Tarun Shankar Choudhary

Achievements :

• Graduated as a BMGF PRERNA Fellow 2017-2021
• Working as a Scientist and Assistant Director at CHRD SAS, New Delhi
• Secured fully-funded Ph.D. fellowship at the University of Bergen
• Received research grants as an Investigator from various National and International agencies
• Published 8 articles in scientific peer-reviewed journals, 3 are under peer review
• Successfully managed to secure funding as PI/Co-PI for projects worth US$ 900,000 during the last 3 years
• Managing the technical as well as administrative aspects of five projects at the Society for Applied Studies, three of them as a principal applicant

List of Publications:

1. Choudhary TS, Reddy NS, Apte A, Sinha B, Roy S, Nair NP, et al. Delayed vaccination and its predictors among children under 2years in India: Insights from the national family health survey-4. Vaccine. 2019;37:2331-9.

2. Choudhary TS, Srivastava A, Chowdhury R, Taneja S, Bahl R, Martines J, et al. Severe wasting among Indian infants

3. Kumar G, Choudhary TS, Srivastava A, Upadhyay RP, Taneja S, Bahl R, et al. Utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care in India: analysis from the National Family Health Survey 4. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019;19:327.

4. Upadhyay RP, Naik G, Choudhary TS, Chowdhury R, Taneja S, Bhandari N, et al. Cognitive and motor outcomes in children born low birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from South Asia. BMC Pediatr. 2019;19:35.

5. Choudhary TS, Sinha B, Khera A, Bhandari N, Chu Y, Jackson B, Walker N, Black RE, Merson M, Bhan MK. Factors associated with the decline in under-five diarrhea mortality in India: a LiST Analysis. J Glob Health. 2019 Dec; 9(2): 020804.

6. Early Rollout of ROTAVAC®India Network. Assessment of risk of intussusception after pilot rollout of rotavirus vaccine in the Indian public health system. Vaccine. 2020 Jul 14;38(33):5241-5248.

7. AnejaS, KumarP, ChoudharyTS, SrivastavaA, ChowdhuryR, TanejaS, BhandariN, DanielA, MenonP, ChellaniH, BahlR, Bhan MK. Growth Faltering in Early Infancy: Highlights from a two-day scientific consultation (Accepted for Publication)

Manuscripts under Preparation/Peer review :

1. Chowdhury R, Nitika N, Choudhary TS, Taneja S, Martines J, Bhandari N, Bahl R. Diagnostic measures for severe acute malnutrition in Indian infants under 6 months of age: a secondary data analysis (Under peer review)

2. Choudhary TS, Shah D, Sinha B, Bhandari N, Bhan MK. Interventions for improving survival, growth and development in low birth weight children born at home or post hospital discharge: a review of systematic reviews. (Under Preparation)

3. Non-communicable disease risk factors among children and adolescents in India: Evidence from Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (Under Preparation).

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