Faculty Profile

 

Name : K.R.  Nayar
Designation : Professor
Centre : Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health
School : Social Sciences
Room No : 223 SSS II
Off. Phone : 26704491
Residence :
Email : krnayar@mail.jnu.ac.in   
Web Address : http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/krnayar

Qualifications

M.A., M.C.H., Ph.D 
                                    

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Health policy studies, Health systems and social inequalities in health 
                                    

Experience

since 1985 
                                    

Awards & Honours

 
                                    

International Collaboration/Consultancy

International Public health Partnership supported by DAAD and Bielefeld Universiy, Baskent University (Ankara), Maidugudi (Nigeria), Sri Chitra Institute of Medical sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.
A New Passage to India (2010-11) Collaboration between Bielefeld University and CSMCH, JNU ( sponsored by DAAD)
Australian Aid. Masculinities and violence in Indonesia and India.with Pam Nilan, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle, Dr. Alex Broom, University of Sydney (Now with University of Queensland) and Dr. Argyo Demartoto, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Central Java, Indonesia
British Academy-Association of Commonwealth Universities grant for international collaboration. University of Leeds, UK
 
                                    

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)

Social exclusion, caste and health; A review based on the social determinants framework. Indian J Med Res 126, October 2007, pp 355-363
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).
Health co-operatives: Review of international experiences. Croatian Medical Journal, Vol. 44, No.5, 2003, pp. 568-575 (with Oliver Razum).
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
Environment and International World Views: Two Steps Backward. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.25, No.9, 1990, pp.457-462. 
                                  

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

Gaps in Goals: The history of Goal-setting in health care in India. Oman Medical Journal 26 (1), 2011, pp.1-3.
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).
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)  
                                    

Patents (if any)