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K Rajasekharan Nayar
Name			     Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar

Academic qualifications                  M.A.,  M.C.H. (Master of Community Health), JNU Ph.D. in community health- JNU (Supervisor Dr. P Ramalingaswami)

Academic Positions Present	:                                Professor and Head, Global Institute of Public Health, Thiruvananthapuram Chief Fellow, Santhigiri Research Foundation

Supervision                                       Ph.D (Public Health) Awarded        25 M.Phil (Public Health) Awarded        59 M.Sc. (Health Management) thesis of the Heidelberg University, Germany As thesis tutor              2 (during Guest Professorship in Heidelberg) As Field tutor               3

Editor in Chief. Journal of Health Systems. Published by Health Systems Research India Initiative Editor in Chief: Journal of Health Systems.

Publications Books

Critical Reflections on Health Services development in India: The Teleology of Disorder. Maryland: Lexington Books, 2014.

Public Health and the Poverty of Reforms: The South Asian Predicament. New Delhi: Sage. (Co-editor, 2001)

Ecology and Health: A Systems Approach. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation, 1998.

Biography of Rousseau and Voltaire. Kottayam: Kairali Children’s Book Trust, 1980 (in Malayalam)

Publications in Public Health

1.	Anant Kumar, K Rajasekharan Nayar and Muhammed Shaffi. COVID-19: Challenges and its consequences for rural health care. Public Health in Practice. 2020 May 5. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100009 2.	Anant Kumar and K Rajasekharan Nayar. Covid 19 and mental health consequences. Journal of Mental Health. 27 April, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1757052 3.	Nayar, K Rajasekharan and Chowdhury, Shabana Roze and P Rao, Arathi, Body Fluids, Body Contacts and Behaviours in Focus: A Post COVID Scenario for Evolving a Sustainable Health Behaviour Package (April 23, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3583322 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3583322 4.	Nayar, K Rajasekharan and Sadasivan, Lal and Shaffi, Muhammed and Vijayan, Bindhya and P Rao, Arathi, Social Media Messages Related to COVID-19: A Content Analysis (March 25, 2020). Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3560666 5.	Nayar, K Rajasekharan and Vijayan, Bindhya, Coughing and Puffing Society: A Qualitative Study in the Context of Widespread Prevalence of Cough in Kerala (March 12, 2020). Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3553700 6.	Nayar, K Rajasekharan, Grassroot Level Health Workers: Have They Taken Root in India? (October 17, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3471010 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3471010 7.	Nayar, K Rajasekharan, Un-Veiling Fashions and Attires: Diffusion of Dress Culture in Kerala, Its Health and Ecological Dimensions (May 03, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3389696 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3389696 8.	Nayar, K Rajasekharan and Vijayan, Bindhya and Rejeesh, krishna, A Qualitative Study of Nonagenarian Persons in Two Districts of Kerala (March 30, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3565338 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3565338 9.	Nayar, K Rajasekharan, A Timeless Disoriented View on Floods and Suffering in Kerala (August 30, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3445260 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3445260 10.	To Be or not to Be: Is TB elimination possible in India through a humanistic approach? BMJ Medical Humanities, 13 May, 2019. 11.	Rajasekharan K. Nayar et al. Methods to overcome Vaccine Hesitancy. The Lancet. Volume 393 (10177), pp.1203-04. 2019. 12.	Smoking and lung cancer paradox in Kerala: An Epidemiological Epiphany. BMJ Medical Humanities, 13 February, 2019. (with Raghu Ram K. Nair) 13.	Soaring but Souring Sugar: Type2 Diabetes in Kerala. BMJ Medical Humanities, 23 January, 2019. 14.	Climate change in Kerala: Hot air and cold facts. BMJ Medical Humanities, 23 October, 2018. 15.	Eat. Drink and Be not merry and die too: Public health implication of alcohol consumption. BMJ Medical Humanities, 17 May 2018 16.	Wuthering Wastes and the withering state of Kerala, India. BMJ Medical Humanities 24 April, 2018. 17.	‘Without Syndrome’: A qualitative exploration of Diabetes in Kerala. Journal of Health Systems, 1. 2017 Nov 24;2(2):14–6. 18.	Working in Twilight Zones: Some reflections on the conceptual and methodological issues of inter-disciplinary approach in public health. Public Health Open Access. Vol.2, Issue 2, 2018 19.	The Feverish State and Syncretic Holism: The Re-assertion of Oral Tradition in Medicine, British Medical Journal Medical Humanities. 18 January, 2018 20.	Senanayake H, Wijesinghe RD, Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar. Is the policy of allowing a female labor companion feasible in developing countries? Results from a cross sectional study among Sri Lankan practitioners. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2017) 17:392 21.	Patrick Brzoska Seval Akgun, Bassey E Antia, K R Thankappan, Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar and Oliver Razum. Enhancing International Perspective in Public Health Teaching through Formalized University Partnerships. Frontiers in Public Health 5:36. March 2017. 22.	Rakesh PS, Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar, Muhammed Shaffi, Chitra Grace. Do we need to consider universalizing the hepatitis A vaccine in Kerala, India? BMJ Opinion, February 10, 2017.

23.	Anant Kumar, Nayar KR, Shaffi M, Grace C, Bhat LD (2017). Happy days are not here. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.52 (19).

24.	Nayar KR, Jacob Kuruvilla, Muhammed Shaffi (2016). Construction and contours of crises in heath care. Heath care Academician Journal, Vol. 3 (1): 41-46

25.	Chitra Grace, K Rajasekharan Nayar, Lekha D Bhat, Anant Kumar, G. Ratheesh Babu, Muhammed Shaffi. How effective will be the anti-spitting initiatives in India. Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 51, No.26-27, 2016.

26.	Hand washing and public health. Economic and Political Weekly 2015, Vol.50, No. Vol.50, No. 48, pp. 19-21 (with Lekha D Bhat, Hisham Moosan, Sanjeev Nair, Muhammed Shaffi) 27.	Diphtheria Deaths in Kerala: Signs of an Impending crises. Economic and Political Weekly 2015, Vol.50, No. 43, October 24. Web Exclusives (Muhammed Shaffi, Lal SS) 28.	A Perilous Pilgrimage: The Case of Sabarimala. Economic and Political Weekly 2015, Vol.50, No. 25, June 20. (with K Mohandas, Muhammed Shaffi) 29.	Social determinants of maternal and child health in India: Macro-micro disjunctions. In, Akram M (Ed.). Maternal health in India: Contemporary issues and challenges. 2014 Jaipur: Rawat Publications (with Lekha Bhat). 30.	Inclusion and empowerment in maternal health services in India: An analysis of new initiatives. Santhigiri Synthesis: Research Paper Series No.1. 2014. Thiruvananthapuram: Santhigiri Social Research Institute. 31.	Universalizing Health care in India: The techno-managerial fix. Indian Journal of Public Health 57 (4); 2013, pp. 76-81. 32.	Questioning Women’s Labour: Women in Manipur, In Sarbjeet Singh and Pankaj Dodh (eds.). Gender Justice and Women Empowerment: An Integrated Approach. New Delhi: Regal Publications. 2013. pp. 326-347 (with Naorem Arunibala Devi). 33.	Intersectoral Approach and health in All (HiA) Policies in South East Asia Region. WHO SEARO Regional paper, April 09, 2013 34.	Multidimensional approach to child survival needed. The Lancet, 381 (9864), 2013, p.374. (with Chowdhury, SR) 35.	What factors predict exposure to caste, political and religious violence in India? A cross-sectional survey of 1000 Indian men. Asian Social Science Vol. 9, No. 1, 2013. pp. 1-8. (with Broom, A., Sibbritt, D., Nilan, P. & Kirby, E) 36. Trajectories of the Transgender · Need to Move from Sex to Sexuality. Economic and Political Weekly 2012, Vol - XLVII No. 47-48, December 01, 2012. (with Ina Goel) 37.	Three decades of ICSSR-ICMR Committee Report & the re-assertion of social determinants of health. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 136, October 2012, pp 540-543 38.	Men’s Experiences of Family, Domestic and Honour-Related Violence in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, India. Asian Social Science 8 (6), 2012, pp. 3-10. (with Alex Broom, David Sibbritt, Assa Doron and Pamela Nilan). 39.	India's country experience in addressing social exclusion in Maternal and Child Health, Country case study No.8. 2011, WHO. Commission on Social Determinants of Health (SDH) 40.	Of silver bullets and red herrings: Commentary. Tropical Medicine and International Health 16 (6), 2011, pp.669-71 (with O. Razum, and J. Schaaber) 41.	Gaps in Goals: The history of Goal-setting in health care in India. Oman Medical Journal 26 (1), 2011, pp.1-3. 42.	The use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in Sri Lankan cancer care: Results from a survey of  500 cancer patients. Public Health 124 (4), 2010, pp. 232-237 (With A. Broom, K. Wijewardena,  D. Sibbritt,  J. Adams). 43.	Indian Cancer Patients’ use of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (TCAM) and delays in presentation to Hospital. Oman Medical Journal 24 (2), 2009, pp.103-107 (With Alex Broom, Philip Tovey, Rashmi Shirali, Rakesh Thakur, Tulika Seth, Prem Chhetri) 44.	Commission on Social Determinants in Health: A piece meal move? (Editorial). Indian Journal of Medical Research 129, February 2009, pp 117-119 (With Sonali Sahni Kapoor) 45.	Masculinities and violence in India and Indonesia: Identifying themes and constructs for research. J of Health and Development, Vol.4 (1-4), 2008, pp. 209-228. (with Pam Nilan, Alex Broom, Argyo Demartoto, Assa Doron, John Jermov) 46.	Social exclusion, caste and health; A review based on the social determinants framework. Indian Journal of Medical Research 126, October 2007, pp 355-363 47.	Editorial. Journal of Health and Development Vol.2, No.3&4, 2007, pp. 5-8 48.	Critical Public health: Operationalising a vision. MFC Bulletin 323-324, July- September, 2007, pp. 40-44 (with Ritu priya) 49.	Taking the Kerala Discourse forward: Visions for an equitable health service. In, Kartha CC (ed.). Kerala Fifty years and beyond (A Festschrift in honour of Professor C.R Soman). pp.327-338. Trivandrm: Gautha Books, 2007. 50.	Entry of insurance in health services: Some recent trends in India. Indian Medical Parliamentarians’ forum Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2007, p.2 51.	Public health in private hands? A note on the Public Health Foundation of India. National Medical Journal of India, Vol. 19, No.4, 2006, pp.221-224 (with Mohan Rao) 52.	Kerala’s Roadmap to privatization in health care. Journal of Health and Development. Vol.2, No. 1&2, 2006, pp. 43-51 (with Sunitha Nair). 53.	Third Option or No Option? Self-Help in Health Care, In, Laaser, Ulrich and Radermacher, Ralf (Eds.). Financing Health Care - A Dialogue between South Eastern Europe and Germany. International Public Health Series, Vol. 18, Dusseldorf: Jacobs-Verlag, pp. 55-68. 2006 (with Oliver Razum) 54.	Millennium Development Goals and Health: Another selective development? International Studies, Vol. 43, No.3, 2006, pp. 317-22 (with Oliver Razum) 55.	Overview of HIV and AIDS in Asia. In, Time to Act II, Positive Voices: Emerging governance issues on HIV and AIDS in Asia (chapter 1). New Delhi: ActionAid International, 2006 56.	Community participation in health: A qualitative study of women’s self-help groups in Kerala state, India. Journal of Health and Development, Vol.1, No.4, 2005, pp. 91-101 (with Catherine Kyobutungi) 57.	Sociology of Tuberculosis: Dissecting a public health classic. Journal of Health and Development, Vol.1, No.1, 2005, pp. 11-14. 58.	South Asian Tsunami. The Lancet. Vol. 365, No. 9463, 2005, pp.934-935 (with Alpana D. Sagar). 59.	Politics of Pedagogy in public health. Social Scientist, Vol.33 No.1-2, 2005, pp.47-75 (with Imrana Qadeer). 60.	Health analysis- Kerala and Bihar: A comparison. Yojana 2005 49 (7): 9-13. 61.	Kerala: Confusing new approach to public services. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 39, No. 21, 2004, pp. 2091-92. 62.	Rural Health: Absence of Mission or Vision. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 39 No 45 November 6, 2004, 4872-74 63.	Language use in public health. The Lancet, Vol.363, No.9427, 2004, pp. 2190-91 (with Oliver Razum, Onkar Mittal, Ritu Priya, C. Sathyamala) 64.	Self-help: What future role in health care for low and middle-income countries? International Journal for Equity in Health 2004 Apr 15; 3 (1):1 (with Catherine Kyobutungi and Oliver Razum). 65.	Health co-operatives: Review of international experiences. Croatian Medical Journal, Vol. 44, No.5, 2003, pp. 568-575 (with Oliver Razum). 66.	Cooperatising medical care: A leap in the dark. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 38, No.22, 2003, pp. 2121-22 (with Oliver Razum). 67.	No quick fix for social science in public health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol.80, No.8, 2002, p.683. 68.	Ordering the Doctors: New Code of Ethics. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.37, No.27, 2002, pp.2686-87. 69.	Politics of Decentralization: Lessons from Kerala. In Imrana Qadeer, Kasturi Sen and K.R.Nayar (eds.), Public Health and the Poverty of Reforms: The South Asian Predicament. New Delhi: Sage. 2001 70.	Difficulties in Polio Eradication. The Lancet, Volume 357, Number 9254, 10 February 2001 (with Oliver Razum and Jayantha Liyanage) 71.	Decline of Co-operative Medical Services in Kerala, India. Asian Labour Update (Hong Kong), Vol.35, June-Aug, 2000, pp. 9-11. 72.	Public Medicare: Unhealthy Trends. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.35, No.31, 2000, pp.2699-2700. 73.	Health Need Assessment in the context of Health Sector Reforms: A Case Study from India. In Muhadjir Darwin, Anna Marie Wattie et al., (eds.) Health Social Science Action and Partnership: Retrospective and Prospective Discourse (Proceedings). Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, January 2000. 74.	Decline of Co-operative medical services in Kerala. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.35, No.7, 2000, pp.519-521. 75.	Role of NGOs in the Indian health scenario. Christian Medical Journal of India, Vol.14, No. 3 & 4, 1999, p. 13 76.	Housing and Health: Another Kerala Conundrum. In M.A.Oommen (ed.)    Rethinking Development. Kerala’s Development Experience, Vol.II. New Delhi:  Institute of Social Sciences and Concept Publishing Company, 1999, pp.444-58. 77.	The New Era of Growth: An Epitaph to the Environment. In Disinvesting in Health: The World Bank’s Prescriptions for Health. New Delhi: Sage, 1999, pp.165-173 78.	The Health Impact of Environmental Changes. Christian Medical Journal of India, Vol.14, No.1, 1999, pp.22-24. 79.	Health in the Ninth Plan. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.34, No.8, 1999,455-57. 80.	Old Priorities and New Agenda of Public Health in India: Is there a Mismatch? Croatian Medical Journal, Vol.39, No.3, 1998, pp. 308-315 81.	Sustainable Development: Conceptual Issues and Linkages with Environment and Health. In Manas Chatterji, Mohan Munasinghe and Rabin Ganguly (eds.). Environment and Health in Developing Countries. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation, 1998, pp.81-86. 82.	Housing Amenities and Health Improvement: Some Findings. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.32, No.22, 1997, pp.1275-79 83.	Health and Development. Chapter in Health in Rural India: Rural health care. 1996, New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University. 84.	Patterns of Funding by Bilateral and Multilateral Agencies in Health: Implications for Public Health. 1996, Voluntary Health Association of India (with others). 85.	Dissect and Decide. Environment Policies in India. Radical Humanist, Vol.60, No.3, 1996, pp.27-28 86.	Housing Water Supply and Sanitation: An Assessment of Problems and Prospects. IASSI Quarterly, Vol.14, No.1 & 2, 1996, pp.103-109. 87.	New Trends in Land Development in Kerala. Mainstream, Vol.33, No.49, 1995, pp.27-28 88.	Health and Structural Adjustment: Major Shifts at Policy Level. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.30, No.20, 1995, pp.1156-60 (With others) 89.	Health 1994-95, Alternate Economic Survey, Wiley Eastern, 1995 90.	The New Era of Growth: An Epitaph to the Environment. Social Scientist, Vol.22,  No.9-12, 1994, pp.129-136 91.	Contextualising Plague: A Reconstruction and an Analysis. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.29, No.47, 1994, pp.2981-89 (With Imrana Qadeer et al) 92.	Politics of Sustainable Development. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.29, No.22, 1994, pp.1327-29 93.	Twenty Years of Environmental Rhetoric. Mainstream, Vol.32, No.7, 1994, pp.12-13 94.	Social Sciences in health: Towards a Paradigm. IASSI Quarterly, Vol.12, No.1&2, 1993, pp.153-159 95.	Environment Policy Initiatives: The International and National Context. Asian Law Review, Vol.2&3, Winter, 1993, pp.27-32 96.	Housing, Rural Social Services. Rural Development Programmes. Indira Gandhi National Open University, 1991, pp.56-68 97.	Interdisciplinarity in Social Sciences in health: A Re-examination of the linkages Between Social Psychology and Health, School of Social Sciences Research paper series, No.1, 1991, pp.1-32 98.	Changing International Gaze on Environment and Health Issues. Social Action, Vol.41, No.1, 1991, pp.54-63 99.	Environment and International World Views: Two Steps Backward. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.25, No.9, 1990, pp.457-462 100.	Housing in Rural Areas: A Social Science Perspective. State and Society, Vol.7, No.3,1987, pp.30-39 101.	Perceived Environmental Quality and Perceptual Selectivity Patterns in an Agrarian Setting in Kerala, Journal of Social and Economic Studies, Vol.3, No.3, 1986,pp.287-295 (With Prabha Ramalingaswami)