Team IIHMR
Dr. Rupsa Banerjee
Assistant Professors
Dr. Rupsa Banerjee has done her MBBS and MD in Community Medicine from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, following which she completed DNB in Community Medicine. She also received PG Diploma in Mental Health from IGNOU and Diploma in Community Mental Health from NIMHANS.
Rupsa is a public health specialist with over 9 years of diverse experience in the fields of medical education, clinical and patient care, public health research, health systems strengthening, providing technical support to public health programmes and capacity building.
She has contributed to the operationalization of Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) across the country and has conducted 13 national level training programmes for the delivery of Comprehensive Primary Health Care through AB-HWCs.
She was actively engaged in research priority setting for states under the implementation research for health systems strengthening (IR-HSS) platform under the National Health Mission to support research for health systems strengthening.
She has conducted five funded/commissioned research projects as Co-PI/ Co-investigator in the fields of maternal and child health and non-communicable diseases, including two multicentric multi-country international projects funded by NIHR UK (PREVENT study) and Thrasher Foundation (EMBRACE trial). For the multicentric projects, she is actively involved in conducting process evaluation, quality monitoring and clinical audits to improve the overall quality of project execution.
She has over 25 publications in renowned national and international academic journals, medical textbooks and health magazines and has contributed to developing several policy documents, programme operational guidelines and training modules for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Research Projects
| Name of project | Role in the project | Year |
Agency |
| Early and extended low dose Erythropoietin Monotherapy in Neonatal Encephalopathy in Low and Middle-Income Countries (EMBRACE Trial) | Team member | 2022- 24 | Thrasher Foundation |
| Effect of in-utero exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy outcomes, growth and development of infants | Co-investigator | 2021-23 | ICMR supported project |
| Prevention of epilepsy by reducing neonatal encephalopathy – Quality monitoring and process evaluation | Team member | 2021-23 | NIHR UK |
| Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana in Uttar Pradesh | Co- PI | 2022 | UNICEF Lucknow |
| Social, Economic, Organizational and Ethical Factors Influencing Implementation and Adoption of Technology and sharing of information in Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases | Co- PI | 2022-23 | NHSRC |
Research Publications
1. Ravish HS, Banerjee R, Ashwath Narayana DH, Rachana AR. Safety of equine rabies immunoglobulin in children. APCRI Journal. July 2014;XVI(1):7-9.
2. Banerjee R, Banerjee B. Gender Preference for Children: Perspectives of Parents. Global Public Health Conference 2014 Research Proceedings, Public Health Research Series, 2014: p.135-42.
3. Ravish HS, Banerjee R, Srikanth J, Pradeep Kumar PD, Reddy IS. Breast feeding assessment in early neonatal period. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2016 Feb;3(2):455-458.
4. Banerjee R, Banerjee B. Computer vision syndrome among medical and engineering professionals of India. International Journal of Current Research. July 2017;9(7):54731-4.
5. Banerjee B, Banerjee R. Role of yoga and meditation in prevention of obesity. Int J Adv Res. August 2017;5(8):337-47.
6. Kishore J, Banerjee R, Mittal A. Occupational Health and Safety in Healthcare Settings – Effect of Training on the Knowledge of Resident Doctors. Int J HealthCare Edu & Med Inform 2017;4(3&4):7-10.
7. Kishore J, Ranjan A, Banerjee R. Occupational health problems in informal sector in India need immediate attention. Epidem Int 2017;2(2):1-3.
8. Hardanahalli RS, Pruthvi S, Reddy IS, Pradeep Kumar DP, Manya RP, Banerjee R. Safety of new indigenously manufactured equine rabies immunoglobulin for post exposure prophylaxis. APCRI Journal. July 2017;XIX(1):5-8.
9. Hardanahalli RS, Annadani RR, Undi M, Vijayashanar V, Banerjee R, Mandya RP. Economic costs of rabies post exposure prophylaxis. Indian J Comm Health 2017;29(2):156-61.
10. Hardanahalli RS, Srikanth J, Anandaiah G, Annadani R, Vijayashankar V, Banerjee R. Effectiveness of health education on knowledge regarding prophylaxis against rabies in school children. Natl J Community Med 2017;8(6):311-4.
11. Hardanahalli RS, Srikanth J, Annadani R, Pradeep Kumar DP, Undi M, Krishna C, Banerjee R, Vairavasolai P, Manoharan A. Safety of intradermal rabies vaccination as pre-exposure prophylaxis. J Vaccines Vaccin 2017;8(1):349.
12. Banerjee R*, Banerjee B. Significant Caries Index: A Better Indicator for Dental Caries. Int J Med Public Health 2019;9(2):59.
13. Sharma M, Roy N, Banerjee R, Kishore J, Jakhar A. Determinants of drug resistance in previously-treated pulmonary tuberculosis patients registered in a chest clinic in South Delhi, India. Cureus 2019;11(8):e5541.
14. Banerjee R, Banerjee B. Public perspective and adherence to Government directives in the face of COVID-19 situation in India. MAMC J Med Sci 2020;6(2):90-6.
15. Banerjee B, Banerjee R*. Role of tobacco in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19: A scoping review. Int J Non-Commun Dis 2020;5:70-5.
16. Ravish S. Haradanahalli, Rupsa Banerjee*, Mysore Sudarshan Kalappa, Ashwath Narayana, Rachana R. Annadani & Gangaboraiah Bilagumba (2021): Safety and immunogenicity of rabies vaccine as 4 - dose Essen Intramuscular regimen for post exposure prophylaxis: A non - randomized, comparative controlled study, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021;17(8):2554-9. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1883388
17. Banerjee B, Banerjee R*, Ingle GK, Mishra P, Sharma N, Garg S. Effectiveness of Child-To-Child Approach in Preventing Unintentional Childhood Injuries and Their Consequences: A Non-Randomized Cluster-Controlled Trial. Indian Pediatr 2021;58(6):542-47.
18. Banerjee B, Banerjee R*, Mishra P, Ingle GK. Economic benefit in treatment of unintentional childhood injuries by implementation of child-to-child approach. Indian J Community Med 2021;46:662-7.
19. Banerjee B, Banerjee R*, Ingle GK, Mishra P. Unintentional childhood injuries and their association with activity and location at the time of injury - A case-Crossover study in Delhi. Indian J Public Health Oct-Dec 2021;65(4):352-355. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_55_21
20. Banerjee R*, Neogi SB, Grover A, Preetha GS, Agrawal U. Effect of in-utero exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy outcomes and growth and development of infants: protocol for a multicentre ambispective cohort study in India. BMJ Open 2022;12:e055377. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055377
21. Bishnoi P, Shukla SK, Khanna S, Sheetal S, Singh VK, Banerjee R*. Medical crowdfunding and COVID-19: awareness and perception of healthcare professionals and role of crowdfunding platforms in India. Int J Community Med Public Health 2022 Apr;9(4):1884-1889. doi: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20220869
22. Suneela Garg, Rupsa Banerjee, Bratati Banerjee . Elixir of Life. Double Helical September 2016; p 22-25. Available from: https://www.doublehelical.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DH_September_2016.pdf. (Magazine article)
Other Assignments
National Level Trainings for Comprehensive Primary Health Care:
- Master trainer for training of National Trainers (National TOT) on Oral Care - for Medical Officers on 31st March,2021.
- Master trainer for training of State and District Level Trainers (TOT) on Paediatric Care in Covid-19 from 01.07.2021 to 07.07.2021 .
- National Trainer for training of State Trainers (State TOT- Uttar Pradesh,Goa,Punjab,Puducherry,Mizoram,Odisha,Jharkhand,Kerala,Tamil Nadu,Telangana and Himachal Pradesh) on care of mental,neurological and substance use disorders- for CHO & Staff Nurse from 26.07.2022 to 29.07.2022.
Papers/Chapters in Books
1. Banerjee B, Banerjee R. Health policies and programmes in India. In: Kadri AM, Kundapur R, Khan AM, Kakkar R, Sheth A, Mangrola N, eds. IAPSM’s Textbook of Community Medicine. 2nd ed. New Delhi: Jaypee; 2021. p. 876-936.
2. Banerjee R. Competency based internship training in Community Medicine. In: Kishore J, Venkatesh U, eds. Steps towards achieving excellence in Community Medicine. New Delhi: Century Publications; 2021. P. 58-65.
Papers Presented
1. Haradanahalli RS, Banerjee R, Ashwath Narayana DH, Rachana AR. Safety of Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in children, presented at 16th National Conference of Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India, Mysore, India, 2014.
2. Haradanahalli RS, Banerjee R, Srikanth J, Pradeep Kumar PD, Reddy IS. Breastfeeding assessment in early neonatal period, presented at 26th Annual Conference of Karnataka Association of Community Health, Belgaum, India, 2014.
3. Banerjee R, Haradanahalli RS, Bhasin K. Assessing the safety of post exposure prophylaxis in pregnancy, presented at 17th National Conference of Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India, Hyderabad, India, 2015.
4. Haradanahalli RS, Banerjee R, Sudarshan MK, Narayana A, Annadani RR & Gangaboraiah B. Assessing the safety and immunogenicity of shortened 4 dose Essen regimen for post exposure prophylaxis, presented at 27th Annual Conference of Karnataka Association of Community Health, Mangalore, India, 2015.
5. Banerjee R, Banerjee B. Computer vision syndrome among medical and engineering professionals in India, presented at 44th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Kolkata, India, 2017.
6. Banerjee B, Banerjee R, Ingle GK, Kumar P. Economic benefit in treatment of unintentional childhood injuries by implementation of Child-To-Child approach, presented at 47th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Mahabalipuram, India, 2020.
7. Banerjee R, Neogi SB, Pandey AK, Thayyil S. Improving research outcomes by external quality audits – learnings from PREVENT study, presented (guest speaker) at Silver Jubilee SAFOG Congress in association with 55th Annual Scientific Conference of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2022.
8. Hardanahalli RS, Srikanth J, Banerjee R, Rachana AR, Vairavasolai P, Undi M. Knowledge on prophylaxis against rabies among school children, presented at 42nd Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Lucknow, India, 2015. (Poster presentation)
9. Banerjee B, Banerjee R, Ingle GK, Kumar P, Gard S, Sharma N. Effect of Child-To-Child Approach on Awareness and Safety practices regarding Unintentional Childhood Injuries, presented at 48th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, virtual, 2021. (Poster presentation)
Trainings & Workshops
As a participant-
1. Training workshop on Medical Education Techniques and AETCOM – organized by Department of Medical Education, Maulana Azad Medical College (August 2017)
2. Certificate course in Essential Concepts in Financing for Health Systems – organized by Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru (certificate issued in January 2021)
3. ICH Good Clinical Practice – issued by The Global Health Network (issued in July 2021)
4. Basic Course in Biomedical Research – course by Indian Council of Medical Research National Institute of Epidemiology (issue in October 2021)
5. Program Design & Evaluation for Health Systems Strengthening – certificate course by The Johns Hopkins University via Coursera (issued in February 2022)
6. Leadership Training Program of Skilling Professionals in Assessing, Detecting and Managing Mental Disorders – organized by IIHMR University & University of Manchester (issued in January 2023)
7. 3rd International Meeting on Teaching Epidemiology – workshop organized by Epidemiology Biostatistics & Prevention Institute, University of Zurich (January 2023)
As a resource person/expert-
Management Development Programs:
1. Qualitative Research Methods and Qualitative Data Analysis – in association with Imperial College London and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Batch 1 (27 Sept to 01 Oct 2021)
2. Qualitative Research Methods and Qualitative Data Analysis – in association with Imperial College London and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Batch 2 (29 Nov to 03 Dec 2021)
3. Developing a Research Protocol for Dissertation (02 Aug to 05 Aug 2022)
Membership of Scientific & Academic Organizations
1. Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM) – Life member
2. Epidemiology Foundation of India (EFI) – Life member
3. Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) – Life member
Awards Obtained
• Best Oral Paper Presentation in Communicable Disease at the 27thAnnual State Conference of Karnataka Association of Community Health, 2015 (Assessing the safety and immunogenicity of shortened 4 dose Essen regimen for post exposure prophylaxis).
• Paper selected for Award Session in 47th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (Economic benefit in treatment of unintentional childhood injuries by implementation of Child-To-Child approach).
• Won Scholarship to attend the 3rd International Meeting on Teaching Epidemiology at University of Zurich on 11 and 12 January 2023.