About me
A Pharmacy graduate from India with much interest in clinical research and community / public health. I am pursuing MSc Clinical Research from SMU, India and currently working on Clinical Research projects (and bioequivalence studies).

After getting a wonderful opportunity to exchange ideas with the professionals at the 2nd edition of renowned Geneva Health Form (May 2008), my interest towards public health rose to the sky level. I have also attended the 12th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH - 2009) / its satellite event, International Students' Meeting on Public Health (ISMOPH - 2009)held at Turkey during Apr - May 2009 and the Students' International Conference on Biomedical and Interdisciplenary Research (SICOBAIR - 2009) held at Tehran, Iran.

Being selected as a travel grantee for the Geneva & Tehran conferences, I have been selected as one among the 100 privileged participants of the Istanbul conference.

So far, I have presented about 47 papers (both concept/review ones and original research work; national & international) and have about 12 publications to my credit.

I have been volunteering (both virtual & physical) for a good number of organizations including TIG. I am inspired with the Teach India initiative by the Times of India Group and I am proud that I serve as a volunteer for the program.

I have been involved in a number of health related projects both in the national and international level. With involvement in various organizations ranging from International Pharmacy Students Federation (IPSF) to Health System Action Network (HSAN), I am much interested to work with people from different corners of the world in the areas of HIV/AIDS, TB, tobacco/alcohol and drug abuse, occupational health and other key health issues which affect youth health.


VOLUNTEERING & OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 Joint Editor, The Clinical Researcher (TCR), Flagship journal of the Clinical Research Board (CRB), New Delhi, India, published quarterly online [http://crboard.org]
 Advisory Board Member, Clinical Trial Magnifier (CTM), a monthly e-newsletter published from the ‘Clinical Trial Centre’ of the University of Hong Kong [http://www.clinicalresearchclinic.com/]
 Member of Innovative Explorers (Elsevier Communispace), A forum of a select group of members worldwide who serve as advisors to Elsevier on important topics of mutual interest [https://elsevier.communispace.com/]
 Pharmacy Education Officer, Executive Council 2009 – 2010, Indian Pharmaceutical Association – Students’ Forum (IPA-SF), the official student forum of IPA, the national association of Pharmacists in India [http://ipapharma.org/]
 Strategy & Resource Mobilization Sub-Committee Member, Health System Action Network (HSAN), a global network to promote health system strengthening [http://www.hsanet.org/]
 Public Health Sub-committee Member 2008 – 2010, International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF), international organization representing 3,50,00 pharmacy students and recent graduates from over 70 countries worldwide [http://www.ipsf.org/]
 Editorial Team Member, GCP Focus, an online journal of GCP Helpdesk.com
 Junior Officer, Conference Students’ Board, International Online Medical Conference (IOMC) 2010, the 3rd of the virtual conference series held online [http://www.iomcworld.com/2010/]
 Life Member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), the national association of Pharmacists in India [http://ipapharma.org/]
 Life Member of InPharm Association, the young pharmacists group of India [http://www.inpharm.org.in]
 Country Ambassador, MOMEMTUM, a youth led global magazine [http://www.momentumweb.ning.com/]
 Action Tool Volunteer, TakingITGlobal (TIG), a Canada based website on global issues. [http://www.tigweb.org/] A Pharmacy graduate from India with much interest in clinical research and community / public health. I am pursuing MSc Clinical Research from SMU, India and currently working on Clinical Research projects (and bioequivalence studies).

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