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Dr. Bontha V. Babu

Also known as: Babu

Indian Council of Medical Research, Regional Medical Research Centre Bhubaneswar, Andhra University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-5096-2222
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Dr Bontha V. Babu, currently holding the charge of Director, ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, is a Scientist-G (Director Grade Scientist) and Head of the Socio-Behavioral, Health Systems & Implementation Research (SHI) Division in the headquarters of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India. In addition, he was the Director of the National Institute of Implementation Research-Jodhpur, from April 2023 to August 2025. He is a health social scientist with a PhD in anthropology and a post-graduate diploma in applied statistics, received from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. His area of interest is community-based interventions for health promotion and disease prevention. He has expertise in disease control programme development & evaluation; cultural epidemiology & ethnography; research & programme management, training; health education & communication strategies, etc. Currently, he is involved in the funding and management of projects on health systems strengthening and implementation research, as well as coordinating multicenter projects on primary healthcare. He published approximately 250 papers in national and international journals, as well as about a dozen book chapters. He is associated with several professional bodies and journals.

Employment

  • Indian Council of Medical Research Scientist-G & Head
    2016 - Present
  • Indian Council of Medical Research Scientist-F & Head
    2011 - 2016
  • Indian Council of Medical Research Scientist-E (Deputy Director General)
    2008 - 2011
  • Regional Medical Research Centre Bhubaneswar Scientist-E (Deputy Director)
    2005 - 2008
  • Regional Medical Research Centre Bhubaneswar Scientist-C (Assistant Director)
    2000 - 2005
  • Regional Medical Research Centre Bhubaneswar Senior Research Officer
    1995 - 2010
  • Andhra University
    1990 - 1995

Education

  • Andhra University PG Dip Appl Stat
    1994 - 1995
  • Andhra University PhD
    1990 - 1994
  • Andhra University MA
    1986 - 1988
  • Andhra University BSc
    1983 - 1986

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (263)