Dr. Prashanth N Srinivas
Physician, Public Health Researcher, and Health Systems Specialist
Dr. Prashanth N. Srinivas is a physician, public health researcher, and health systems specialist with over two decades of experience in health policy, health systems research, and community-engaged public health. He is currently the Director of the Institute of Public Health (IPH), Bengaluru. His work focuses on advancing health equity through interdisciplinary research on Indigenous (Adivasi) health, health systems strengthening, social determinants of health, planetary health, One Health, mental health, and participatory research methods. He leads the DBT/Wellcome Trust-funded Centre for Training, Research and Innovation in Tribal Health and has contributed extensively to theory-driven and realist evaluation approaches in public health. Dr. Srinivas has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, serves on the editorial boards of leading international public health journals, and collaborates with global institutions including the World Health Organization (WHO). He is also actively involved in promoting open knowledge, citizen science, and ecological sustainability through platforms such as Wikipedia, iNaturalist, and eBird.
Past Affiliations:
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Fellow in Public Health (2017-2022)
Consultant, WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, Geneva
Chair, Emerging Voices for Global Health (2015-2018)
Educational Qualification:
Ph.D. (Public Health), Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium & Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium
Master of Public Health (MPH), Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Mysore Medical College, Karnataka
Publications:
Channa Basappa Y, Sushmitha Ray S, Kumari S et al. Strengthening the continuum of care and multisectoral action for non-communicable diseases in Chamarajanagar district, India: an implementation research protocol (IMPACT NCD) [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations].
Wellcome Open Res 2026, 10:609 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24926.2);
Praveenkumar Aivalli, Sara Dada, Brynne Gilmore, Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas, Aoife De Brún, Power dynamics and intersectoral collaboration for health in low- and middle-income countries: a realist review, Health Policy and Planning, Volume 40, Issue 6, July 2025, Pages 661–683, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaf022
