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Prof. Giridhara R Babu
Professor & Head Life-course epidemiology

Born in 1976

Giridhara R Babu is a Professor and Head of Life Course Epidemiology at the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Bengaluru. IIPH is an affiliated institute of the Public Health Foundation of India, a public-private partnership in India. Giridhara completed his medical degree (MBBS) from Kasturba medical college, Manipal, and has completed MPH and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was a junior resident at the Center for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He also worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Karnataka. He received a senior fellowship of Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance to start and expand a cohort study in Bangalore. The cohort is named MAASTHI (Maternal Antecedents of Adiposity Studying the Transgenerational Role of Hyperglycemia and Insulin).

He has provided Policy Support to several international, national and regional Governments and organizations in managing COVID19 pandemic. Some of these included the following.

Member, Lancet Covid -19 Commission India Task Force Member Karnataka State Government State Vision Group,  Co-Chair, BBMP Taskforce on COVID-19 Public Health Response, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru. [5] National level: Member of Epidemiology, Surveillance, & Research group constituted by ICMR National Task Force for COVID-I9 Member, Karnataka State Government Technical Analysis Committee: COVID19 Member, Karnataka State Government Expert Committee for COVID19.

He has contributed to several media articles and has widely disseminated knowledge about COVID19 pandemic.

He is a well-known columnist and prolific writer on public health awareness and empowerment, using his writing and interviews to educate the public regarding public health interventions to improve health outcomes.

Awards and recognitions
1.    Intermediate fellowship, DBT Wellcome Trust India alliance

2.    Senior fellowship, DBT Wellcome Trust India alliance

3.    Member of Faculty of Public Health (MFPH), (By distinction), United Kingdom

4.    Serves on the following Committees


 * 2021-22              Member, Lancet Covid -19 Commission India Regional Task Force
 * 2020-21              Member Karnataka State Government State Vision Group
 * 2019-Present     Member of Epidemiology, Surveillance, & Research group, Indian Council of Medical Research National Task Force for COVID-I9
 * 2019-Present    Member, Karnataka State Government Technical Analysis Committee: COVID19
 * 2020-Present     Co-Chair, BBMP Taskforce on COVID-19 Public Health Response, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru.
 * 2020-21              Member, Karnataka State Government Expert Committee for COVID19
 * 2020-21              Consultation to State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab
 * 2020-21              Member, Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS): Policy group, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
 * 2020-21              Member, UKRI International Development Peer Review College in evidence and recognition.
 * 2019-21              Member, Institutional Ethics Committee at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru [IISc]
 * 2018-19              Member, Committee for review and amendment of Karnataka Private Establishment Act, Govt. of Karnataka
 * 2018-19              Member, Nursing Council of India, Core group for curriculum for Nursing Health Practitioner
 * 2018-19              Member, NCD Core Technical Group, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India.
 * 2017-19              Member, State level core committee for the prevention of blindness and diabetic retinopathy, Government of Karnataka
 * 2016-18              Member, Technical Group, Rolling out Universal Health Coverage, Karnataka
 * 2016-18              Member, NCD Technical group, World Health Organization & CCDC, India
 * 2016-18              Member, Karnataka Private Establishments Act amendment, Government of Karnataka