Secretary to Government of India, Department of Health Research & Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research
Dr. Rajiv Bahl
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.
Contact
Additional Director General
Dr. Sanghamitra Pati
Additional Director General
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 - NIRBI, Kolkata, ICMR - NIV, Pune, ICMR - NITVAR, 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 - NIRDHDS, Delhi, ICMR - NIRTH, Jabalpur, ICMR- RMRC, Sri Vijaya Puram, 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 - NCDIR, Bengaluru, ICMR - NIREH, Bhopal, ICMR - NICHDR, New Delhi, ICMR - NITM, Belagavi, ICMR - NIIH, Mumbai
Dr. Aparna Mukherjee
Scientist F & Head
Reproductive, Child Health & Nutrition (RCN), Division
aparna[dot]sinha[dot]deb[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in
Ph. +91-11-26589647, 26589270
Fax. +91-11-26589270
Institutes Coordinated
ICMR - NIRRCH, Mumbai, ICMR - NIN, Hyderabad
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 - NICHDR, Delhi , ICMR – NITM, Belagavi, ICMR - NAFBR, Hyderabad
Dr. Kamini Walia
Scientist G & Head
Descriptive Research Division
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
Dr. Tanvir Kaur
Scientist G & Head
International Health Division (IHD)
headihd[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
Ph. +91-11-26589384
ITR
Administration/Finance
Institutes/Regional Medical Research Centres
Dr. Anup Anvikar
Scientist G & Director in-charge
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 (Additional Charge)
ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad
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
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. Bharti Kulkarni
Scientist G & Director
ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
director[dot]nin[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in kulkarni[dot]bharati[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. Santasabuj Das
Scientist G & Director
ICMR-National Institute of Bacterial Infections, Kolkata
director-niced[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in
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
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. Sanghamitra Pati
Additional Director & 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. Mona Duggal
Scientist-G & 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
Ph. +91-831- 475477, 2475478
Fax. +91-831-2475479
Dr. Sanghamitra Pati
Additional DG & Director (Additional Charge)
ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar
dir[dot]rmrcb[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in
Ph. +91-674-2301322, 2301332
Fax. +91-674-2301351
Dr. Suman Kanungo
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. +91-99038 24322
Prof. (Dr.) Hari Shanker Joshi
Scientist G & Director
ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur
director[hyphen]rmrcgkp[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in
Ph. +91-0551-2971007
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. Aparup Das
Scientist G & Director
ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre Sri Vijaya Puram, ICMR-RMRCSVP
rmrcicmr[hyphen]pb[at]gov[dot]in
Ph. +91-3192-251158
Fax. +91-3192-251163
Dr. Pragya Yadav
Scientist F & Director-in-charge
ICMR-National Institute of One Health, Nagpur
yadav[dot]pragya[at]gov[dot]in
Ph. +91-3192-251158
Fax. +91-3192-251163