Associate Professor
Dr. Rupsa Banerjee is a public health specialist with over ten years of experience in medical education, clinical care, public health research, health systems strengthening, and capacity building. She holds an MBBS and MD in Community Medicine from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, a DNB in Community Medicine, and diplomas in Mental Health and Community Mental Health. Dr. Banerjee has played a key role in operationalizing Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) nationwide, conducting 15 national training programs for Comprehensive Primary Health Care and training over 350 trainers in cascade level training. She has co-led ten funded projects, including international research supported by NIHR UK, Thrasher Foundation and University College London, focusing on maternal and child health and non-communicable diseases, with expertise in process evaluation and quality monitoring. She has received the Global Health Research Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (GHR SPARC award) from NIHR UK. With over 35 publications and contributions to several policy documents, operational guidelines and training modules for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, her work spans diverse areas of public health impact.
Name of project | Role in the project | Year |
Agency |
Implementation research to improve maternal health care interventions around delivery on identification, risk stratification and the occurrence of stillbirth across four distinct demographic and geographic settings in India | Co- Principal Investigator (Co- PI) | 2024-26 | Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) |
Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre national training package | Lead | 2024 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) |
Pilot testing of Digital IMNCI training package and Decision Support System tool for IMNCI implementation | Principal Investigator (PI) | 2024-25 | World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office for India |
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 |
National Level Trainings for Comprehensive Primary Health Care:
As a participant-
As a resource person/expert-
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