Pravakar_Resume_04JUL15

Pravakar_Resume_04JUL15

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  DR. PRAVAKAR ADHIKAREE Contact:+91 9491868737 (M), +91 40 27825506 (R) E-Mail: [email protected] MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGIST, BIOSAFETY & INFECTION CONTROL SPECIALIST Capacity Building (Lab Infrastructure including BSL3) Training (Biosafety, Infection Control & Lab Management) External Quality Assurance System (EQAS) Accreditation Inter-sectoral Co-ordination e-Health P R O F I L E S U M M A R Y  Medical professional with over 3 decades of experience in Health & FW Management, Medical Microbiology, Infection Control, Biosafety and Lab Management.  Worked with Indian Railways from 1984-2010. During this period received ‘Best Worker in Family Welfare’ award; General Manager’s shield for ‘Best Family Welfare Division’; Cash award of Chief Medical Director for ‘100% achievement of FW targets’ & Principal’s Gold Medal in Railway Staff College, Vadodara in 1995 for ‘Best Project in Asset-utilization’.  Took charge of a Laboratory attached to a 100 bedded Railway Hospital at Bilaspur Chhattisgarh in 2000. Rebuilt it from a basic 457 ft2 lab to a modern 1,170 ft2 Lab with ‘Outstanding Quality Certificate’ by Bio- rad Laboratories of California under EQAS for consecutive 4 years (July 2005-June 2009).  During this period the lab started a DMC (Designated Microscopy Center) under RNTCP in 2002 and undertook National Sentinel Surveillance for HIV.  Responsible for establishing a Tele-Medicine Center at Railway Hospital, Bilaspur (CG) connecting three distant Hospitals of SEC Railway; Bilaspur, Raipur & Nagpur.  Certificate Course in “Health & Family Welfare Management” from National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi, and a WHO fellow in “HIV/AIDS Surveillance & Awareness” in 2004.  Trained in ‘Building Design and Environmental approaches to Airborne Infection Control’ at Hyderabad in Jan 2011.  Life-member of IMA (Indian Medical Association), IAMM (Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists), IAMI (Indian Association of Medical Informatics) & WEF (World Environment Foundation).  Joined PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) in 2010 as Laboratory Technical Officer, establishing BSL-3 facilities, clean-room upgrades for Line Probe Assay (LPA), Technical assistance to IRLs (Intermediate Reference Laboratories in TB) and support Training & Accreditation of TB Labs under RNTCP.  Subsequently, worked as the Project Manager & Technology Officer in FIND-India at New Delhi from May 2013 to June 2015. During this, provided overall technical management of FIND (India) projects under EXPAND TB and Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). Managed inter-institutional coordination, procurement, laboratory assessment, support Bio safety and Quality Assurance systems. Responsible for recommendations on current challenges in TB laboratory services in India, international networking of TB lab services, conduct regular Project Management meetings and ensure full conformity of all activities with international standards.  Instrumental in managing stakeholders, maintaining key relations with Funders, National Program Managers, Partners and other Beneficiaries by acquiring feedback on critical issues and taking suitable actions to ensure positive outcome.  Excellent interpersonal relation, analytical skills, troubleshooting, leadership, negotiation and team building skills.
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  A C AD E M I C D E T A I L S Courses Institutes & Universities Year of completion M.B.B.S SCB Medical college, Cuttack (Orissa); Utkal University, Bhubaneswar 1982 PG Certificate Course in Health & Family Welfare Management National Institute of Health & Family Welfare(NIHFW), New Delhi 1994 MD (Microbiology) Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Sevagram; Nagpur University 2000 WHO Fellowship on ‘HIV/AIDS Surveillance & Awareness’ WHO and National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi 2004 O R G A N I S A T I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E Period Position Role/Contribution 1984 to 1993 (9 years) Asst. Divisional Med. Officer(ADMO) & DMO of Indian Railways in different Units of Chakradharpur Division (Presently Jharkhand)  Best FW Division Shield by GM/SE Rly(91-92)  CMD’s cash award for 100% achievement in FW (92-93) 1993 to 1997 (4 years) Sr. DMO of Indian Railways in different Units of Nagpur Division 1997 to 2000 (3 years) Completes MD(Microbiology) at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Sevagram. 2000-2010 (10 Yrs) ‘Sr. DMO-Senior Administrative Grade’ in Indian Railways (equivalent in rank to Jt. Secy. in Govt. of India) as I/C of the Diagnostic Laboratory attached to a 150 bedded Rly. Hospital at Bilaspur (CG).  Jan 2005-Established a Bact. Lab.  Sept2005-Established a Telemedicine Centre at Bilaspur.  Jul 2005-Jun 2009: Outstanding Quality Certificate in Biochemistry by Bio-rad Laboratories, California. Dec 2010 (6 months) Consultant (Labs) in PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) under an USAID project.  Establish TB-Labs (BSL-3 & LPA Labs) under RNTCP.  Participated in USAID evaluation at Hyderabad during Feb 2011. June 2011- April 2013 Laboratory Technical Officer in PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) under an USAID project placed at Hyderabad. Establish TB-Labs (BSL-3 & LPA Labs) under RNTCP, TA to IRLs for Accreditation & conduct national workshops. May 2013- June 2015 Project Manager & Technology Officer in FIND-India based at Delhi Technical management of FIND (India) projects funded by UNITAID for EXPAND TB Project and under The Global Fund (GFATM). Support TB laboratories (42 LPA Labs functional in June 2015 and expect 43 by 3q15 and 30 LC Labs functional in June 2015 and expect 37 by 4q15) under RNTCP as part of an integrated TB Lab expansion plan.
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  A W AR D S / R E W A R D S T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E Designation Period Institute Div. Med. Officer/SE Rly. 1+ Yrs (1989-1991) Zonal Training School, Sini (Presently Jharkhand) Demonstrator 1 Yr (1999-2000) Dept. of Microbiology, MGIMS, Sevagram Ext. Faculty- B.Sc (Nursing) 1 Batch (2010) Vijay Marie college of Nursing, Hyderabad P R O F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I O N S Professional Body Membership No. Period since Indian Medical Association(IMA) MAH/4230/80/139/ 43838/95-96/CL 1995-96 Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (IAMM) LM 957/2000 2000 Indian Association of Medical Informatics (IAMI) PL 04297 2004 World Environment Foundation (WEF) LM-2040 2007 T R A I N I N G / W O R K S H O P S / S E M I N A R S / C O N F E R E N C E S Subject Duration Host Training Of District Level Medical Officers on Health Education 4 Days (1991) Central Health Education Bureau (CHEB), New Delhi Management Development Program (MDP) 1 Month (1995) Railway Staff College (RSC), Vadodara Information Technology 1 Week (1997) Railway Staff College (RSC), Vadodara Course on DOTS in Revised National TB Control Program (RNTCP) 1 Week (2001) DANTB & state Anti-TB Demonstration & Training Centre, Cuttack 1st National Workshop “e-Health & Health Care- exploring the issues & opportunities” 1 Day (2004) Indian Association of Medical Informatics (IAMI) at Garden Reach, Kolkata WHO Fellowship on ‘HIV/AIDS 3 Weeks (2004) National Institute of Health & Family Welfare Name of the Award/Reward Theme Year Mrs. Gabriella Toresini Malhotra Award Best Worker in FW in SE Rly. 1991-92 General Manager’s Shield Best Family Welfare Division in SE Rly. 1991-92 Cash Award by Chief Medical Director (CMD), SE Rly. Zone 100% achievement in Family Welfare targets in Chakradharpur Div., SE Rly. 1992-93 Principal’s Gold Medal at Railway Staff College, (Indian Railways), Vadodara Best project in Management Development Program (MDP); Course No. MD-3 1995-96 (awarded in 1997) General Manager’s cash Award of Rs.20,000/- Successful Installation of Telemedicine Project in SEC Railway connecting all 03 Divisions: Bilaspur, Raipur & Nagpur. 2005 “Outstanding Quality” Certificate by Bio-rad Laboratories, California, USA External Quality Assurance Services(EQAS) for Laboratory, Central Hospital, SEC Rly, Bilaspur Consecutively for 04 years. (2005-2009)
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  Surveillance & Awareness’(NIHFW), Munirka, New Delhi National Consultation on VCTC (Voluntary counseling & Testing Centre) 2 Days (2004) NACO & State AIDS Control Society (SACS/Bihar)at Patna International Conference on Telemedicine: ‘Intelemedindia 2005’ 3 Days (2005) ISRO & Indian Astronomical Society at IISc., Bangalore Modular Training (Master Trainers’ Training) in RNTCP 2 Weeks (2005) LRS Institute of TB & Respiratory Diseases, NewDelhi-110030 HIV sentinel surveillance Round 2006 1 Day (2006) State Health Training. Centre, Kalibadi, Raipur C&DST in Tuberculosis 4 Weeks(2010) BPHRC, Lepra-India, Hyderabad National DOTS Plus Training 1 Week (Sept2011) STDC/ Ahmedabad, CTD ‘Understanding Laboratory Management System as per ISO / IEC 7025:2005’, the standard used for NABL Accreditation 2 Days (August 2012) CII Institute of Quality (At Fortune Select Manohar, Hyderabad) The 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health, 13th to 17th November 2012 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5 days (Nov 2012) the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease(The Union) Conducted the Training on 'Tuberculosis Laboratory Management' 8-12th April, 2013, Mumbai, funded by USAID The 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Paris 5 days (Nov 2013) the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease(The Union) Leadership in Building Design and Engineering Approaches to Airborne Infection Control 16-21 September 2014 Faculty from CDC, Harvard School of Public Health, USA, University College of London, and TB IC Experts from India. Organized in collaboration with the TNMC (Nair) Medical College, Foundation for Medical Research and local government institutions in Mumbai The 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Barcelona 5 days (Oct-Nov 2014) The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease(The Union) Participated in ‘ALL THE 17 ANNUAL CONGRESS of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (IAMM)’ since 1998 at Manipal, PGIMER/ Chandigarh, Belgaum, AIIMS, NIMHANS, JJ gr.of Hosp./Mumbai, SGPGI/ Lucknow, SRMC/ Chennai, GMC/ Nagpur, KMC/ Mangalore, AFMC/Pune , JSS Med College/Mysore, Kolkata, BHU/ Varanasi, New Delhi, Hyderabad & Jaipur. P A P E R P R E S E N T E D / P U B L I S H E D Period Title of Publication/ Presentation Name of Journal/ Conference Nov, 1999 “Screening Procedures for the detection of ESBLs in Urinary Isolates.” Poster Presentation at National Congress of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists at PGIMER, Chandigarh Dec 1999 “Evaluation of different screening Procedures for Detection of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases (ESBLs).” Thesis for Doctor of Medicine (Microbiology) Nagpur University Nov, 2000 “Evaluation of different screening Procedures for Detection of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases (ESBLs).” Oral Presentation at National Congress of IAMM at Belgaum (Karnataka) Dec, 2004 Project for Voluntary Counseling & Testing Centre (VCTC) in Indian Railways. Oral presentation for National Consultation on VCTC by NACO & Bihar SACS, (representing Indian Railways). Nov, 2011 USAID supported PATH’s Laboratory support to RNTCP. 66th National Conference on Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases – 2011 (NATCON 2011), from 19th to 20th November, 2011 Jun, 2014 Experience in rolling out newer TB diagnostics across the country under RNTCP CME at Central Hospital, South Central railway, Lallaguda, Secunderabad
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  P E RS O N A L D E T A I L S Date of Birth: 2nd April 1958 Address: C-905, Amsri Central Court (next to Srikara Hospital), P.O. HIMMAT NAGAR, Secunderabad-500 025 (Telangana State) Languages: Reading - English, Hindi, Oriya, Sanskrit Writing - English, Hindi, Oriya Speaking - English, Hindi, Oriya, Bengali Extra-Curricular: Completed one month Basic Mountaineering course at Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling during 1978. Passed Certificate ‘C’ Examination In NCC-Senior Division (Medical) under Unit:1 (Orissa) Med. Coy. NCC, Cuttack in 1979. Date: 4th July 2015 (DR PRAVAKAR ADHIKAREE)