RESUME

Dr SUMIT KAR

MBBS, MD, MIPHA

Personal

Fathers Name –Late Mr. Kshirod Kar

Date of Birth – 30-01-1976

Place of Birth – Guwahati, Assam

Sex – Male

Marital Status – Married

Nationality – Indian

Permanent address- Communicating address

73, Ajanta Path, Bye- lane 2 Dept. of Community Medicine

Survey, Beltola- Basistha Road Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical

Guwahati 28, Assam Sciences

5th Mile Tadong, Gangtok - 737102

Contact no.- 098******** /096********

Email - ac1xp0@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

General

Institute

Board

Year of Passing

Result

High School Leaving Certificate

South Point English School Guwahati

SEBA

1993

First Div

Higher Secondary

Cotton College Guwahati

AHSEC

1995

First Div

Professional Degree

Institute

University

Year of Passing

MBBS

Gauhati Medical College

Gauhati University

2000

MD(Community Medicine)

Gauhati Medical College

Gauhati University

2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Name of the Institute

Designation

Role Description

Tenure at Institute

Gauhati Medical College

Resident

Teaching and field research

3 yrs

NPSP – GOI and WHO Collaboration

SMO

Surveillance, monitoring Polio, Administration and Finance of the Unit

22 mths

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical sciences

Assistant Professor

Teaching and research

4 yrs

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical sciences

Associate Professor

Teaching and research

3 yrs 2 months

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical sciences

Professor

Teaching and research

Till date 10 months

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS

Name of Certification

Area of Specialization

Name of the Institute

Year of obtaining the certification

MIPHA

PUBLIC HEALTH

IPHA

2004

Member of the International Forum of Teachers (IFT)

PUBLIC HEALTH

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

2016

CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS

1.Attended a workshop on Pedagogy and Personal effectiveness as a part of faculty development Programme at SMIMS on 29th April 17 to 1st May 2017.

2.Attended 3T-IBHSc training course for health science faculty at SMIMS from 7th to 9th Nov 2016 organized by The Indian Programme of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa)

3.Attended a workshop on Fundamentals of Biostatistics for Health Professionals at SMIMS in 19th Nov 2016

4.Presented a paper on Prevalence and correlates of Anaemia among adolescent females in the rural field practice area of SMIMS at 3rd North east zonal conference of IPHA and IAPSM at Guwahati Assam on 22nd & 23rd Oct 2016

5.Completed Training of state trainers on daily regimen for drug sensitive TB under RNTCP for the state of Sikkim organised by CTD and State TB cell Sikkim in 17th & 18th Nov 2015 at SMIMS

6.Symposium and workshop on cervical cancer prevention organised by Cancer Foundation of India at Sikkim in Sept 2015

7.Presented a paper “Morbidity profile of geriatric population with special reference to disability index in urban areas of East Sikkim. in ICMR workshop on research methodology held at SMIMS in Oct 2013

8.ICMR Workshop on ‘Qualitative Research Methodology and its application in Health research’ organized by ICMR at Sikkim Gangtok, March 2010.

9.AFP-POLIO Eradication Initiative Workshop organized by Department of Health care, Human Service and Family Welfare, Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, November 2, 2009.

10.Presented a paper “ Sociodemographic profile and treatment seeking behavior of leprosy patients registered under MDT in Kamrup district Assam” in 51st Annual Conference of the Indian Public Health Association held at Kolkata in January 2007

11.Attended CME on National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, HIV AIDS & IMNCI organized by UNICEF at Gauhati Medical College in July 2006

12.Participated in workshop on emergency preparedness and response for disaster management organized by Health Dept Assam in collaboration with Institute of Public Health and Hygiene Kolkata and WHO at Guwahati in July 2005

PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED

1.Undertaking a ICMR funded research project on nutrition in east Sikkim as co investigator in collaboration with dept of biotechnology.

2.Working with Registrar General of India (RGI) and Centers for Global Health Research (CGHR), University of Toronto, Canada, in Physician coding as Health Care Professional for assigning causes of death based on Routine, Representative, Re-sampled, Household Interview of Mortality with Medical Evaluation (RHIME) household reports of the Million Death Study (MDS) in India, March 2011

3.IDD Survey (2006-07) “Tracking Progress towards Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorder in Sikkim”, A Collaborative project of IDD Control Cell, Department of Health, Govt. of Sikkim and Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, New Delhi.

4.“Immunization coverage evaluation survey” under UNICEF and CDC Atlanta in collaboration with Gauhati Medical College in Sep 2005

5. Pilot project on SODIS (Solar Disinfection of water) in two slum areas of Guwahati city under Dept of Community Medicine Gauhati Medical College in collaboration with EPHNO during Aug 2006 to Feb 2007.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

1.Kar S, Ahmad S, Pal R. Current knowledge attitudes and practices of healthcare providers about leprosy in Assam. India. J Global Infect Dis 2010; 2: 212-5

2.Kar S,Pal R. Bharati DR. Understanding non-compliance with WHO-multidrug therapy among leprosy patients in Assam. India. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2010; 1:9-13.

3.Dechen TC, Sumit K, Pal R. Correlates of vaginal colonization with group B streptococci among pregnant women. J Global Infect Dis 2010; 2(3): 236-41

4.BB Rai, R Pal, S Kar, DC Tsering.Solar disinfection improves drinking water quality to prevent diarrhea in under-five children in Sikkim, India. Journal of global infectious diseases2010; 2 (3), 221

5.L Adhikari, K Roy, DC Tsering, R Pal, S Kar.Susceptibility rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains to quinolones. Journal of laboratory physicians 2010;2 (2), 121

6.P Basnet, S Gurung, R Pal, S Kar, DR Bharati. Occupational stress among tunnel workers in Sikkim. Industrial psychiatry journal 2010;19 (1), 13-19

7.TC Dechen, R Pal, S Kar. Understanding the clinico-microbiological spectrum of common ear, nose and throat infections in Sikkim, India. Journal of global infectious diseases 2011;3 (2), 202

8.Pal R, Kar S. Ethics of Publication: Approach Needs Paradigm Shift. J Res Med Edu & Ethics 2011; 1(1): 6-8

9.Pal R, Kar S The quest for an Indian blood law as of blood transfusion services regulatory framework. Asian J Transfus Sci 2011; 5(2): 171-74

10.DC Tsering, R Pal, S Kar. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: Prevalence and current susceptibility pattern in Sikkim. Journal of Global infectious diseases2011; 3 (1), 9-13

11.DR Bharati, R Pal, S Kar, R Rekha, TV Yamuna, M Basu.Prevalence and determinants of diabetes mellitus in Puducherry, South India. Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences 2011; 3 (4), 513

12.DC Tsering, L Chanchal, R Pal, S Kar. Bacteriological profile of septicemia and the risk factors in neonates and infants in Sikkim. Journal of global infectious diseases 2011;3 (1), 42-45

13.P Chakraborty, S Dey, R Pal, S Kar, FA Zaman, S Pal. Obesity in Kolkata children: Magnitude in relationship to hypertension. Journal of natural science, biology, and medicine 2011;2 (1), 101-06

14.M Basu, P Das, R Pal, S Kar, VK Desai, A Kavishwar. Spectrum of visual impairment among urban female school students of Surat. Indian journal of ophthalmology 2011;59 (6), 475-79

15.A Sengupta, R Pal, S Kar, FA Zaman, S Sengupta, S Pal. Fine needle aspiration cytology as the primary diagnostic tool in thyroid enlargement. Journal of natural science, biology, and medicine 2011;2 (1), 113-18

16.S Mandal, M Basu, J Kirtania, D Sarbapalli, R Pal, S Kar, KK Kundu, Impact of general versus epidural anesthesia on early post-operative cognitive dysfunction following hip and knee surgery. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock 2011;4 (1), 23-28

17.YD Chankapa, D Tsering, S Kar, M Basu, R Pal. Sociodemographic variables of contraceptive practice in Sikkim. Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied Sciences 2011; 3 (3), 368-74.

18.T Bhattacharyya, D Sarbapalli, R Pal, U Sarkar, S Kar, KK Kundu. Evaluating ranitidine, pantoprazole and placebo on gastric pH in elective surgery. Saudi journal of anaesthesia 2011; 5 (1), 67-72

19.Pal R, Kar S. Zaman FA, Jha DK. Assessment of impact of small group teaching among students. Indian J Community Med 2012;37(3):170-73

20.Islam F, Sarma R, Deb Roy A, Kar S. Profiling acute respiratory tract infections in children from Assam, India.J Glob Infect Dis. 2013 ; 5(1): 8–14

21.Rahman H, Renjhen P, Dutta S. Kar S. Admission cardiotopography: its role in predicting foetal outcome in high- risk obstetric patients. Australas Med J. 2012; 5(10): 522–527

22.H Rahman, E Khalda, S Kar, L Kharka, GP Bhutia. Knowledge of, attitudes toward, and barriers to the practice of emergency contraception among women in Sikkim, India. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2013;122 (2), 99-103

23.Rahman H, Pradhan A, Kharka L, Renjhen P, Kar S, Dutta S. Comparative evaluation of 50 microgram oral misoprostol and 25 microgram intravaginal misoprostol for induction of labour at term: a randomized trial. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2013 ;35(5):408-16

24.Rahman H, Dutta S, Choudhury P, Kar S, Nandi P (2014) Determinants of Stillbirths in a Teaching Hospital of Sikkim Province of India. J Womens Health, Issues,Care 3:5. doi:10.4172/2325-9795.1000164

25.F Islam, S Kar, A Debroy, R Sarma. Substance abuse amongst the street-children in Guwahati City, Assam. Annals of medical and health sciences research 2014 ;4 (9), 233-238

26.Bidita Khandelwal, Dheeraj Khatri, Swarup Kr. Patnaik, Mingma L. Sherpa, Sumit Kar. Microalbuminuria as an overrated indicator of target organ damage in hypertension: a hospital based cross sectional study int J Res Med Sci. 2014; 2(3): 881-885

27.S kar, B khandelwal. Fast foods and physical inactivity are risk factors for obesity and hypertension among adolescent school children in east district of Sikkim, India J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2015 Jul-Dec;6(2):356-9

28.V. K. Mehta, Sumit kar, Anand Ranjan. Introduction of Pentavalent Vaccine in Universal Immunization Programme in Sikkim.SMU medical journal Volume – 3, No. 1, January 2016) Review article

29.B khandelwal,G Shankar, S kar.Clinical profile and outcome of patients admitted with stroke. J. Harmoniz. Res.Med. and Hlth.Sci.2015,2(3),112-121

30. B K Sharma, R Dey, S Kar, V K Singh. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging study of the variations of position of conus medullaris and thecal sac in the adult population in Sikkim. Indian journal of clinical anatomy and physiology (IJCAP) 2017 ; 4(1); 8-10

Invitation to Review manuscript send to Bulletin of WHO and Elsevier publications

STUDENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Project Title

Date

Name

Name

Name

Description

Sociodemographic profile and treatment outcome of defaulters in east sikkim

2014

Dr leona

Dr P nandy

Dr S Kar

Co guide for PG thesis

Microalbuninuria as a predictor for end organ damage

2014

Dr S Patnaik

Dr B khandelwaL

Dr S Kar

Co guide for PG thesis

Burden and correlates of malnutrition among under five children in urban areas of Sikkim

2014

Dr A Ranjan

Dr V K Mehta

Dr S Kar

Co guide for PG thesis

Predictors and outcome of low birth weight in a tertiary care hospital in Sikkim

2015

Dr R Mukherjee

Dr S Dutta

Dr S Kar

Co guide for PG thesis

Prevalence of hypertension among adults in the field practise area of SMIMS

2015

Dr Prabin

Dr V K Mehta

Dr S Kar

Co guide for PG thesis

Comparision between video demonstration and clinial teaching in antenatal examination among nursing students

2015

Phd.

Barkha

Dr B khandelwal

External expert in Phd research

Declaration – All the above statement are true to the best of my knowledge.

Dr Sumit Kar

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