MD Community Medicine, teaching/clinical position
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CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Name Dr. Swaroop N
Gender Male
Date of Birth 28th September 1982
Marital Status Married
Nationality Indian
Languages Known English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
Address
Office Maternal Neonatal and Child Health
(Sukshema) Project
Karnataka Health Promotion Trust
IT Park, 5th floor
No. 1-4, Rajajinagar Industrial Area
Behind KSSIDC Administrative Office
Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560044
Residence (Mailing Address) #18, 3rd 'C' Main, Sriramanagar
Bangalore - 560086
Mobile: 948*******, 988*******
E-mail:**.********@*****.***
Area of specialization : Medical Doctor; Masters in Community Medicine
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Academic Qualifications
Degree Year Institution University/Board
M. D. 2011 St. John's Medical College,Bangalore, Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health
Karnataka Sciences
M. B.,B. S 2005 Bangalore Medical College and
Research Institute, Bangalore,
Karnataka
Pre - 2000 K.L.E's S. Nijalingappa College, Karnataka Pre
University Bangalore, University Education
College Karnataka
Board
S. S. L. C 1998 Vidya Vardhaka Sangha Sardar Patel Karnataka State
High School, Bangalore, Secondary Education
Karnataka Board
Additional Skills
1. Computer Skills - Adept at using Microsoft Office and basic statistical
software.
2. Communication Skills - Good at communicating technical
and non-technical
information in English, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi to individuals and groups
of people
.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2005 - May 2006: Internship in Medicine, Surgery, & Allied Specialties
at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore
September 2009 - February 2010 - Medical Officer of Community Health and
Training Centre, Mugalur, the rural field practice area and training centre
of Department of Community Health, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore.
Located around 40 km from Bangalore, it caters to a population of around
30,000 persons from nearly 30 surrounding rural areas. As Resident Medical
Officer of the centre, gained administrative, treatment skills and
facilitated implementation of several rural health programs and research
activities
March 2008 - March 2011 - Postgraduate Resident & Tutor Demonstrator,
Department of Community Health, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore
June 2011 - November 2012 - Senior Resident, St. John's Medical College &
Research Institute, Bangalore
December 2012 - till date - Assistant Professor, Subbaiah Institute of
Medical Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTIVITIES
I joined the Department of Community Health, St. John's Medical College on
17th of March 2008 and completed my post-graduation in May 2011. Since
then, I was involved in all the activities running in the Department.
The activities that I was involved during my post-
graduation include:
1. I co-ordinated the functioning and participated in the following
projects:
a. Programme for the prevention of hearing (Ashadhwani) and visual
impairment (Dhrishti) in rural Karnataka.
b. Programme for the care of Senior Citizens called the Senior Citizen's
Health Services. This programme caters to the health needs of the senior
citizens both in rural and urban areas of Bangalore.
c. Programme for improving Maternal and Child Health. This programme
takes care of the antenatal and postnatal women and under-five children
including their immunization. I have conducted 30 deliveries during my
tenure as a Resident Medical Officer at RHTC, St. John's Hospital.
d. Programme for the care of patients with mental illness in
rural Karnataka called the Maanasi project.
e. Growth Monitoring of the under-six children attending Anganwadis in
Rural Karnataka.
f. Annual School Health Appraisals of both rural and urban schools.
2. I participated in the management of disasters in the flood-hit-
underserved areas of Bihar in the month of September 2008 for a period of
15 days.
4. I also participated in conducting the Health and Welfare Audit at the
Tea Plantations, Kadamane in Rural Karnataka, in February 2010.
5. I have had the unique experience of being the Resident
Medical Officer of the Community Health and Training Centre, (Rural
health centre of the Department of Community Health, St. John's
Medical College) and running the centre successfully for a period of 6
months.
After Post graduation I was extensively involved in Research in the field
of HIV and Cardiovascular Disease.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Swaroop N, Annuncia Janish, Sheraj Fernandez, Ramakrishna Goud, Twinkle
Agrawal, Shilpa Ravi, Arvind Kasthuri. Access to improved drinking water
and sanitation facilities in a rural area of Bangalore urban district.
Nat.J.Res.Com.Med .1(2), 2012.
2. Swaroop N, Ollapally A, Kuriakose K, Jayaraj M, Sreedaran P, Goud BR,
Kasthuri A. Substance use among women with depression in a rural area of
Bangalore urban district: A case control study. Indian Journal of Public
Health Research & Development. 2011 Sep. (Accepted for publication)
3. Swaroop N, Shilpa Ravi, Tony Pius, Vimal John, Maria Archana, Anjali
Pal, Ramakrishna Goud, Twinkle Agrawal, Geetha Jayaram. Burden among
Caregivers of Mentally ill Patients: A Rural Community based study. Indian
Journal of Research & Development of Health. 2013 June.
4. Farah Naaz Fathima, Deepthi N Shanbhag, Swaroop N, Rashmi D'souza,
Monica D'souza. Prevalence of mental illness among women in 18-45 year age
group in a village under Hesarghatta PHC of Bangalore Urban District. Rural
Medicine. 2013 Jan-Mar.
5. Naveen R, Swaroop N, Agrawal S, Tirkey AK. Profile of occupational
accidents reporting to a rural Plantation Hospital: A record review.
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health. 2012 Jun.
(Accepted for publication)
6. Shruti Surwade, Keith BT, Joe Jose, Swaroop N, Naveen R, Vidya M.
Surwade. Prevalence of alcohol and nicotine dependence among coffee
plantation workers, Coorg, Karnataka, India. International Journal of
Contemporary Medicine. (Accepted for publication)
7. Swaroop N, Shweta Murali, Christine Mary Jane, Meenakshi Prasad, Naveen
R, Bobby Joseph. Prevalence of alcohol and nicotine dependence among coffee
plantation workers, Coorg, Karnataka, India. Muller Journal of Medical
Sciences and Research. (Accepted for publication)
PAPERS/POSTERS AUTHORED/ CO- AUTHORED, PRESENTATIONS & AWARDS WON
Cardiovascular risk factors among HIV infected individuals on ART in
Mysore, South India (Presented at the 7th Semiannual meeting, Global Health
Initiative at Maryland, Bethesda in Oct 2012)
Prevalence of obesity among adolescents in a selected school of Adugodi
(Awarded the BEST PAPER AWARD among the Oral Papers presented at the Annual
Conference of Karnataka Association of Community Health, 2010)
Prevalence of depression among women in Tharabhanahalli (Awarded the BEST
POSTER AWARD among the Posters presented at the Annual Conference of
Karnataka Association of Community Health, Bangalore, 2009)
Was a co investigator for "The prevalence of risk factors for Non
Communicable diseases among Children of a High School in Rural Karnataka"
(This paper was awarded the Best Research Paper Award, Undergraduate
category by the Research society of St. John's National Academy of Health
Sciences, Bangalore in 2008 and the Best Paper Award - Undergraduate
category at the 52nd IPHA Conference, KIMS, Bangalore in Jan 2009)
Was a co investigator for "Respiratory function among migrant workers in a
construction company, Bangalore" (Awarded the BEST PAPER AWARD among the
Oral Papers presented at the Annual Conference of Karnataka Association of
Community Health, 2011)
Evaluation of mid day meal programme in Cowdalli Village, Chamarajnagar
District (This paper was presented by the intern as an oral presentation at
the Annual Conference of the Indian Public Health Association, KIMS,
Bangalore in 2009)
As Postgraduate worked in Programme for Adolescent Chronic Disease
Education (PACE) programme - A School Based pilot study to assess the
baseline levels of CVD Risk factors among secondary school children in
rural and urban Bangalore and aimed at Primordial Prevention of CVD in
population. Designed and implemented by the Department of Community Health,
St John's Medical College, Bangalore - 2009 ongoing
Assessment of knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among college students in
Bangalore. (The paper was presented as an oral presentation at the Annual
Conference of the Karnataka Association of Community Health, Bangalore,
November 2008)
Burden among Caregivers of Mentally ill Patients: A Rural Community based
study (The paper was presented as a poster at the 2010 Annual Conference of
the Indian Public Health Association, AMC, Vizag)
Depression and substance use among women in rural areas of Bangalore
District: A case control study (The paper was presented at the 2010 Indian
Psychiatric Society South Zone, SJMCH, Bangalore)
Health Seeking Behaviour among Elderly in Tharabhanahalli village,
Bangalore District (The paper was presented as an oral presentation at the
Annual Conference of the Karnataka Association of Community Health,
Bangalore, 2009)
Evaluation of ICDS Functioning in Anganwadis under Hesaraghatta PHC,
Bangalore District (The paper was presented at the 2010 Annual Conference
of the Indian Public Health Association, AMC, Vizag)
Quality of Life of Antenatal mothers attending a healthcare facility in
Rural Karnataka (The paper was presented as an oral presentation at the
Annual Conference of the Karnataka Association of Community Health,
Bangalore, 2010)
The following studies were conducted by the interns posted in various rural
areas in Department of Community Health during their Compulsory Rotational
Residential Internship training and were guided and co-authored by me
during the period of 3 years of post graduation at St. John's Medical
College.
. Access to improved drinking water and sanitation facilities in a rural
area of Bangalore district
. Stress levels among employees in two software companies in Bangalore
. Substance use, dependence and respiratory function among migrant workers
in a construction company, Bangalore
. A study of awareness and practice on Hypertension among the adults aged
50yrs and above in the village in rural Bangalore
. Substance use and dependence among college students, Anekal Taluk,
Bangalore
. Prevalence of Malnutrition & selected Morbidities among Anganwadi &
School going children in Tharabhanahalli village, Bangalore District
. A KAP study on Hygiene and Child Rearing practices among under - five
mothers in 2 colonies of Cowdalli Village, Chamarajnagar District
. Diet and anemia among antenatal women attending a Healthcare facility in
Solur, Rural Karnataka
. Profile of injuries reporting to a rural Plantation Hospital: A record
review
. Diet and physical activity of antenatal women attending a Healthcare
facility, Ammathi, South Coorg
REPORTS
Report of the visit to the Flood affected areas of Bihar - 2008
Report of the Health appraisal of Staff of Dietary Department and Laundry
Department, St John's Medical College Hospital - 2008 and 2009
Report of the Health appraisal of Health Care Waste Handlers, St John's
Medical College Hospital - 2009
Report on the environmental intervention - Plastic Waste Management in St.
John's Medical College and Hospital Campus - 2008 and 2009
Report of the health and welfare audit of the plantation workers of the
Parry Agro Limited - 2008 and 2009
Report of the Well Women Health Clinic held at Rural Health and Training
Center, Mugalur - 2009
Report on Chicken Pox outbreak among employees at the Brick factory at
Kuthaganahalli - 2009
AS A RESOURCE PERSON
Disaster Management Expo at Bangalore - organized by the Home Guards and
the MOHFW, GOI at Bangalore in 2005 and 2008
Basic Course for Community Health Workers - Department Of Community Health,
St. John's Medical College, Bangalore
National Pulse Polio Immunization Programme - Taken part in National Pulse
Polio Immunization Programme since 2000 to date. (Worked in various
capacities as volunteer, vaccinator, booth in charge and supervisor)
As resource person for Training of Mobility India Health Workers on Ear and
Hearing Care
Volunteer and Team Leader in relief activities in flood affected areas of
Bihar, in 2008
SHORT TERM COURSES IN COMMUNITY HEALTH
1. Human lactation workshop" at SJMCH in 2009
2. "Research Methodology Workshop" at SJMCH in 2008
3. "Teachers training workshop" at SJMCH in 2010
4. "PG refresher course" at KIMS, Bangalore in 2008
5. "PG refresher course" at SJMCH, Bangalore in 2010
6. "Nutrition" pre-conference workshop at DUMC, Kolar
7. Pre-conference workshop at JSS, Mysore
SCHOLARSHIPS
I have received the following merit-cum-means scholarships by the
St. John's National
Academy of Health Sciences
Sl. NO. Scholarship Year
1 Prof. A.N. Radhakrishnan 2008 - 2009
Scolarship
2 SJMC Alumni Association 2008 - 2009
Scholarship
3 Prof. A.N. Radhakrishnan 2009 - 2010
Scolarship
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Life Member, Karnataka Association of Community Health
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Team member of the college cricket team at Bangalore Medical College and
Research Institute; were runners at the zone level cricket tournament,
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences organized by - 2005
Team member of college cricket team representing Bangalore Medical College
and Research Institute from 2002 to 2006.
"Best outgoing sportsperson" for the batch of 2000 at Bangalore Medical
College and Research Institute.
Organizing Committee member for the Inter Collegiate Fest at Bangalore
Medical College and Research Institute, 2003
Organizing Committee member for the College Magazine at Bangalore Medical
College and Research Institute, 2004
Part of the cultural team representing Bangalore Medical College and
Research Institute in various stage events (Mad Ads, Kannada Skits) at
several Intra and Inter College competitions from 2002 - 06, having won
several awards in the events participated.
REFERENCES
Dr. ARVIND KASTHURI
PROFESSOR & HEAD
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
ST. JOHN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE
BANGALORE - 560034
KARNATAKA, INDIA (SOUTH)
Contact No: +91-080-****-**** (Office)
Fax: +91-080-****-****
E-mail: *******@*****.***
Dr. DOMINIC MISQUITH
PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
ST. JOHN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE
BANGALORE - 560034
KARNATAKA, INDIA (SOUTH)
Contact No: +91-080-****-**** (Office)
Fax: +91-080-****-****
E-mail: *******.********@*****.***
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