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Dr. Lalitha K

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    Medical College

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    Department of Community Medicine

Dr. K. Lalitha, MD, DNB, MIPHA, MAMS, Professor and Head of Community Medicine in MSRMC has done her graduation and post-graduation from KIMS, Bangalore. Her research areas of interest are Health care waste management (HCWM), Geriatrics, Tuberculosis and Immunization. 

She has implemented several Implementations, Academic and operational research projects as PI and co-PI funded by ICMR and RGUHS. She was the co-investigator for ICMR funded adhoc project on Establishment of Population Based Rural Stroke Registry in India. As PI, she has completed “Epidemiology of Disability among elderly in an urban and rural area for development of feasible model of care - An exploratory study” and “Validation of reporting of adverse drug reactions under PVP of RNTCP in BBMP area – A mixed method approach” funded by RGUHS and RNTCP respectively.

She is currently heading 4 ICMR funded projects as PI. As PI, she is conducting two implementation research projects on TB- Feasibility study of integrating NTEP with RBSK and Effect of Tailored implementation strategy for TPT Coverage. She is also PI for a project to study the impact of cOVID on NTEP and also establishment of post covid registry in rural and urban area. She has more than 30 publications in National and International Journals to her credit.

She is a recipient of Young scientist and KACH Millennium award from Karnataka Association of Community Health; and fellowship of Indian Public Health Association.  She has been awarded the Member of the Academy by the National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

She is the co-ordinator of HHCWM Cell, member of HICC committee and Programme-in-charge for the certificate course on HCWM by IGNOU. She has conducted several training programmes and workshop on BMW.

As one of the coordinators, she was instrumental in implementation of the GEF/UNIDO/GOI training component of the project “Environmentally Sound management of Medical waste in India”, in five states in the country.

Her hobbies are Music and Travelling.

Qualifications

  • DNB in Preventive and Social Medicine

    National Board of Studies , 2004

  • MD In Community Medicine

    Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, 2003

  • MBBS

    Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru , 1998

Experience

Total Years of Experience

19 Years

Academic Experience
  • M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru- 19 Years
Training Experience
  • Biomedical waste management
  • Training on Biomedical waste management conducted in five states under the Training component of the project "Environmentally Sound Management of Medical waste in India"
  • District level training in state of Karnataka on BMWM organized by EMPRI, 2022
  • Training Programme on Health Care Waste Management for HAL staff, Feb 2013
  • Training Programme on Health Care Waste Management for students of All India Local Self Government, 2005-2008
  • Training of Trainers on Health Care Waste Management for dental college faculty, 2008
  • Regional Workshop on Building capacity on implementing Sound Health Care Waste Management in South East Asian region countries, 2007
  • Training on health care waste management for health care waste committee members of Sri Sathya Sai group of Hospitals at Putparthy, 29th & 30th August 2007
  • WHO Fellowship training on waste water monitoring for friends from Myanmar, March 2007
  • Training workshop of friends from Maldives on issues of sound management of Health care wastes conducted in collaboration with WHO at MSRMC, 2005
  • Stroke
  • Training of Anganwadi workers, Health workers and ASHA workers of Chinthamani taluk on Stroke registry, 2012
  • Immunization
  • Training of Trainers on Routine Immunization for District officials of Belgaum & Gulbarga Division, 2007
  • COVID Vaccination
  • Training of Nursing staff and doctors on COVID vaccination
  • COVID Waste
  • Training of hospitals in 5 project states on management of Biomedical waste
  • Training of Common bio medal waste treatment facility staff on COVID waste management

  • Infectious diseases (TB, Leprosy) , Biomedical Waste management, Geriatrics

  • Co-authored a chapter in “Covid-19: Many facts and dimensions, A multidisciplinary Compendium of Current Evidence and Experience” Book
  • Authored three units for a certificate course on Health Care waste management at IGNOU
  • Contributed to the development of training modules on Biomedical Waste management under the UNIDO project

  • First rank in MD Community Medicine exams held in Oct-2003 for Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka
  • Young Scientist Award – 2004 conferred by the Karnataka Association of Community Health
  • Best paper award (KACH Millennium Award) under Junior faculty category for paper presented on "Integration of Leprosy control activities – The situation in Karnataka" at the Karnataka Association of Community Health-16th Annual Conference, Bangalore, 2004
  • Best paper award for paper presented on Leprosy Control in India at a symposium on Leprosy organized by Damien Foundation India Trust, 2003
  • Certificate of appreciation in All India Essay Contest awarded at the 30th National conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM), Belgaum, Karnataka, 2003

National Journal Papers
  • Patel A E, Rajaram D, Radhika K, Lalitha K, Determinants of MDR-TB in a metropolitan city of Karnataka: A case control study. J Community Health Manag 2021;8(2):60-64
  • Krishnappa L, Gadicherla S, Chalageri VH, Jacob AM. Impact of school-based health education on dengue prevention and control in an urban area during an epidemic. Med J DY Patil Vidyapeeth [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2022 Jun 6]. Available from: https://www.mjdrdypv.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=340566
    DOI: 10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_875_21
  • Ranganath TS, Masthi R, Krishnappa L, Ambika R, Rao GN, Basha R, Thimmaiah S, Venkatesh R, Seema P, MR SC, Konapur KS. Assessing the burden of Covid-19 in the slums of Bangalore city: Results of Rapid Community Survey. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2021 Oct 28;33(3).
  • Krishnappa L, Gadicherla S, Chidambaram P, Anuradha HV, Somanna SN, Naik PR, Das A, Narasimhaiah S, Nagaraja SB. 'Have we missed reporting adverse drug reactions under Revised National TB Control Programme?' - A mixed method study in Bengaluru, India. Indian J Tuberc. 2020 Jan;67(1):20-28. doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2020.01.003. Epub 2020 Jan 15. PMID: 32192612.
  • Aravind Banavaram, Suman Gadicherla, Lalitha Krishnappa, Arjunan Isaac, Shivaraj N S, Pruthvish Sreekantaiah “Knowledge and Attitude about risk factors and warning signs of stroke among the general population in Chintamani Taluk, Karnataka” RNJPH- RGUHS- National Journal of Public Health Volume 2 Issue 3 Jul-Sep 2017 edition, 8
  • Krishnappa L. Functional disability among elderly persons in a rural area: Do we have the right assessment tool? Indian J Public Health 2014;58:285-6
  • Lalitha Krishnappa, Anniappan AB, Voderhobli NH, Krishna SK, Yathiraj S, Sreekantaiah P. Evaluation of Cold Chain Practices in Urban Health Centers of a Metro City in India. Natl J Community Med 2014: 5(3);288-92.
  • Narayana Holla, Lalitha K. Evaluation of the training programme on the operational knowledge of Routine Immunization (RI) for PHC Medical officers of Mandya District Indian Journal of Rural Health Care, Vol 2, Issue 2, Jan-March 2014, 101-105
  • Vidya GS, Lalitha K., Hemanth T, Murthy NS, Pruthvish S, “Perceptions, practices and problems pertaining to menstruation among high school girls of the rural field practice area of MS Ramaiah Medical College. Indian J. Prev. Soc. Med. Vol. 44 No.1-2, 2013; 87-92
  • Lalitha K. Workplace Evaluation of safe biomedical waste management practices in Designated Microscopy Centres(DMC) and Tuberculosis unit(TU) under Revised National Tuberculosis Control program in rural areas of Bihar. Indian Journal of Rural Health Care, Vol I, Issue 2, Dec 2012, 97-100
  • Lalitha K., Suman G, Hemanth T, Pruthvish S, Suryanarayan SP, Gopinath D. Consultation with friends from Myanmar on issues of Health Care Waste Management. ISHWM, Vol 6, Issue 1, Sep 2007, 47-50
  • Sudhashree VP, Lalitha K, Surendra V, Rohith K. New technologies, new hazards: Need for evidence base: A report on the health status and safety measures in a biotechnology factory in Bangalore. Indian J Community Med 2007; 32:178-81
  • Suman G, Lalitha K., Hemanth T, Pruthvish S, Gopinath D “ Designing and implementing a training program on Waste water monitoring” , ISHWM, Vol 6, Issue 1, Sep 2007, 51-54
  • Umesh, Mahesh, Alind, Punith, Lalitha K, Suman G, “Infections in renal Transplant recipients”, Journal Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine, Vol 8, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2007, 316-323
  • Manasa D, Lalitha K, Ananth Ram, Shivaraj N S. Weight Changes and its Determinants among Sputum Positive Pulmonary TB Patients in Bengaluru – A Prospective Study. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health 2022;7(1):10-16
International Journal Papers
  • Chidambaram P, Sreeganga SD, Sanjeev A, Suwasrawala SS, Gadicherla S, Krishnappa L, Ramaprasad A. Access to Geriatric Disability Care in India: A Roadmap for Research. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 14;19(16):10018. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610018. PMID: 36011654; PMCID: PMC9408015.
  • Babu GR, Sundaresan R, Athreya S, Akhtar J, Pandey PK, Maroor PS, Padma MR, Lalitha R, Krishnappa L, Shariff M, Manjunath CN, Sudarshan MK, Gururaj G, Ranganath TS, Vasanth K, Banandur P, Ravi D, Shiju S, Lobo E, Satapathy A, Alahari L, Dinesh P, Thakar V, Desai A, Rangaiah A, Munivenkatappa A, S K, Basawarajappa SG, Sreedhara HG, Kc S, B AK, Umar N, Ba M, Vasanthapuram R. The burden of active infection and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in the general population: Results from a statewide sentinel-based population survey in Karnataka, India. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 May 21:S1201-9712(21)00445-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.043.
  • Krishnappa L, Gadicherla S, Chidambaram P, Murthy NS. Quality of life (QOL) among older persons in an urban and rural area of Bangalore, South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Jan;10(1):272-277. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1241_20. Epub 2021 Jan 30. PMID: 34017739; PMCID: PMC8132806.
  • Gadicherla S, Krishnappa L, Madhuri B, Mitra SG, Ramaprasad A, Seevan R, Sreeganga SD, Thodika NK, Mathew S, Suresh V. Envisioning a learning surveillance system for tuberculosis. PLoS One. 2020 Dec 14;15(12):e0243610. PMID: 33315902; PMCID: PMC7735594.
  • Rajan, B., Pruthvish, S., Lalitha, K., Tyloth, M., & Murthy, N. Assessment of quality of life among stroke survivors: a longitudinal study. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2019 Mar;6(3):1316-1323.
  • Patel, A.E., Lalitha K, Dinesh Rajaram, Radhika, Murthy NS. Quality of life among patients on MDR-TB treatment in a district tuberculosis centre of a metropolitan city. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, [S.l.], v. 5, n. 12, p. 5355-5359, nov. 2018.
  • Nirmala C J, Hemanth T, Lalitha K, Shivaraj N S, Murthy N S. A study on the effect of smokeless tobacco on oral cancer done in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India. Int J Med Sci Public Health. (2018), [cited April 12, 2018]; 7(2): 143-146.
  • Suman G., Lalitha K., Arvind BA, Mahendra JV, Arjunan I, Shivaraj NS, et al. Evaluation of training program on knowledge of stroke among anganwadi workers in Chintamani taluk of Karnataka state, India. Int J Community Med Public Health. (2016), [cited December 19, 2016]; 3(8): 2013-2018.
  • Suman G., Hemanth T, Lalitha K, Shivaraj NS. Evaluation of Biomedical waste management practices in select health care facilities of Karnataka. Int J Community Med Public Health, 2016; 3(10): 2729-2733.
  • Vidya G. S, Lalitha K, Hemanth T, Murthy N. S. Prevalence of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Community Based Longitudinal Study. J of Evolution of Med and Dent Sci 2015: 4 (50); 8720-26.
  • Pallavi sarji uthkarsh, Lalitha K., Sunitha singh,NS Murthy, SP suryanarayana, S.Pruthvish. Assessment of The Status of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in Two Selected Tertiary Level Hospitals in South India. Journal of Clinical Research & Governance, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 1, p. 16-20, apr. 2014.
  • Vidya GS, Lalitha K, Hemanth T, Suryanarayana SP, Jeevan HR, Nandagudi Srinivasa Murthy. Proportion of Low Birth Weight (LBW) and Associated Risk Factors in the Rural Field Practice Area of M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore.
  • Krishnappa L. Worker safety in Designated Microscopy Centers (DMC) and Tuberculosis unit (TU) under Revised National Tuberculosis Control program (RNTCP) in state of Bihar – Contribution & Role of DTST. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 3, oct. 2013.
  • K. Lalitha, G. Suman, S.Pruthvish, Aleyamma Mathew, NS Murthy, Estimation of time trends of Incidence of Prostate Cancer – An Indian scenario. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol 13 Issue 11/12,2012.
  • Lalitha K, Ramesh Masthi. Ashwathnarayana, Gangaboraiah, No- Scalpel Vasectomy- A urban and Rural scenario. The Network, Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) Newsletter; vol 28:No.01,June 2009.
  • Hemanth, Lalitha K., et al. Capacity building in Health Care Waste Management in India- An introspection. Global Health Promotion & Education Oct 2008; Vol 1, No. 2: 5-15.
  • Punith K, Lalitha K, Suman G, Pradeep BS, Jayanth Kumar K. Evaluation of primary immunization coverage of infants under universal immunization program in an urban area of Bangalore city using cluster sampling and lot quality assurance sampling techniques. Indian J Community Med 2008; 33:151-5.

  • Life member, Karnataka Association of Community Health (KACH)
  • Life member, Indian Public Health Association (IPHA)
  • Life member, Breastfeeding and Promotion Network of India (BPNI)
  • Life member, Indian Association of Geriatrics (IAG)
  • Life member, Indian Society of Hospital Waste Management
  • Life Member, Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine

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Admission 2023

Admission 2023 group

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M S Ramaiah Nagar, MSRIT, Bangalore 560054

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