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Lakhwinder Singh Sidhu
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Director
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New Delhi,
India
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A health systems expert with over to decades of national as well as international exposure. Having worked in Afghanistan for about a decade with the health systems. developed a thorough understanding of health systems. have over a decade of experience of heading research and training organization both in India as well as overseas. Area of interest program management through research and M&E. |
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Director, CEO, COP, President
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Professional Experience: |
An exhaustive education background culminating in Doctorate from the University of Oxford, UK. a trained social and biological scientist with over two decades in health systems in various countries including various states of India. Having evaluated health systems of Yemen, Viet Nam and Nepal. Over a decade spent on working in reestablishing health systems in Afghanistan of which about 50% on the ground in Kabul and various provinces.
Leading capacity building of health professionals both in India and overseas both short term and long term especially in management of health systems. Having worked with over 2000 professionals in fine tuning their managerial skills both short term and long term.
Have a thorough understanding of health and development systems as well as working with expatriates both in India as well as abroad.
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Education: |
An exhaustive education background culminating in Doctorate from the University of Oxford, UK.
Awarded Commonwealth Scholarship by the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the British Council for doctoral program in Anthropology at the University of Oxford UK, 1991-1995
• Awarded Junior/ Senior Research Fellowship by the Ministry of Environments and Forests, Government of India to research in man – environment interactions; 1987-1991 at the University of Delhi
• Awarded State Merit Award based on 10th Standard Examination by the Director of Public Instructions (DPI, Schools) 1981-85
OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTENDED
• Health Behavior and Society: A Summer School in Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD June 6-23, 2011
• Strategic Leadership in Population and Reproductive Health: A Summer Institute in Reproductive Health and Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, July 5-15, 2005
• Excellence in Science Writing: A World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA and Indian Council of Medical Research joint workshop held at the Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai. April 1-5, 2002
• Quality Improvement in Reproductive Health Services - An International Training Program jointly offered by the International Council on Management of Population Programs (ICOMP), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (1999)
• Reproductive Health Research - A certificate course at the Population Research Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1998)
• Leadership and Supervision in Health and Population - A certificate course under the Executive Program for Developing Countries University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA) (1998)
• Epidemiology of Reproductive Health - A training program organized jointly by Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (1996)
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Dr Lakhwinder P Singh Sidhu
Director, International Institute of Health Management Research, Delhi, India
Core Strengths: In-depth understanding of the health sector, long working experience in health systems across the world with special focus on post conflict health systems, health systems management especially monitoring and evaluation of health sector and community based behavioral studies
Previous Appointments: Professor and Dean (Research), (Indian) Institute of Health Management Research (July 2007- July 2011); Associate Professor (June 2007 to February 2000); Assistant Professor (January 2000-January 1996)
• Country Coordinator, IIHMR, Afghanistan (Since December 2009 )
• Senior Technical Advisor, METASHARP (Since September 2009)
• Senior Associate (Since July 2005), Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
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Professional Experience:
• Fifteen years of post doctoral research experience in public health management. I have led small, medium and large policy and health systems performance assessment projects in Afghanistan, India and Yemen. Have first hand working experience in India, Afghanistan, Nepal and Vietnam besides short term assignment elsewhere
• Have served as consultant to many international organizations including the UN, WHO, UNFPA, Government of India, Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan. Have coordinated and led about 50 research projects in the area of health systems performance assessment and health management in various countries,
• Coordinated health stream of the Post Graduate Program in Health and Hospital Management, coordinating dissertation of the students and teaching and directing courses like research methods since 1996 and international health since 2007.
• Have 30 peer reviewed publications and about 60 research reports for various consulting assignments
• Experience of heading office of national and expatriate staff in Afghanistan and working with a multinational and multi-ethnic staff. Heading research division for the last 3 years and working with a team of 30 research officers to accomplish the research agenda of the Institute
• Director, IIHMR, New Delhi since July 29, 2011 till date
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Years of Experience:
More than 20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Doctorate |
Languages:
English, Hindi and Punjabi |
Nationality:
India
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