Faculty Participation/ Presentation of Papers at International /National Conferences/ workshops/ Summits/ forums/Seminars/Meetings etc:

Prof(Dr) Sudhir Kumar Satpathy, Director, KSPH (On Invaitation)

• Dr S. K Satpathy, Director has been selected to act as a member of the “education committee and STAR committee” for LMIC to LMIC partnership of CUGH, Washington DC, USA.
• Participated and chaired a session of the annual conference of Indian Public Health Association (IPHA), at Lucknow, January 9-11, 2018.
• Participated in International Symposium on Safety & Health “Vision Zero” Organized by DGUV, Germany, Department of Labour, Govt. of Odisha at Hotel May Fair, Bhubaneswar, 22-23 February, 2018.
• Organized the International Conference on “Public Policy and Governance including Public Policy to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)” and Launch of Indian Public Policy Network (IPPN) held at convention centre, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India from 28 February – 1st March, 2018
• Presented a paper on “Smokeless tobacco among adults of ten countries of South East Asia region” in 17th World conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) Cape Town, South Africa from 7-9 March, 2018
• Organised the APACI Influenza Workshop on 11th March, 2018 at the Auditorium of KIIT School of Management, Campus 7, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India.
• Participated in the “High level consultation meeting” organized by the Asia Health Literacy Association (AHLA) at the Faculty of Public Health Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. 10 – 11 April, 2018
• Participated in the “World Health Summit” at Coimbra, Portugal,19-20 April, 2018( on invitation)
• Chaired 3 sessions of Faculty Development Programme of KIMS, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar on Jun 26 & 29, 2018
• Presented KSPH, KIIT University COE (RACE) Project proposal on ‘Health Supply Chain Management’ at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, Jun 28,2018
• Participated as speaker at the “Seminar on Pedagogy and Practice of Public Policy at the O.P.Jindal Global University, Gurugram, Haryana, July 28, 2018.
• Participated in Odisha Vikas Conclave on SDG for Health in Odisha at Sandy Tower, Bhubaneswar, August 25, 2018.
• Participated in “APACI & CDC China International Conference on Influence at Beijing, China, Sep 7-10,2018
• Acted as external resource faculty for the District Surveillance Office Training (IDSP) at PHFI, Gurgon, Sep 16 -21, 2018
• Acted as a panellist in the Second Obesity Conclave – ‘Let’s fight with Obesity’, Organized by CHARM at IMA House Bhubaneswar, Oct 14, 2018
• Participated in 14th FICCI Higher education summit at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, Oct 30, 2018-11-29
• Participated and Show cased KSPH, KIIT & KISS at the Global Health Forum,2018 at American University of Beirut, Beirut Lebanon, Nov 1- 2, 2018
• Participated in the cluster meeting of “PREVENT IT project organized by European commission at Manipal University, Manipal.

Mr Himanshu Sekhar Pradhan, Associate Professor, KSPH

• Participated and presented a paper at the International Conference on “Public Policy and Governance including Public Policy to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)” and Launch of Indian Public Policy Network (IPPN), KSPH, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Feb 28-Mar 01, 2018
• Participated in Asia Pacific Alliance for Control of Influenza (APACI) Influenza Workshop organised on 11th March, 2018.at the Auditorium of KIIT School of Management, Campus 7, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India

Dr. Pratap Kumar Jena, Associate Professor, KSPH

• Participated at the International Conference on “Public Policy and Governance including Public Policy to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)” and Launch of Indian Public Policy Network (IPPN), KSPH, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Feb 28-Mar 01, 2018
• Presented a paper at 17th World conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) Cape Town, South Africa. 7-9 March, 2018
• Participated in Asia Pacific Alliance for Control of Influenza (APACI) Influenza Workshop organised on 11th March, 2018 at the Auditorium of KIIT School of Management, Campus 7, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
• Presented a paper at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health, The Hague, Netherlands Oct 24-27, 2018
• Invited as a resource person and speaker for a hands-on-training session on Scientific Paper Writing for 250 Ayush Doctors, Utkal Rangamancha, Bhubaneswar, Nov 10, 2018

Dr Manas Ranjan Behera, Assistant Professor (II), KSPH

• Participated at faculty training programme for newly joined faculties from 22nd to 25th October, 2018 at the KIIT university auditorium, campus-6, KIIT deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India.
• Participated a session on National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and health research and its implications’ on 13 November 2018 at Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Bhubaneswar.

Ms. Kavitha AK, Faculty Associate, KSPH

• Participated at the International Conference on “Public Policy and Governance including Public Policy to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)” and Launch of Indian Public Policy Network (IPPN), KSPH, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Feb 28-Mar 01, 2018
• Participated in Asia Pacific Alliance for Control of Influenza (APACI) Influenza Workshop organised on 11th March, 2018 at the Auditorium of KIIT School of Management, Campus 7, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
• Participated and presented a paper the Asia Pacific Organization for Cancer Control (APOCP) held at Jeju Iseland, South Korea, April 19-20, 2018. This paper received the YIA (Young Investigator Award) Excellence Award from the conference committee.

Ms. Itishree Mohanty, Faculty Associate, KSPH

• Participated at the International Conference on “Public Policy and Governance including Public Policy to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)” and Launch of Indian Public Policy Network (IPPN), KSPH, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Feb 28-Mar 01, 2018
• Participated in Asia Pacific Alliance for Control of Influenza (APACI) Influenza Workshop organised on 11th March, 2018.at the Auditorium of KIIT School of Management, Campus 7, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India

2.Awards/Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) received by the faculty

• Dr. Pratap Kumar Jena received the 34th Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Memorial National Teachers’ Award on 4th Sept 2018 held at the Constitution Club, New Delhi.
• Dr Manas Ranjan Behera received doctorate degree from the holy hands of the Thailand Princess Maha Chakri Khun Sirindhorn at Prince Mahidol Hall, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. The degree was conferred during the convocation ceremony held on 20th September, 2018Paper Accepted in

Ms. Purnima Bhoi, Faculty Associate, KSPH

International Conference

• Paper titled, Assessment of Patient Safety Culture in a Hospital of Odisha, selected for a poster display at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2020, Copenhagen, organised by BMJ and Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (Due to COVID-19, it has been Postponed).