Certificate Course in Common Mental Disorders (CCCMD)

Dr Pushkar Kumar is a Physician and has over 16 years of experience in the area of public health having served in the Government, NGO and private sector. He is working with PHFI as a Sr. Public Health Specialist & heads the Training Division which is working for capacity building initiatives for Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) & Healthcare professionals in clinical conditions and various public health domains for the last six years which has trained more than 36,000 healthcare professionals across the country.

He looks after training of the Primary Care Physicians & Health care professionals in the field of diabetes, GDM, COPD & Asthma, Thyroid disorders, Women’s Health, Mental Health, Palliative Care, Geriatric Care, Obesity management, Healthcare quality, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Medicolegal ethics, Patient safety, Cybersecurity in healthcare, Healthcare Technology and MDPs in Health programme management and other initiatives including research. He is responsible for establishing & maintaining strategic partnerships with the Central & State Governments, PSU and International collaborations for these initiatives.
He has worked for more than 9 years in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare as Lead Consultant in Maternal Health and Sr. Technical Officer and Programme Officer in the Blood Safety Division at NACO. He has worked in all aspects of policy, planning, programme implementation, health system strengthening, capacity building, supporting State Governments and been a part of over 30 Policy and operational guidelines of Govt. of India. He has also managed the blood transfusion services in a tertiary care hospital at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.

Dilip Jha, did his MPhil in Hospital and Health Systems Management from BITS, Pilani and holds MSc degree in Anthropology from Delhi University. He was awarded Fellowship in Leadership and Implementation Sciences to address NCDs in India (PH-Leader) jointly delivered by PHFI, Emory University and INSP Mexico under NIH grant. He has worked on a wide spectrum of issues related to public health and health systems development for the past 20 years funded by WHO, World Bank, UNDP, MoHFW and State Governments. He has conducted a large randomised controlled trial - mWellcare Trial (Wellcome Trust funded) to develop, evaluate and upscale an mHealth solution for integrated management of chronic conditions in India. He is a guest faculty in communication at Jamia Millia Islamia University.

Dr. Vats graduated from C.C.S. University in Physiotherapy and has two years of clinical experience as an Assistant Physiotherapist in Narender Mohan Hospital and Heart Institute, Hindu Rao Hospital & Maharaja Agarsen Hospital, New Delhi. She worked as a Health consultant with Apollo Hospital in their Corporate & School Health Plan, an offshoot of the Apollo’s Wellness wing. She completed her post-graduation in Healthcare & Hospital management, with a specialization in healthcare management from IIHMR, New Delhi. She has worked as a Consultant with MOHFW, GOI, in the department of Program Implementation and Planning,
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Mr. Koundal holds a PG Diploma in Public Health Services Management and a Post Graduate in Clinical Microbiology. He is having more than 6 years of experience in capacity building program for Primary Care Physicians, which includes Certificate Course in Management of Thyroid Disorders (CCMTD), Certificate Course in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (CCCS), Certificate Course in Management of Hypertension (CCMH), Occupational Health Program, Certificate Course in Disaster Management (CCDM), E-workshop series on COVID-19 for Indian and International Healthcare Professionals, WHO project for Development of IMNCi digital package for e-learning by health workers. He is working as Program Officer in Certificate Course in Common Mental Disorders (CCCMD).

Mr. Kumar is a graduate in Computer Applications from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Delhi. He did MBA in Human Resources from IGNOU Delhi. Currently He is working with PHFI as Program Officer. He has worked as a Data Entry Operator in AIIMS. His primary responsibilities over there were collecting, maintaining and analyzing data related to study. He has experience of administrative work as well. He also worked for the Pediatric Cardiac Society of India and helped out in coordination activities for events like scientific conference.

Dr Prateeksha Shukla graduated from Panjab University, Chandigarh with a Masters in public health and she also holds a bachelor degree in Dental Surgery (BDS) from Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Punjab. She has her dissertation on mental health during post graduation. Currently she is working as senior program assistant with Public Health foundation of India. She has worked as a dentist for 2 years in dental clinic and has also interned for Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab in COVID and Immunization department. She has published articles in E journals.