BARADA SHANKAR MAHAPATRA
Public Health Professional
Bhubaneswar
Summary
Profile Summary: Qualified Public Health professional with more than 09 years of experience in Program designing, Management and Implementation.
Strong domain knowledge of multiple thematic areas including Child Health, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, adolescent health, and Health Communication.
Sound experience of working and liaising with Govt departments, NGOs, and partner agencies as well as communities at the grass root level.
Proficient in developing and executing Capacity Building Programs.
Presently associated with National Center of Excellence – SAM, Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital as Senior Consultant. Providing techinical support on Growth Monitoring & Promotion, Community based Management of Acute Malutrition, IYCF to Women and Child Development department of different states like - Madhyapradesh, Haryana, Chattisgargh and Odisha.
Assist to upscaling CMAM program in Odisha.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Consultant
National Center of Excellence - SAM, Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital
03.2021 - Current
- Responsible for providing technical support to State for implementing nutrition program in adherence to national guidelines; Monitoring the existing Nutrition program implemented by state for effective implementation
- Assist UNICEF Odisha, CoE, WCD Odisha for upscaling CMAM program in the state of Odisha
- Key Accountabilities:
- Develop modules, SOPs, and training materials for different program and trainings - Growth Monitoring and Promotion, CMAM, IYCF Program
- Facilitate training on different programs in various states – Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana
- Monitor the program and identified the gaps on program activities
- Develop Monitoring tools, database as per state requirements
- Periodic analysis of the data and track the progress of CMAM program in Odisha
- Generate evidence on CMAM program
- Key Achievements:
- Successfully developed training modules and SOP on Anthropometric Measurement for the State Haryana
- Felicitate state level TOT training on Anthropometric Measurement
- Assist to developed Growth Monitoring and Promotion module for UNICEF
- Assist UNICEF Odisha, CoE, WCD Odisha for upscaling CMAM program
- Develop and trained the functionaries, Frontline Health workers on CMAM program
- Monitored and supervised more than 25 NRCs in different parts of the India in 2021.
Programme Manager
Action Against Hunger
08.2017 - 12.2020
- Responsible for implementing nutrition program in Palghar and Amaravati districts in adherence with ACF protocols as well as national guidelines; provide staff supervision and coordinate with Government department and NGO partners for effective implementation
- Key Accountabilities:
- Lead multiple nutrition programs in tribal areas of Maharashtra
- Monitor execution of program activities on field as per plan; identify gaps/needs on programs activities
- Facilitate Capacity Building programs and provide training to implementation staff, Frontline Health Workers, and partner agencies
- Organized and trained CDPOs on Village Child Development Center strategy at both Palghar and Amaravati district
- Trained PG – Pediatric students on CMAM at Cooper Medical college and Hospital
- Organize and conduct regular monitoring & evaluation; track the quality indicators
- Establish a strong network with other stakeholders engaged in the program (NGOs/ Govt department/ Partners)
- Assist in developing new proposals based on insights gathered from the field
- Overall quality assurance of project implementation
- Key Achievements:
- Successfully accomplished implementation of 07 projects related to Maternal Child Health at Palghar
- Trained over 35 project staffs and 358 frontline health workers on community-based management of Acute Malnutrition
- Program impact reported more than 1000 severely malnourished children recovered to normal
Regional Programme Coordinator
Avantha Foundation
09.2015 - 06.2017
- Liaise between the Foundation Members and Foundation Trustees for development, steering and monitoring of programmes being implemented in the region
- Managed HIV Care Center - ART, tailor made Program - Continuum of Care (COC) for HIV patients and Maternal Child Health Programme
- Key Accountabilities:
- Ensured effective implementation of program activities as defined in the program plan
- Coordinated between COC and ART staff and liaised with Government departments and partner organizations
- Provided hand holding support to project coordinator and consistently engaged with staff from partner organizations
- Identified needs for technical support and capacity building requirements
- Assisted Program Manager in development of Training Modules as per needs identified
- Oversight of Monitoring and Evaluation activities regarding program implementation and provided necessary documentation and reporting
- Assisted Finance in regular monitoring of the region’s budgets and advise managers accordingly
- Coordinated for Donor relations as related to program implementation
- Facilitated Training programs for Project staff and ICDS supervisor
- Key Achievements:
- Instrumental in developing and rolling out an MIS data sheet for PLHIV for enabling regular tracking
- Provided training to ICDS Supervisors and developed IEC materials on providing Supportive supervision
Nutrition Fellow
Avantha Foundation
08.2013 - 08.2015
- Responsible for study and situational analysis of children’s health & nutrition program covering two blocks under Kalahandi districts
- Monitoring of Day-to-day department operation and program activities and supervise nutrition specialist, also responsible for the training and development of staff
- Key Accountabilities:
- Conducted Situation analysis of children’s health & nutrition program, using both qualitative and quantitative tools
- Implemented new creative ideas like Community Health Club Nutrition Messenger in community level as per findings of the study
- Drove Follow-up activities with Home-based counseling to maternity mothers and mothers of 0-2 years child, weight monitoring; plotted findings in Sishu Vikas Chart
- Facilitated Advocacy with district level and block level health officers like CDMO, CDPO and Medical officers of the Block Hospital
- Enabled Training and Capacity Building of health volunteer and Nutrition Messengers
- Developed IEC and BCC material for the programme aimed at raising community awareness
- Key Achievements:
- Under the program, monitored around 500 children in Kalahandi district, with regular follow-up, for up to two years
- Developed Child Monitoring tool – Sishu Vikas Chart for individual track of nutritional status
Field Physician
Incline Trust International
05.2012 - 07.2012
- Engaged in Data Collection followed by diagnosis of Neuro Developmental disorder in children
- Community mobilization for raising awareness and knowledge about the issues and remedies
- Data compilation and documentation for evidence collection and analytical reports
Education
Health Policy and Management (Environment and Nutrition
Pamapu Fabrae University with collaboration with John Hopkins University
Post Graduate Diploma - Public Health Management
PGDPHM - undefined
Indian Institute Public Health, Bhubaneswar
Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) - undefined
Cuttack Homoeopathic Medical college and hospital under Utkal university
MBA - Health Care Management
Jaipur National University
Virtual Master class - undefined
Social and Behavioral change (SBC) Understanding Behavioral Challenges and Audiences to Tailor More Effective Solutions - undefined
John Hopkins University
Deliberately Happy Professional from - undefined
Celebratory Network
"Certificate in Advanced MS Excel 2016 - undefined
Manipal pro learn
Training on Nutrition in Emergency from - undefined
Action Against Hunger
Training on SMART Survey from - undefined
Action Against
Effective communication and monitoring - undefined
Dr. Nitin Saraswat
Skills
IT Skillsundefined
Certification
Management of Child Malnutrition- CMAM (Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition)
Timeline
Senior Consultant
National Center of Excellence - SAM, Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital
03.2021 - Current
Programme Manager
Action Against Hunger
08.2017 - 12.2020
Regional Programme Coordinator
Avantha Foundation
09.2015 - 06.2017
Nutrition Fellow
Avantha Foundation
08.2013 - 08.2015
Field Physician
Incline Trust International
05.2012 - 07.2012
Health Policy and Management (Environment and Nutrition
Pamapu Fabrae University with collaboration with John Hopkins University
Post Graduate Diploma - Public Health Management
PGDPHM - undefined
Indian Institute Public Health, Bhubaneswar
Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) - undefined
Cuttack Homoeopathic Medical college and hospital under Utkal university
MBA - Health Care Management
Jaipur National University
Virtual Master class - undefined
Social and Behavioral change (SBC) Understanding Behavioral Challenges and Audiences to Tailor More Effective Solutions - undefined
John Hopkins University
Deliberately Happy Professional from - undefined
Celebratory Network
"Certificate in Advanced MS Excel 2016 - undefined
Manipal pro learn
Training on Nutrition in Emergency from - undefined
Action Against Hunger
Training on SMART Survey from - undefined
Action Against
Effective communication and monitoring - undefined
Dr. Nitin Saraswat
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