Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul
| Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul | |
|---|---|
| File:Dr-Vinod-Kumar-Paul-Dogramaci-Award-Address.jpgDr-Vinod-Kumar-Paul-Dogramaci-Award-Address.jpg Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul, Member NITI Aayog, Professor AIIMS New Delhi | |
| Born | August 01, 1955 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | |
| 💼 Occupation | Member, NITI Aayog, Government of India |
| Notable credit(s) | Aayushman Bharat, POSHAN Abhiyaan |
| 🏅 Awards | Ehsan Dogramaci Award, B. R. Ambedkar Award for Biomedical Research |
Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul is an Indian pediatrician and was a faculty member at the Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi from 1985 to 2020. He is associated with India's health policy as well as child and maternal health programs [1].
In August 2017, he was appointed as a Member of the National Institution for Transforming India, NITI Aayog [2] where he is in charge of the Health and Nutrition vertical. He has contributed towards formulating the POSHAN Abhiyaan [3] and the Ayushman Bharat Yojana of the Government of India. He served as the Chairman of The Board of Governors of the National Medical Council of India [4] from 2018-2020. In the wake of the COVID – 19 pandemic, Dr. Paul chairs the National Task Force on COVID-19 and the Empowered Group on Medical Emergency Management Plan [5]. He also serves as Chairman of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC).[6]
Early Life and Education
Dr. Paul hails from Hoshiarpur, Punjab and studied in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh [7] completing High School from the Government High School, Bhawarna (Kangra), and college education from DAV college, Chandigarh and Government College, Dharamshala. He joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in 1972 as an undergraduate medical student, and obtained MBBS (1978), MD Pediatrics (1980) and PhD (1995) degrees there.
Physician Scientist
Dr. V. K. Paul specialized in the field of neonatology. He is associated with capacity building and the scale up of neonatal resuscitation and kangaroo mother care in India [8] [9] [10]. The newborn division at AIIMS headed by him has been a WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research since 1997[11]. His research contributes to understanding neonatal sepsis with focus on antimicrobial resistance[12][1][13]. He is editor of the ‘Ghai Essential Pediatrics’, the textbook for undergraduate medical students in India currently into its 9th Edition [14].
Public Health in India
Dr. Paul has been closely associated with India’s health policy and programs since 1980 [15]. He is credited for conceptualizing the Ayushman Bharat Program [16], the largest health assurance program of the Government of India. The program aimed at universal health coverage by providing free hospitalization to half a billion people, and by operationalizing 150,000 health and wellness centers providing primary health care. Dr. Paul has contributed towards formulating the POSHAN Abhiyaan [17], the Government of India’s overarching scheme to improve the nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. From 2018-2020, Dr. Paul was also appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Governors in supersession of the of the Medical Council of India [18]. This period saw a significant increase in the capacity for training of medical professionals at undergraduate [19] and postgraduate [20] levels in India. In 2020, India’s first Telemedicine Practice Guidelines [21] were introduced.
International Health
Dr Paul chaired the Technical Advisory Group on Women’s and Children’s Health for WHO South East Asia Region (2015) [22]. He was co-chair of the board of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (2010-11) [23].
Honors and Awards
Vinod Paul was conferred the prestigious Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize at the World Health Assembly 2018 in recognition of his service in the field of family health [24] [25]. Dr. Paul is the recipient of the Dr.B. R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, the highest award of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) [26] [27]. He was awarded the Himachal Gaurav Award by the Government of Himachal Pradesh (2018) [28]. He is a Fellow the Indian National Science Academy (FNA) [29], a Fellow, Indian Academy of Science (FASc), Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India, NASI (FNASc) [30] and a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS)[31].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dr. V.K. Paul". AIIMS NEW.
- ↑ https://www.niti.gov.in/team-niti/dr-vk-paul
- ↑ "POSHAN Abhiyaan - PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in.
- ↑ https://www.mciindia.org/CMS/about-mci/office-bearers
- ↑ "Govt forms empowered groups, task force to deal with Covid-19 outbreak". Hindustan Times. 29 March 2020.
- ↑ "National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 deliberates on strategy to ensure COVID-19 vaccines' availability and its delivery mechanism". PIB. 12 August 2020.
- ↑ "CM congratulates Dr. Vinod Paul". 12 August 2017.
- ↑ Deorari AK, Paul VK, Singh M, Vidyasagar D. Impact of education and training on neonatal resuscitation practices in 14 teaching hospitals in India. Annals of Tropical Pediatrics 2001, 21: 29-33.
- ↑ Deorari AK, Paul VK, Singh M, Vidyasagar D. The national movement of neonatal resuscitation in India. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2000;46:315-317.
- ↑ Ramanathan K, Paul VK, Deorari AK, Taneja U, George G. Kangaroo mother care in very low birth weight infants. Indian Journal of Pediatrics 2001 ; 68 :1019-1023.
- ↑ "New Born Baby". www.newbornwhocc.org.
- ↑ Investigators of the Delhi Neonatal Infection Study (DeNIS) collaboration Characterisation and antimicrobial resistance of sepsis pathogens in neonates born in tertiary care centres in Delhi, India: a cohort study. Lancet Glob Health 2016; 4: e752–60. (Team Leader)
- ↑ POSHAN Abhiyaan: Making Nutrition a Jan Andolan VK Paul, A Singh, S Palit. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 84 (4), 835-841, 2018
- ↑ "Amazon.in Bestsellers: The most popular items in Diseases". www.amazon.in.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CNNnews18/status/959283333854248960?s=08
- ↑ "Ayushman Bharat (PMJAY) - 4/8/2019 I VK Paul I Dr Indu Bhushan | Official Website Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana | National Health Authority". pmjay.gov.in.
- ↑ POSHAN Abhiyaan: Making Nutrition a Jan Andolan. VK Paul, A Singh, S Palit. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 84 (4), 835-841, 2018
- ↑ "Govt appoints board to supersede Medical Council of India | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/14k-new-mbbs-seats-this-year-20226)
- ↑ "MCI approves increase in PG medical seats by 4800 in 2020-21". Hindustan Times. 17 March 2020.
- ↑ https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/Telemedicine.pdf
- ↑ "World Health Organization, Meeting of SEAR-Technical Advisory Group on Women's and Children's Health". SEARO.
- ↑ "WHO | 2012-2015 Strategy main focus at PMNCH Board Retreat". WHO.
- ↑ "NITI Aayog's Vinod Paul becomes the first Indian to receive WHO's prestigious prize". 30 January 2018.
- ↑ Service, Tribune News. "NITI Aayog's member to get WHO prize". Tribuneindia News Service.
- ↑ https://main.icmr.nic.in/archive/awards?
- ↑ "Public Health Champion Awards". www.who.int.
- ↑ गौरव, कुमार (15 April 2018). "Facebook Open Graph META Tags".
- ↑ "INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail". www.insaindia.res.in.
- ↑ "Indian Academy of Sciences". fellows.ias.ac.in.
- ↑ https://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf
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