Manoj Kar

Biography

Manoj Kar, a Professor in Health Systems, Education & Policy Studies, at the Center for Educational Studies, IIE. Prof. Kar, a Social Scientist and Public Systems Management Specialist in health development, having more than 20 years of academic, research, capacity building in public policy & governance and actively engaged in teaching, research, consultancy & advisory services in the field of Public Health, Health Education & Behavioral Research Studies. Academically, Prof. Kar, is having Ph.D. in Social Sciences in Public Health from the Center for Social Medicine & Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and received ICSSR and WHO Fellowships for the East West Center, Hawaii for Policy Research in Health studies. Prior to joining at IIE, he has served in several of strategic positions with WHO, Ministries of Health, UN Systems and International development organizations. His research team and collaborators have designed and developed National HIV/AIDS Strategy in India. He has been instrumental in shaping India’s National Strategy for National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) as Advisor, Public Health, for the National Health Systems Resource Center, under the Ministry of Health. Decentralized planning, community participation, governance reforms, gender mainstreaming in HIV/AIDS, health systems strengthening & research using primary health care approach are key contributions to the development of National Health Systems. At, IIE, he has been working for several of the strategic areas of ICSSR supported research initiatives, research seminar and Capacity Building for teaching Research Methodology courses. Also, he is perusing research collaborations on; ‘Health Policy, Health Education & Social Sector Governance’ addressing various dimensions of “Health for All & MDGs”. He is engaged in the publications of policy reviews and selected working papers on these themes and actively involved in academic guidance, teaching, evaluation and supervision of M. Phil and Ph.D. research work and thesis writing. Prof.Kar’s research interests include ‘public policy and governance of health systems’ to improve HIV/AIDS prevention, mitigation and health education for awareness, HIV and youth, social epidemiology, health behaviors, and its impacts. His research team is currently developing research tools for policy analysis based on integration of ‘Health Systems Strengthening and Research’ using ‘Primary Health Care’ approach that will provide strong support for evidence-based advocacy and policy influencing.

Research Interest

Social Policy and Health Systems Studies Organization & Development of Health Services in India Health Education, Promotion and Behavioral Studies Interdisciplinary Research in ‘Social Sciences Education & Health’ Research in ‘Education for Health’ Civil Society and Governance in Public Policy Community Participation & Empowerment Education & Training of ‘Non-formal Workers for Education & Health’ Adult Learning and Education for Life-Long Learning Early Childhood Educational Development Adolescent Health, HIV/AIDS Prevention Education and Mental Health Social Epidemiology & Community Health