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It is a leading resource centre and provider of standardized high quality real time Data management, Data mining, Statistical Analysis and models Involves interpreting data to support public health policies, management, and disease control in epidemiological health research towards elimination of Tuberculosis in India.

Head of the Department:

Dr Rajendran K, M.Sc., Ph.D., Scientist 'E'


Email id :

krishnan[dot]r[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in

Sr. No. Name of the Staff Designation
1 Dr. Senthil Kumar B Technical Officer-C
2 Mrs. Vijayalakshmi R Technical Officer-B

  • Climate an Tb relation

    Real time and server base Data Management of Epidemiological surveys and operational Research at NIRT

    DLAS: Data management and analysis.

    DLSS: Data Management and analysis

  • SPSS

    STATA

    GIS ArcView

    Matlab

    Plagiarism-checking software iThenticate

  • Rajendran K, Thiruvengadam K, Jayabal L, Selvaraju S, Watson B, Malaisamy M, Nagarajan K, Tripathy SP, Chinnaiyan P, Chandrasekaran P. An influence of dewpoint temperature on the occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease inChennai, India. Nature Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 12;12(1):6147.doi:10.1038/s41598-022-10111-4. PMID: 35413979; PMCID: PMC9005621.

    Kannan Thiruvengadam , Basilea Watson , Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan , Rajendran Krishnan. A Review of Statistical Modelling and Machine Learning in Analytical Problems. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 17, Number 5 (2022) pp. 433-437.

    Selvaraju S, Velayutham B, Rao R, Rade K, Thiruvengadam K, Asthana S, Balachandar R, Bangar SD, Bansal AK, Bhat J, Chopra V, Das D, Dutta S, Devi KR, Dwivedi GR, Kalliath A, Laxmaiah A, Madhukar M, Mahapatra A, Mohanty SS, Rangaraju C, Turuk J, Menon PA, Krishnan R, Singh M, Sekar K, Robinson A, Turuk A, Krishnan NN, Srinivasan N, Rexy C, Suresh M, Hanna LE, Choudhury AH, Parmar M, Ramachandran R, Kumar N, Joshi RP, Narasimhaiah S, Chandrasekaran P, Khan AM, Panda S, Bhargava B; National TB Prevalence Survey Group. Prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis infection in India. J Infect Public Health. 2023 Oct 13;16(12):2058-2065. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.10.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37948837.

    Thiruvengadam K, Krishnan R, Muniyandi M. The Prevalence of Self-Reported Tuberculosis in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: Evidence from the NFHS- IV and V. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 3;8(10):464. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8100464. PMID: 37888592; PMCID: PMC10611087.

    Papanna Mohan , Watson Basilea , M.P. Radhamani , K. Rajendran, Swaminathan Soumya , Manjula Datta , Pre-sensitization with tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and its impact on TB incidence in different age groups: Chengalpattu BCG trial revisited. Tuberculosis 139 (2023) 102322. Epub ahead of print.

    Velayutham B, Thiruvengadam K, Kumaran PP, Watson B, Rajendran K, Padmapriyadarsini C. Revisiting the chingleput BCG vaccination trial for the impact of BCG revaccination on the incidence of tuberculosis disease. Indian J Med Res. 2022 Sep 20. doi: 0.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1540_22. Epub ahead of print.

    Prathiksha G, Selvaraju S, Thiruvengadam K, Frederick A, Murugesan H, Rajendran P, Nagarajan K, Kumar M, Krishnan R, Kumaran P, Selvavinayagam TS, Padmapriyadarsini C. Programmatic implications of a sub-national TB prevalence survey in India. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Jul 1;28(7):348-353. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.23.0456. PMID: 38961546.

    Giridharan P, Murugesan H, Selvaraju S, Frederick A, Selvavinayagam TS, Nagarajan K, Thiruvengadam K, Krishnan R, Rajendran P, Kumaran P, Kumar M, Chandrasekeran P. Operational Challenges in Conducting a Subnational TB Prevalence Survey in India: Lessons Learned for Resource-Limited, High-Burden Settings. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2024 Feb 28;12(1):e2300284. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00284. PMID: 38272679; PMCID: PMC10906557.

    Muniyandi M, Nagarajan K, Mathiyazhagan K, Giridharan P, Thiruvengadam K, Krishnan R. The Predicted Potential Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Epidemic in Tamil Nadu, South India. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2024 Jan 4;9(1):12. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed9010012. PMID: 38251209; PMCID: PMC10821053.

    Dolla CK, Dhanaraj B, Chandrasekaran P, Selvaraj S, Menon PA, Thiruvengadam K, Krishnan R, Mondal R, Malaisamy M, Marinaik SB, Murali L, Tripathy SP. Prevalence of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis and associated risk factors: A community survey in Thirvallur District, south India. PLoS One. 2021 Oct 5 ;16(10):e0247245. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247245. PMID: 34610012; PMCID: PMC8491886.

    Pandiyan A, Lari S, Vanka J, Senthil Kumar B, Ghosh S, Jee B, Jonnalagadda PR.Plasma pesticide residues–serum 8-OHdG among farmers/non-farmers diagnosed with lymphoma, leukaemia and breast cancers: a case-control study. PLoS One. 2024;19(10):e0295625. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295625.

    Jaleel A, Arlappa N, Sree Ramakrishna K, Sunu PV, Jayalakshmi G, Neeraja G, Narasimhulu D, Santhosh Kumar T, Senthil B Kumar. Examining the triple burden of malnutrition: insights from a community-based comprehensive nutrition survey among indigenous tribal children (0–19 years) in the Western Ghats hills of India. Nutrients. 2023;15(18):3995. doi:10.3390/nu15183995.

  • Acted as Data Officer for ICMR-NIRT to PMO. The significant initiative was undertaken and completed in 35 days for collection and compilation in the Round 2 of Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations.

    Acted as nodal officer for ICMR-NIRT to provide S&T activities for department of science and technology, MOS&T, Govt. of India.

    Project evaluation various committees in ICMR, evaluated more than 150 projects.

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