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Secretary to Government of India, Department of Health Research & Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research

Dr. Rajiv Bahl

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Profile

Dr Rajiv Bahl is a physician-scientist, with specialization in paediatrics (MD Pediatrics: University of Delhi) and public health (PhD: All India Institute of Medical Sciences). He received an Honorary Doctorate from University of Bergen, Norway, in 2022 in recognition of his contributions to maternal and child health research.

Dr Bahl has demonstrated leadership in health research and translating research to public health policy both in India and at a global level over the past three decades. His prolific scholarly output includes over 250 papers in peer reviewed journals and an H-Index of 78 that positions him among top 1.25% scientists in the world across all disciplines.

Dr Bahl has been serving as the Secretary, Department of Health Research & Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) since 7th October, 2022. Prior to this, he held the position of Head of Research on Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva (2013-22) and was responsible for Newborn and Child Health research at WHO (2003-2012). Earlier in his career, Dr. Bahl was a scientist in the ICMR Advanced Centre for Diarrheal Disease and Nutrition Research at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi (1994-2002).

His expertise includes setting the research agenda, conceptualizing and implementing research studies with excellence, data analysis and translating research findings into public health policy and programmes. Dr Bahl has been instrumental in overseeing population-based, multi-country research studies in over 20 countries in Asia and Africa and has contributed to strengthening research capacity in over 50 institutions.

Research conducted and coordinated by Dr Bahl has had significant impact on health policy and programmes, and has the potential of saving over 10,00,000 lives every year. His notable contributions to major innovations for newborn and child health includes use of zinc in treatment of diarrhea, early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding, outpatient treatment of newborns with severe infections and immediate initiation of Kangaroo Mother Care after birth in mother-newborn intensive care units.

Additional Director General

Dr. Sanghamitra Pati
Additional Director General (Addl. charge)

dir.rmrcb[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-674-2301322, 2301332

Fax. +91-674-2301351

Sr. DDG(Admin), Sr. FA

Ms. Manisha Saxena, IRS
Sr Deputy Director General (Administration)

srddga[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26589330

Divisions/Cells

Dr. Nivedita Gupta
Scientist G & Head

Communicable Diseases (CD), Division

guptanivedita[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26588296

Fax. +91-11-26588896

Institutes Coordinated

ICMR - NICED, Kolkata, ICMR - NIV, Pune, ICMR - NARI, Pune, ICMR - NIMR, Delhi, ICMR - VCRC, Puducherry, ICMR - RMRIMS, Patna, ICMR - NIE, Chennai, ICMR - RMRC, Bhubaneshwar, ICMR - RMRC, Gorakhpur, ICMR - NIRT, Chennai, ICMR - NJIL&OMD, Agra, ICMR - NIMS, Delhi, ICMR - NIRTH, Jabalpur, ICMR - RMRC, Port Blair, ICMR - NARFBR, Hyderabad

Dr. R.S. Dhaliwal
Scientist G & Head

Non Communicable Diseases (NCD), Division

dhaliwalrs[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26589811, 26588381

Fax. +91-11-26588381

Institutes Coordinated

ICMR - NIOH, Ahmedabad , ICMR - NICPR, Noida, ICMR - RMRC, Dibrugarh, ICMR - NIIRNCD, Jodhpur, ICMR - NICDIR, Bengaluru, ICMR - NIREH, Bhopal, ICMR - NIOP, New Delhi, ICMR - NITM, Belagavi, ICMR - NIIH, Mumbai

Dr. Bharati Kulkarni
Scientist G & Head

Reproductive, Child Health & Nutrition (RCN), Division

kulkarni[dot]bharati[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26589647, 26589270

Fax. +91-11-26589270

Institutes Coordinated

ICMR - NIRRCH, Mumbai, ICMR - NIN, Hyderabad

Dr Manoj Vasant Murhekar
Scientist G & Head

Epidemiology Division

directornirt[at]nirt[dot]res[dot]in

 

Dr. Ruchi Singh
Scientist G & Head

Discovery Research Division

ruchisingh[dt]nip[at]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26589791

Institutes Coordinated

ICMR - NIIH, Mumbai, ICMR - NIP, Delhi , ICMR – NITM, Belagavi, ICMR - NAFBR, Hyderabad

Dr. Kamini Walia
Scientist G & Head

Descriptive Research Division

kamini[dot]walia[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Dr. Taruna Madan
Scientist G & Head

Development Research Division

guptanirrh[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Mob. +91-9867197040

Dr. Ashoo Grover
Scientist G & Head

Delivery Research Division

grovera[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26588942

Dr. Saritha Nair
Scientist F & Head

Policy & Communications (P&C), Division

nairs[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Dr. Harpreet Sandhu
Scientist G & Head

International Health Division (IHD)

sandhuh[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26588755

Dr. Samiran Panda
Editor in Chief

Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR)

samiranpanda[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

editorial[at]jmr[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26589384

Ms. Manisha Saxena
Sr. DDG(A) & Head

Data Centre

srddga[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

 
 

ITR

 

Administration/Finance

Dr. R Lakshminarayanan
DDG (Admin)

lakshminarayanan[dot]r[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26589365

Shri Jagdish Rajesh
ADG (Admin)

rajeshj[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26588505

Shri Udai Kumar
ADG (Finance)

kumar[dot]udai[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26589291

Institutes/Regional Medical Research Centres

Dr. Shalini Singh
Scientist G & Additional Charge of Director

ICMR-National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra

director-jalma[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-562-2331751

Fax. +91-562-2331755

Dr. Santasabuj Das
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad

director-nioh[at]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-79-22688711, 22686142

Fax. +91-79- 22688710

Mob. +91-9875353737

+91-79-22688709, 22688340

Dr. Prashant Mathur
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru

director-ncdir[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-80-22176400

Dr. Manisha Srivastava
Scientist G & Director-in-charge

ICMR-Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Center, Bhopal

directoroffice-bmhrc[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in bmhrcbhopal[at]gmail[dot]com

Ph. +91-9425017316

Dr. Rajnarayan Tiwari
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal

tiwari[dot]rr[at]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-9479787480

Fax. +91-755-2533976

Dr. Manoj Vasant Murhekar
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai

director[dot]nie[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-44-26136204

Fax. +91-44-26820464

Dr. Manoj Vasant Murhekar
Scientist G & Additional Charge of Director

ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai

directornirt[at]nirt[dot]res[dot]in

Ph. +91-44-28369600

Fax. +91-44-28362528, 28362525

Dr. Rajnarayan Tiwari
Scientist G & Additional Charge of Director

ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur

director[at]nirth[dot]res[dot]in

Ph. +91-761-2370800

Fax. +91-761-2672239

Mob. +91-9968074889

Dr. Santasabuj Das
Scientist G & Additional Charge of Director

ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad

director[dot]nin[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-40-27197297

Fax. +91-40-27019074

Prof. Mukesh Kumar Gupta
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research, Hyderabad

director-narfbr[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-40-27197201

Fax. +91-40-27003317

Dr. Shanta Dutta
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Bacterial Infections, Kolkata

director-niced[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in drshantadutta[at]gmail[dot]com

Ph. +91-33-2363 3373, 23701176

Fax. +91-33-2363 2398, 2370 5066

Dr. Geetanjali Sachdeva
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive & Child Health, Mumbai

dir[at]nirrh[dot]res[dot]in

Ph. +91-22-24192002

Fax. +91-22-24139412

Dr. Manisha Madkaikar
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai

director[at]niih[dot]org[dot]in directorniih[at]gmail[dot]com

Ph. +91-22-24132928, 24138518

Fax. +91-22-24138521

Dr. Anup Anvikar
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi

anvikar[dot]anup[dot]nimr[at]gov[dot]in director-nimr[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-25307103-105

Dr. RS Dhaliwal
Scientist G & Director-in-charge

ICMR-National Institute of Child Health and Development Research, New Delhi

director-nip[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26198402

Fax. +91-11-26198401

Dr. Sanghamitra Pati
Scientist G & Additional Charge of Director

ICMR-National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Science, New Delhi

nims[dot]director[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26588803

Fax. +91-11-26589635

Dr. Shalini Singh
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida

director[dot]nicpr[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-120-2578837

Fax. +91-120-2579473

Dr. Krishna Pandey
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

pandey[dot]krishna[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in director-rmri[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-612-2631565

Fax. +91-612-2634379

Dr. Manju Rahi
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry

director[dot]vcrc[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-413-2272396

Fax. +91-413-2272041

Dr. Naveen Kumar
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune

director[dot]niv[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-20-25880982

Fax. +91-20-26122669

Dr. Sheela Godbole
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Translational Virology and AIDS Research, Pune

sgodbole[at]nariindia[dot]org director[at]nariindia[dot]org

Ph. +91-20 27331329, 23771200

Fax. +91-20-27121071

Dr. Subarna Roy
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Belagavi

roys[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-831- 475477, 2475478

Fax. +91-831-2475479

Dr. Sanghamitra Pati
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar

dir[dot]rmrcb[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-674-2301322, 2301332

Fax. +91-674-2301351

Prof. Natarajaseenivasan Kalimuthusamy
Scientist G & Director

ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh

director-rmrcne[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-373-2381591

Fax. +91-373-2381748

Mob. +91-9435334901

Dr. Krishna Pandey
Scientist G & Additional Charge of Director

ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur

admin[hyphen]rmrcgkp[at]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-11-26589578

Fax. +91-11-26589258

Dr. Bontha V. Babu
Scientist G & Director-in-charge

ICMR-National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Diseases, Jodhpur

director-niirncd[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Ph. +91-291-2722403

Fax. +91-291-2720618

Dr. Manju Rahi
Scientist G & Director-in-charge

ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair

directorrmrc[at]gmail[dot]com

Ph. +91-3192-251158

Fax. +91-3192-251163