Present: Professor & Head of the Cancer Epidemiology & Biostatistics Division of Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram as well as the PhD Co-ordinator of RCC, Thiruvananthapuram.
Past: Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), New Delhi;
Principal Investigator of the Hospital-Based Cancer Registry
(HBCR), RCC and Population-Based Cancer Registry, South Kerala covering a population of nearly10 million.
Received “Cancer Foundation Finland Prize of 5000 Euros” in 2023, for promoting population-based cancer registration and related epidemiological research in India;
Worked as Post-Doctoral scientist in the National Cancer Institute, US;
Scientific Committee expert for the National Cancer Registry Programme of ICMR;
Served as Regional Editor for Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention and as Country representative for Asia Pacific Organization of Cancer Prevention;
Received International fellowships from NCI, USA; IARC, France, Finland, UK, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, The Netherlands and Queens University, Canada;
Research Guide in Epidemiology and Statistics:
Six students (3 in Epidemiology and 3 in Statistics received doctoral degree).
Currently guiding 9 students in Epidemiology/Statistics/ Biostatistics.
Provided Guidance for more than 90 Post-graduate students in Biostatistics for their thesis;
Research publications: 140 in Indexed Journals and Chapter in Books: 8
Contributed a chapter “Transitions of Cancer in Populations World-wide” in the Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edition, Elsevier publications;
National Mentor for the GBD (Global Burden of Disease) study
Qualifications: Dual PhD (in Epidemiology from Finland and in Statistics from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala)
36 years of experience in Cancer registry, Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics;
Expertise: Cancer registry, Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics