Department of Health
Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
स्वास्थ्य अनुसंधान विभाग, स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्रालय, भारत
सरकार
WHO Collaborating Centre For Research and Training On Diarrhoeal
Diseases
Name | Dr. Indranil Saha |
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Designation | Scientist E (Medical) |
Date of joining ICMR | 27th May 2021 |
Date of joining present post | 27th May 2021 |
Discipline | Epidemiology, Community Medicine |
Email : | saha.indranil@icmr.gov.in, drsahaindranil@gmail.com |
Academic Qualification: | |
Graduation | MBBS: University of Calcutta,1998 |
Post Graduation | M.D. (Community Medicine): University of
Calcutta, 2005 Advanced Course in Medical Education (ACME): Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Datta Megha Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, 2019 |
Doctoral | Ph.D. (Science-Physiology): University of Calcutta, 2024 |
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Bacterial
Infections, Kolkata - Scientist E (Medical) - 04/04/2025
present
ICMR-Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, Kolkata -
Scientist E (Medical) - 27/05/2021 03/04/2025
IQ City Medical College, Durgapur - Professor & Head
(Community Medicine) - 07/11/2019 26/05/2021
IQ City Medical College, Durgapur - Professor (Community
Medicine) - 01/11/2016 06/11/2019
IQ City Medical College, Durgapur - Associate Professor
(Community Medicine) - 12/07/2016 31/10/2016
ESI PGIMSR and ESIC Medical College, Joka, Kolkata -
Associate Professor (Community Medicine) - 01/10/2015
11/07/2016
IQ City Medical College, Durgapur - Associate Professor
(Community Medicine) - 01/11/2013 30/09/2015
Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan - Assistant Professor
(Community Medicine) - 12/10/2010 24/07/2013
R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata - Assistant Professor
(Community Medicine) - 18/01/2007 11/10/2010
R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata - Demonstrator
(Community Medicine) - 31/05/2006 17/01/2007
I have been working in communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, and areas of implementation research focused on mental health and ageing. Recently, my emphasis has shifted to environmental exposure and antimicrobial resistance within community settings, along with evidence generation through systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
(as PI)
Development and Application of Frailty Management
Model for Community Dwelling Elderly (Indian Council of
Medical Research - Intramural Project - Ignition grant)
How well is the Mental Health of the Adolescents? An
experience from an urban and rural area of West Bengal
(Department of Science & Technology and Biotechnology,
West Bengal)
Feasibility and short-term outcomes of a locally
adapted lifeskills intervention in adolescents
experiencing chronic adversities: A multi-site study
(Indian Council of Medical Research - Extramural
Project)
A Phase 2/3 study (Protocol No TCV-02) on a SII
Typhoid Bivalent Conjugate vaccine at multiple sites
across India (Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd.)
(as Co-I)
Technical Resource Centre Evidence-Based Medicine
(Department of Health Research, ICMR)
Regional VRDL, ICMR-NIRBI (Department of Health
Research, ICMR)
Model Rural Health Research Unit, ICMR-NIRBI
(Department of Health Research, ICMR)
Development and feasibility of a digital intervention
for common mental health problems among older adults
(Indo Swedish ICMR & FORTE, Sweden)
Identifying mental health issues among mine workers of
Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (ECL), West Bengal and identify
appropriate management strategy (ICMR Task Force Study)
Completed
A multi-site study on feasibility, acceptability, and
validity of different rapid methods for estimation of
potentially missed events to measure COVID-19 associated
mortality including mortalities associated with few
selected comorbidities in India (as Site PI ICMR)
ICMR Pandemic Preparedness Partnership (IPPP) (as
Co-Investigator ICMR Extramural)
COVID 19 and Mental Health among adults (as
Co-Investigator ICMR Extramural)
Students
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Dr. Anushka Ghosh (Indian Council of Medical Research
- Centenary Post Doctoral Fellowship) Thesis: Community
Based Intervention for Common Mental Disorders (CMDs)
among Slum-dwelling Urban Elderly to Promote Healthy
Ageing
Centre for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,
Sweden for an Indo-Swedish Collaborative project titled Development
and feasibility of a digital intervention for common mental health
problems among older adults jointly funded by ICMR, India and
FORTE, Sweden from 10 June to 14 June, 2024.
Gautam Ghose, Indranil Saha. Food safety during fairs and festivals. Chapter 33. In FOOD SAFETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY Public Health Perspective. Academic Press. Elsevier Publication. 2016. 417 425.