Research Team

Director Director

Prof (Mrs) Amarita Lenka

B.Sc (N) & M.Sc (N) from Delhi University, CTCM & H and MPHC from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Conferred with the Lifetime Achievements Award by TNAI

Possesses More than 45 years of Experience in Teaching and Administration

Important Positions Held
  • Former Professor & Principal, KINS Kalinga Institute of Nursing Sciences KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Pin: 751024

  • Former Professor & Principal, College of Nursing, MKCG Medical College Campus, Berhampur-76004

  • Former District Health Public Health Nursing Officer, Koraput

Executive Director Executive Director

Dr. Dasarathi Das

MSc, PhD

Experienced in handling of pathogenic mycobacteria including MDR/XDR strains in Biosafety level-3 labs for microbiological experiments and has studied drug resistance for over 9 years (2008-2017).

Important Positions Held
  • Job profile Superannuated as Scientist-F from ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar on 30. 9. 2022.

  • DBT National Associate ship: Worked in the immunological aspects of filariasis at the Centre for Biotechnology, JNU, New Delhi from May 1995-December 1996.

Coordinator-cum-Treasurer Coordinator-cum-Treasurer

Dr. Pranab Mohapatra

Dr Pranab Mahapatra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Besides being a clinically active physician, he teaches at the medical school (undergraduate and postgraduate levels) and is an adjunct faculty at the school of dentistry and nursing. He is involved as a PI and Co-PI in research projects, having a specific focus on multiple chronic conditions and their interface with mental health and their impact on patients. He is particularly interested in finding the different care seeking pathways for non-communicable diseases and health promotion in clinical settings.

In 2022 he was appointed as the visiting Lown Scholar of the Harvard School of Public Health.

Employment History
  • Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Kushabhadra Campus (Campus-5), KIIT University, Patia, Bhubaneswar – 751024

  • Junior Resident Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

  • Junior Resident Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi