National Conference on “Tribal Health Research – Issues, Challenges & Opportunities" (19 September - 21 September 2019)

Conference Committees

Organising Committee

Chief Patron: Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Chancellor, PIMS-DU, Loni

Patrons: Dr. Rajendra Vikhe Patil, Pro-Chancellor, PIMS-DU, Loni Dr. Y.M. Jayaraj, Vice Chancellor, PIMS-DU, Loni

Organizing Chairman Prof. K. V. Somasundaram, Director, Centre for Social Medicine

Organizing Secretary Dr.Sunil Thitame, Asst. Professor, Centre for Social Medicine

Members Mrs. Aawade, Joint Director, TRTI, MoTA, Pune Dr. John Gaikwad, Anthropologist, TRTI, MoTA, Pune Mr. Santosh Thube, Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Project, Rajur Dr. Dhaval Thorat, Asst Commissioner, FWTRC, MoHFW, GoI, Mumbai AVM (Retd) Dr. Rajveer Bhalwar, Dean, Dr. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Rural Medical College, Loni Dr. Vidyasagar Mopgar, Principal, Rural Dental College, Loni Dr. Mahendra Shende, Principal, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, Loni Dr. T. Sivabalan, Vice Principal, College of Nursing, Loni Dr. Suresh Kamble, Director, Centre for Biotechnology, Loni Dr. Rahul Kunkulol, Coordinator, Research and Development Cell, PIMS-DU, Loni Ms. Cheryl Kolhe, Asst. Professor, Centre for Social Medicine, Loni

National Advisory Committee

The following experts engaged in Tribal Health Research & Development at national and state level representing major stake holders (government, Research & Academics, NGOs) are invited to serve as Members of National Advisory Committee for the Conference.

Government Organizations _ Invited 1. Mr. Deepak Khandekar, Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI, New Delhi 2. Mr. Navaljit Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI, New Delhi 3. Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI, New Delhi 4. Dr. S. Venkatesh, Director General of Health Services, MoHFW, GoI, New Delhi 5. Ms. Manisha Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoM, Mumbai 6. Dr. Satish Pawar, Director Health Services, Commissioner of Health, GoM, Mumbai 7. Dr. Kiran Kulkarni, Commissioner, Tribal Research and Training Institute, Pune

Research & Academics _ Invited 8. Dr.Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR, New Delhi 9. Dr. Dipak Raut, Director, Family Welfare Training and Research Centre, MoHFW, GoI, Mumbai 10. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Executive Director, National Health Systems Resource Centre, MoHFW, New Delhi 11. Dr. Aparup Das, Director, National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (ICMR), Jabalpur, Chattisgarh 12. Dr. Sanjay Zodpey, Director, Indian Institute of Public Health, New Delhi 13. Prof. H. Beck, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai 14. Dr. Neeraj Hatekar, Professor in Economics, University of Mumbai.

Non-governmental & Development Organizations - Invited 15. Dr. Abhay Bang, Chairman, SEARCH, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra 16. Dr. Prakash Baba Amte, Anandwana, Chandrapur, Maharashtra 17. Dr. H. Sudarshan, Vivekananda GirijanKalyan Kendra, Karnataka 18. Dr. V.B. Dyasa, Chief Program Executive, BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune 19. Dr. Dhruv Mankad, Director, VACHAN, Nashik, Maharashtra 20. Dr. Ravindra Kolhe, Mahan Truts, Melghat, Amarawati.