Centre at Glance :
“NCDArc – NCD Advocacy and Research Collaboration Centre” is a global centre aiming to promote excellence in education, research and developing contextual strategies for prevention and management of NCDs. The center is expected to establish a network of local, national, and international researchers, academicians, and policy makers and contribute actively in reducing the burden of NCDs. It broadens the arena of research in Non-Communicable Diseases, driven by the passion to promote human health in India and the world at large.
Through multidisciplinary Advanced Research, the centre will be a cornerstone of National Biobanks in maintaining registries for common NCDs. The centre will promote research and responses to non-communicable diseases in low, middle and high-income countries by utilizing the power of Data Analysis, evidence-based high-impact interventions and Capacity building for Non-Communicable Diseases through research, public engagement and teaching.
Team
Dr. Deepak B. Saxena; MD, PhD, Post Doc
Director, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar
Dr. Komal Shah, Post Doc PhD.
Centre Lead and Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar
Collaborator
Prof. Sanjay Kinra,
MBBS MD MRCP MSc PhD FFPH Professor HOD Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Banshi Saboo
MBBS, MD, DNB PhD President, RSSDI Chief Diabetologist & Chairman of Diabetes Care & Hormone Clinic - Dia Care, Ahmedabad
Biraj Karmacharya
MSc, PhD, MPH Director, Public Health /Community Programs/Global Engagement Dhulikhel Hospital Kathmandu University Hospital
Dr. Kamal Sharma
Interventional Cardiologist, Ahmedabad, India
Dr. Bhumika TV
Director General, Campbell South Asia
Namraj Dhami
MSc, PhD Associate Professor & Executive Director, Pokhara University Research Centre.
Dr. Harsh Shah
MDS, PhD Professor, Head of the Department of Public Health Dentistry
Dr. Tulsi Mahadevia
MDS, Trustee of the IGNITE Foundation
Dr. Radhika Arunkumar
Research Program Manager CRE in Digital Technology to Transform Chronic Disease Outcomes I Implementation Science Lecturer - Public Health Leadership and Management Melbourne School of Population and Global Health University of Melbourne