Dr. N. Sreekumaran Nair

Dr. N. Sreekumaran Nair
Department: 
BIOSTATISTICS
Designation: 
Professor & Head
Academic Qualifications: 

M.Sc., Ph.D., FSMS

Academic and Other Experiences
2017 March Onwards Professor and Head, Dept of Biostatistics, JIPMER, Puducherry
2015-2017 Founder Director, Public Health Evidence South Asia (PHESA), Cochrane Public health South Asian satellite
2006 -2017 Professor of Biostatistics & Head, Dept. of Statistics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
2003-2017 Deputy Director, Statistical Bureau, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
2003-2006 Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
1999-2003 Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
1993-1999 Asst. Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
1986-1993 Statistical Assistant, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.

Highlights:

  • President of Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS) and life member of Kerala Statistical Association.
  • General Secretary of Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS) during 2017 to 2022.
  • President-Elect of Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS) from 2023 to 2024.
  • Principal Investigator with research projects funding from INCLEN, WHO, DFID(UK), Gates foundation, ICMR, DST, DBT etc.
  • Author of more than 160 peer reviewed scientific publications which include 8 Cochrane reviews and 15 other systematic reviews.
  • Guided 20 PhDs.
  • Member of the International Biometric Society-Indian Region.
  • Statistical Editor for Cochrane Public Health, Editorial board member of Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal and Editorial board member of Journal of Neuroanaesthasiology and Critical care.
  • Chair the DSMB of ICMR Probiotics trials and member of DSMB at ICMR-NIRT. Also the member of the Research Area Panel on Cardiovascular diseases at ICMR-NCDIR.
  • Chair the Board of studies of Biostatistics at University of Calicut, Kerala.
  • Co-guide of PhDs and MD/MS.
  • Resource Person for various training programs conducted by the department and Institute
Special Area of Interest: 
Methods in Meta analysis, Epidemiological modelling, Design and analysis of Randomised Controlled trial, design and analysis of complex Public health Interventions
, Multivariate statistical methods, Bayesian methods, Bayesian Meta analysis, Multivariate Meta analysis, Bayesian network modelling.
Publication: 

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=HiPZeaAAAAAJ&hl=en

Positions Held: 
  • Chief Coordinator of JIPMER Research Leadership Mentoring Programme (JRLMP) conducted by Department of Biostatistics, JIPMER, Puducherry.
  • Coordinator of the Biostatistics component in the Orientation Program for DM and MCh Residents and MSc students organized by the Department of Medical Education
  • Chief Co-ordinator for JIPMER Research Leadership Mentoring Programme.
  • Internal Examiner for M.Sc. Biostatistics Examinations at JIPMER, Puducherry.
  • Member of various committees within the institute namely JIPMER Scientific Advisory Committee (JSAC), PG Research Monitoring Committee of various departments, Doctoral Committee of PhD Candidates, PhD RMC representative and Chair of DSMB.
  • Co PI for many Multicentre Projects.
  • Organizing Chairman of the Online Seminar cum Summit of Young Biostatisticians/Statisticians (StatClave) conducted by Department of Biostatistics, JIPMER, Puducherry. 
Staff type: 
Non-Clinical
Country: 
India