Rajesh Nair

Biography

Rajesh has Ph.D. in Health Psychology has also received Public Health training under M.Phil (MPH) course at Institute of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, U.K., supported by PHFI-UKC Wellcome Trust Capacity Building Programme. Rajesh has also undergone three months Short Intensive Program on HIV-Public Health and Program Delivery at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney under Australian Leadership Award Fellowship (ALAF). He has masters in Clinical & Abnormal Psychology and has postgraduate qualifications in Health & Family Welfare, Human Resource Management and Personnel Management. Rajesh has more than fifteen years of experience in program management, monitoring & evaluation, social & behavioural research, developing and implementing focused interventions among Most at Risk Groups (MARGs) under National AIDS Control Programme (NACP). He has worked as National Consultant (NGOs and TIs), supported by UNDP at National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India and at State AIDS Control Societies (SACSs) in various capacities (years 2001-2008) under NACP-II & III. At Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH), Georgetown University, Washington DC- India country office, he provided program management support for implementation and scale up of Fertility Awareness-based Methods (FAM) under RCH programme supported by USAID in the priority states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. He has worked at Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG) as Assistant Professor from Nov. 2010 to December 2012 and was State Lead for STEPS project (Strengthening of Tobacco Control Efforts through Innovative Partnerships and Strategies), Gujarat. Currently he is working as Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Public Health Delhi (IIPHD). Rajesh has over a dozen publications in the area of Public Health and Health Psychology in peer reviewed/indexed national and international journals.

Research Interest

Thematic areas- Reproductive Health, STIs and HIV/AIDS, Adolescent Health, Behaviour Change Communication, Psychological Counselling and Programmatic areas- Program Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Training & Capacity building