Dr. Sigamani P
Associate Professor & Head
Department of Social Work
Central University of Tamil Nadu
India
Biography
"Dr. Sigamani Panneer is an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Social Work, School of Social Sciences and Humanities & Coordinator, Department of Applied Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu (by an Act of Parliament), Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a ls o (1) Visiting Research Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota (UMN), USA, (2) Visiting Professor, Jishou University, China (3) Guest Professor, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China and (4) Visiting Professor, Department of Management Studies, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, Affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore. He has Bachelor's degree in Economics, Master’s Degrees in Public Administration and Social Work from University of Madras; Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Pondicherry University (A Central University); M.Phil and Ph.D. in Public Health from Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Postdoctoral research training (PDF) in Public Health at Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus), MN, USA. He has conducted research in various areas relating to new public health management, drug delivery system, public private partnerships in healthcare, occupational health and women’s health. He has written many articles including conference papers (publishers including Sage, Springer, Elsevier, Cambridge Scholars, Economic and Political Weekly) and nine academic reference books published by Macmillan (3 books) and Bloomsbury (8 bo"
Research Interest
Public Health, Human Resource Management
Publications
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Khan NU, Panneer S. Public Policy Reforms on Development: Challenges Before Emerging Economies: Introduction.
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Panneer S. Current Status and Future Challenges of Child Health Programmes in India. Journal of Health Systems. 2015 Dec 16;1(1):35-7.
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Mehta AR, Panneer S, Ghosh-Jerath S, Racine EF. Factors Associated With Extended Breastfeeding in India. Journal of Human Lactation. 2017 Feb;33(1):140-8.