“My ongoing research projects commensurate with my ‘topics of interest’ viz. advocacy on tobacco control and non-communicable diseases with state and national governments. I am the director of two national level resource centres namely ‘Resource Centre for Tobacco Control’ www.rctcpgi.org (reached 0.1 million views) and ‘Resource Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases’ which are established under current Bloomberg Initiative grant to reduce tobacco use (BI) and Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) respectively. I am also Chief Editor of ‘Tobacco Free Times’, a bimonthly theme-based journal published under BI grant, which is a one-stop solution for all tobacco control updates of the country”

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Bolster Tobacco Control in India through capacity building, networking, and partnerships, comprehensive MPOWER implementation and stopping Tobacco Industry Interference (TII)  The project aims at bolstering tobacco control in India through Capacity building, implementing higher tobacco taxes, fostering networking and partnerships and  preventing tobacco industry interferences at national and sub-national level, Further the project aims at strengthening E-Resource Center for Tobacco Control and Tobacco End game hub established in Department of community medicine and school for public health, to support national tobacco control program in India. Vital Strategies
Strengthening National Tobacco Testing Laboratories and Articles 9 and 10 of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the Indian Subcontinent The project aims to conduct a SWOT analysis and map existing lab capacities and facilities for tobacco testing. It seeks to identify knowledge gaps, develop a roadmap for action, and build capacity through training and expanding tobacco testing facilities. Determination of Priority parameters (chemical, physical, biological) to be tested in tobacco products and their classification into 'attractiveness', 'addictiveness', and 'toxicity'. It also seeks to provide Scientific Support to develop and validate standard operating procedures (SOP), to implement Good Lab Practices (GLP), Laboratory Information and Management System (LIMS), and create a scientific database to build lab capacity for new tobacco product testing methods. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
Efficacy of shared decision making for tobacco cessation at primary care level – randomized controlled trial (Phase 1) This project aims at determining the feasibility and effectiveness of a SDM strategy delivered at the primary or secondary healthcare in improving tobacco abstinence and patient-reported outcomes, such as improved engagement and satisfaction. The trial will be conducted at three healthcare facilities in the Ambala, Haryana. DST-Science & Engineering and Research Board
Impact assessment of LaQshaya in Haryana (Phase 1) The project aims to assess the reduction in maternal and newborn morbidity, as well as the quality of care and maternity services following the implementation of Labor Room Quality Improvement Initiative in 11 healthcare facilities in Haryana. Through the project, quantitative and qualitative data shall be collected from healthcare workers and patients receiving care in certified labor rooms and operation theaters in the 11 healthcare facilities of Haryana.. Haryana State Resource Center

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