Dr. KT Harichandrakumar

Dr. KT Harichandrakumar
Department: 
BIOSTATISTICS
Designation: 
Assistant Professor
Academic Qualifications: 

M.Sc. PGDCA, Ph.D.

Highlights:

  • External Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of AIIMS Patna.
  • External Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of AIIMS Bilaspur.
  • External Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of AIIMS Raipur.
  • External Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Department of Homeopathy, Government of Kerala.
  • Member Secretary of the Biostatistics PG Research Monitoring Committee.
  • Guide for one MSc Biostatistics student, co-guide for many MD/ MS/ DM/ MCh residents and PhD Scholars.
  • Member of the PG Research Monitoring Committee of various departments and attended its meeting.
  • Member of the Undergraduate Research Monitoring Committee.
  • Member of the Nursing Research Monitoring Committee of the Institute and attended its meeting.
  • Member of DSMB.
  • Bulletin correspondent of International Biometric Society-Indian Region.
  • Governing Council member of Indian Society of Medical Statistics (ISMS).
  • Life Member of Indian Society for Medical Statistics & Kerala Statistical Association.
  • Member of the International Biometric Society-Indian Region.
  • Reviewer of scientific journals.

Academic and Other Experiences
  • 2000-2010 – Vector Control research Centre-Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
  • 2010 Onwards – Department of Biostatistics, JIPMER, Pondicherry 

Highlights:
  • Bulletin Correspondent of International Biometric Society Indian Region
  • General Council member of Indian Society for Medical Statistics
  • Associated with several Research Projects in various specialities of Medicine
  • Associated with several postgraduate dissertations (DM/MCh/MD/MS) as its co-guide and guide for many MSc Biostatistics dissertations
  • Associated with several PhD theses as its co-guide
  • Delivered about 150 invited talks on various topics of Research methodology and Biostatistics
  • Published 80 papers in various International and National Journals
  • Published 3 chapters in books
  • Presented 50 papers in various international and national conferences
  • Member of the DSMB’s
  • Conducted several Research Methodology and Biostatistics training programmes at National International level institutes
  • Reviewer of Many Journals
  • Resource Person for various training programs and training conducted by Dept. of Biostatistics and Department of Medical Education, JIPMER.
  • Resource Person in the workshop on Sample Size Estimation in Health Research (SSE-2022) conducted by Dept. of Biostatistics and Division of Research, JIPMER.
  • Resource Person in the workshop on Statistical Methods in Design and Analysis of Observational Studies in Clinical Research (SMEDAOS-2022) conducted by Dept. of Biostatistics and Division of Research, JIPMER.
Special Clinics: 

Research Interests:

Structural Equation modeling, Path analysis

National and International level recognition:

  • Bulletin Editor, IBS – IR
Special Area of Interest: 
Quantitative epidemiology of disease, Disease Burden Estimation (DALY, QALY, QALE), Health-Related Quality of Life Studies, Monitoring and evaluation of disease intervention programs,
large-scale surveys, Structural Equations Modelling, Path analysis, Statistical Modelling, Multivariate Analysis and Clinical Trials.
Publication: 

120

Positions Held: 
  • Coordinator of the Biostatistics component in the Orientation Programs
  • Organising secretary of International Biometric Society East Asia Regional Conference in 2018.
  • Member of the Board of Examiners for the M.Sc. Degree Practical/ Clinical / Oral Examinations, JIPMER.
  • Organizing Co-chairman of the Online Seminar cum Summit of Young Biostatisticians/Statisticians (StatClave) conducted by Department of Biostatistics, JIPMER, Puducherry.
  • Joint Coordinator of JIPMER Research Leadership Mentoring Programme (JRLMP) conducted by Department of Biostatistics, JIPMER, Puducherry.
  • Coordinator of the Biostatistics component in the Orientation Programme.
  • Coordinator of the Biostatistics Classes of MSc Nursing.
  • Class Coordinator for I year MSc Biostatistics.
  • Nodal Officer of MSc Biostatistics course
  • Resource Person for various training programs conducted by the department and Institute and other national level Institutes.
Staff type: 
Non-Clinical
Country: 
India