Sudhir Kumar Jain Email and Phone Number

Specialization: Field Epidemiology Disease Surveillance, Emergency Preparedness & Response Program Manager- Neglected Tropical Diseases Job Profile: i) Present employment: a) May 2018 to date : Additional Director & Head Epidemiology Division, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)b) August 2012 to May 2018: Head Department of Parasitic Diseases & National Programme Manager for Yaws Eradication Programme, NCDCc) From March 2001 to July 2012: Joint Director (Epidemiology Division), NCDC.Job Responsibilities: 1. Head of the Epidemiology Division of NCDC1.1 Strategic technical support to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India in COVID-19 pandemic response• Provided oversight in developing guidance documents on COVID-19 case-based surveillance, cluster containment, quarantine and isolation of cases, infection prevention control in health facilities • Provided oversight in developing and conducting serosurveys • Reviewed and supported the containment efforts of states 1.2 Spearheaded India Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Training as Programme Director 1.3 Assisted implementation of activities as National Focal Point for IHR 1.4 Training medical and paramedical health workers in India and WHO SEARO as WHO Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and Training1.5 Technical expertise to states in systematic field investigations for outbreaks and rapid health assessment in disasters2. National Programme Manager of Yaws Eradication Programme (YEP)• Prepared country report & publication of success story about yaws in various scientific journals3. Guided MPH students of NCDC4. Temp. advisor to WHO:- Consultation on the eradication of Yaws Mar, 2014, WHO Hq, Geneva- Midterm review of Leprosy Elimination and YEP Indonesia, Dec 2016.- Technical support to Timor-Leste : preparations of yaws endemicity mapping plan: Jun 2017