalan N, Benawari J, Bairagi AK, Heggannanavar NV, Srivastava A, Knowledge, attitude, and practices related to COVID-19 among poor and marginalized communities in central India: A cross-sectional study, PLoS ONE, 2022-01-01, 17, 4, e0264639, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264639
• Balagopalan N, Pathak R, Islam F, Nigam A, Kapur P, Agarwal S, Diagnostic accuracy of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of India (DIPSI) criteria for screening gestational diabetes mellitus in a primary care setting, Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2021-01-01, 7, 25-30
• Agarwalla R, Panda M, Gupta E, Balagopalan N, Pathak R, Snapshot of an improved maternal health in India: The pillars of strength, Pan Asian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2019-01-01, 2, 1, 37-42