Dr. Sumant Kumar Swain has a background in social sciences and awarded M Phil and Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Before joining IIHMR-Delhi, he has worked with NCERT, New Delhi, India. Dr. Swain has more than fifteen years of experience in national health programme evaluations, operational and formative research projects using both qualitative and quantitative methods in various health and social programmes. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Oriental Studies under Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia in different assignments under Indo-Russian Cultural Exchange Program by Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), Government of India. He has published one book, seven edited books and many research papers in different disciplines. His areas of interest are health survey research, implementation research, programme evaluation, project management, monitoring & evaluation, NGO management, health system research, health governance and health security.

Dr. Mukesh Ravi Raushan is Assistant Professor at International Institute of Health Management Research, Delhi. Dr. Raushan is a demographer by training and having interest in empirical methods like causal analysis, simultaneous equation modelling and inferential statistics other than sampling design and survey research methods.

His work focuses on, but not limited to, technical demography, nutrition, population and development, intervention research, process evaluation, violence, gender, adolescent, ageing and mental health. In recent years, he has written extensively on adolescent health, ageing, and survey research methods in developing countries and its linkages with critical indicators of population, health and development. Dr. Raushan has published over 18 articles, chapters and scientific reports.

His expertise in monitoring, learning and evaluation; survey design and sampling; data collection techniques, data management, and data analysis is an asset. In recent years, Dr. Raushan largely worked on health & mortality, disease burden, abortion, reproductive health, high-risk group, medical anthropology, ageing, adolescent health, gender and development, and global health. For monitoring, learning and supervision, other than research, he remained resourceful on research methodology, survey research methods, data structure, management, analysis, statistical and projection software. His area of interest are statistics, applied and technical demography, survey research, monitoring, learning and evaluation (MLE), data quality assurance, public health and policy, programme evaluations and intervention studies.

Before joining IIHMR-Delhi, he was associated with Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Situation of Adolescent, Dasra, Impact Foundation; Evidence Action, and Sigma Research. Dr. Raushan is interested in applying his research and technical expertise to provide evidence-based support to explore an unexplored area of research other than teaching and capacity building.

He completed his Master and PhD in Population Study from International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS). His doctoral work was on human capital and intra-familial relationships.

Dr. Sukesh Bhardwaj is an IT professional with 9+ years of work experience in Information technology domain. By qualification, he is a Ph.D. in Cloud Computing, MCA, Cisco Certified Network Associate. He has also done Global Net Plus Diploma in Systems and Networking from NIIT.

He has worked at IIHMR Delhi as a Senior System Analyst-IT Deptt. Head more than 7 years. He worked as an IT Coordinator in National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) Odisha State and (NFHS-4) Chhattisgarh State under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He has an extensive experience in Technical Trainings, SOP Development, Systems Planning & Designing, Integration and development.

He has expertise on several types of ERPs for Real-Estate, and Education industry. CRM’s, Payroll and biometric Systems, Security Surveillance systems, He is also engaged in Academic Teaching and other trainings within the organization.

Ratika Samtani is a Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Delhi and was awarded the Teaching Fellowship by University of Delhi while pursuing her research. She has also cleared UGC-NET.

Ratika worked as an Assistant Professor at Amity University, Noida for a span of ten years. She was also awarded the Young Investigators award by Department of Biotechnology for her project proposal in the field of Cancer Biology. Under this, she was the Principal Investigator of the DBT funded project, “Screening and Epigenetic Profiling of Ovarian Cancer in Malwa region of Punjab” for a span of four years. She has supervised and mentored a number of doctoral students’ scholars in their research endeavors.

Ratika has carried out a number of research projects and published articles in the area of environmental health, pesticide toxicity, cancer epigenetics, infectious diseases, bio-social determinants of health, genetics of complex disorders, beta thalassemia, sickle cell anemia etc. She has published more than 25 research articles in national and international journals of repute and has presented papers in various National and International Conferences. She has also developed e-content modules for online learning platforms like e-pg pathshala and e-gyan kosh. 

Ratika also held the position of Manager-Learning and Development at NatureNurture Eduserv, where she created curriculum using a variety of pedagogical approaches (such as Bloom's taxonomy, the Theory of Cognitive Development by Jean Piaget, Howard Gardner's Model of Multiple Intelligences, and 21st century skills).

Dr Anuj Kumar Pandey is a public health researcher with over five years of work experience wherein he has actively contributed by developing, implementing, and monitoring different community and facility-based interventions for strengthening the health system. His short professional career envisioned to get an in-depth understanding of how the health systems is designed and how it functions. 

Dr Pandey ventured into Public Health with a degree in MPH with a specialisation in Health systems with focus on monitoring and evaluation. His professional career began with working in one of the high priority districts of Uttar Pradesh for undertaking Need based assessment of community for specific health related interventions, later creating awareness for increasing community engagement for better health outcomes. Conducting data analysis of different health related data and build capacity of the block/district/divisional government officials, reviewing performance of projects using M&E and program data monitoring, its analysis and ensuring use of evidence for program planning was some of his key areas of work. 

He had worked in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India (GoI) in Disaster Management Cell wherein he was primarily involved in supporting states and districts in handling and managing Public Health emergencies. Largely, he was involved in analysing COVID data for prioritization of high priority district, drafting technical guidelines and SOPs.

He is currently working as Senior Research Officer and is involved in two large multi-centric and multi-country implementation studies in collaboration with Imperial College London. He has published various articles in national and international journals with one being in Lancet regional health. He has also authored two chapters in books of public health importance. 

Dr. Sandipta Chakraborty is a Preventive Medicine and Public Health Specialist with over 17 years of extensive experience, bridging grassroots fieldwork, academic research, and health care administration and management.

Following his MBBS from NRS Medical College, Kolkata, under the University of Calcutta, Dr. Chakraborty dedicated eight years to gaining diverse, experiential learning of health, beyond the education of medicine. His work spanned the full spectrum of healthcare settings, from remote villages and urban slums to high-end tertiary care hospitals. During this time, he served in ICMR-NICED (presently ICMR-NIRBI), NACO Regional Institute-East, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Blood and Marrow transplant Unit and Intensive Care Unit in Private Hospitals, state Public Health and Administrative Service, managed a remote PHC, a health block in the hilly region of West Bengal, and contributed to HIV surveillance across eastern India and in public health research and training. 

After an academic break (for pursuing MPH), he joined international NGOs and experience working in projects on HIV, TB, and Hepatitis with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Manipur, especially in the Indo-Myanmar border region and the Bihar Technical Support Unit of CARE. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he played a significant role in functioning COVID testing laboratories and reporting systems at AIIMS Rishikesh, during his brief tenure as a Junior Resident (Academic) under the department of Microbiology.

To complement this extensive field experience, Dr. Chakraborty pursued advanced academic qualifications. He earned an MPH from the Institute of Public Health, Kalyani, under the West Bengal University of Health Sciences followed by an MD in Community Medicine from the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Southeast Asia's oldest public health school. He has further honed his expertise with specialized distance learning programs, including Clinical HIV Management from the University of Washington and research methodology from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He has also published research articles in National and International journals, received the Indian Journal of Community Medicine (IJCM) B K Mahajan Award 2024 and multiple conference awards for presenting his research. 

Dr. Chakraborty has also contributed to critical national health initiatives. After completing his MD, he joined the Project Management Unit for PM-ABHIM, at ICMR headquarters focusing on planning and implementation of research for One Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Zoonotic Diseases. 

Before joining IIHMR Delhi, he served as an Assistant Professor at the IIHMR University, Jaipur, taught and mentored national and international students, and was involved in Public Health research. Through his career, Dr. Chakraborty has dedicated himself to mastering the art, commerce, and science of public health through a mixed bag of experiential learning and formal academic qualifications.