Designation: Professor & Head Qualification: MBBS, MD Email: prdeshmukh@aiimsnagpur.edu.in
	Areas of expertise Public Health Nutrition Communicable disease epidemiology Non-communicable disease epidemiology Behaviour Change Communication Health Promotion

 
Membership & Training

• Life member of Indian Clinical Epidemiology Network (IndiaCLEN)
• Life member of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine
• Life member of Indian Statistical Association
• Life member of Breast-Feeding Promotion Network of India

Publications

Books

• Dongre A, Deshmukh PR. Practical guide: Qualitative methods in health and educational research. Chennai, Notion Press; 2021. ISBN:978-168509-790-5
• Singh AR, Mehendale A, Deshmukh PR. Stave-off maternal mortality by addressing maternal morbidities. Saarbrucken. Lambert Academic Publishing. 2019. ISBN: 978-613-9-46267-4
• Kumar V, Deshmukh PR. Growth in first year of life – a rural birth cohort from Central India. Saarbrucken. Lambert Academic Publishing. 2014. ISBN: 978-365958-533-3

Chapters in books/modules

• Bhalwar R, Deshmukh PR. General Principles of infectious diseases epidemiology. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P.611-622
• Bhalwar R, Sujiv A, Deshmukh PR. Surveillance of diseases and national integrated disease surveillance program. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P.623-632
• Vaidya R, Sujiv A, Deshmukh PR. Immunity and immunization. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P. 633-650
• Vaidya R, Bhalwar R, Sujiv A, Deshmukh PR. Disinfection and sterilization. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P. 651-660
• Vaidya R, Deshmukh PR, Kalaiselvi S. Malaria. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P. 826-836
• Bhalwar R, Deshmukh PR. Filariasis. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P. 837-840
• Bhalwar R, Kushwaha AS, Deshmukh PR. Rickettsial diseases. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P. 869-875
• Bhalwar R, Deshmukh PR. Zoonoses. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P. 876-882
• Sujiv A, Deshmukh PR. Pandemic management. In: Bhalwar R, editor. Textbook of Community Medicine: New Delhi: Walter Kluwer; 2021. P. 1107-1111
• Deshmukh PR, Narang R, Dongre AR, Behere P. Evaluation of diagnostic tests in absence of gold standard – a special reference to GMHAT. In: Behere P, editor. Mental health training for health professionals: Global mental health assessment tool (GMHAT): Gurgaon: Indian Psychiatric Society; 2017. P. 75-92  
• Tendolkar V, Behere PB, Sebastian T, Sharma V, Deshmukh PR. Validity of Marathi version of Global Mental Health Assessment Tool (GMHAT/PC) for diagnosis of persons with psychiatric illness rural Maharashtra. In: Behere P, editor. Mental health training for health professionals: Global mental health assessment tool (GMHAT). Gurgaon: Indian Psychiatric Society; 2017. P. 23-42
• Deshmukh PR. Community Doctor. In: Jain AP, editor. Textbook of Family Medicine. 2nd ed. New Delhi. Paras Medical Publisher; 2016. P. 30-39
• Dongre AR, Deshmukh PR, Garg BS: An approach to hygiene education among rural Indian school going children. In: Health Education in India.  Bhaskaran S & Sumati B, editors. Published by The Icfai University Press. 1st ed. 2008. 
• Deshmukh PR, Dongre AR, Gupta SS, Garg BS: Newly introduced WHO growth standards: implications in large scale demographic surveys and child health programs. In “Advances in Pediatrics – Volume I”. Edited by IC Verma. Published by Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2010 
• Wrote modules on 1. “Urinary Tract Infection management in Primary Health Care setting”, 2. “Management of Blood disorders in Primary Care Settings” and 3. “Management of Heart Conditions in Primary Care Setting” for 2017 for “Bridge Programme in Community Health for Nurses” by IGNOU
• Wrote modules on 1. “Data Analysis”, 2. “Interpretation of statistical analysis”, 3. “Causality” and 4. “Sampling Techniques”. 2016 for Post-Graduate Diploma in Applied Epidemiology at NIHFW, New Delhi
• Worked as a Member of Technical Advisory Group for development of “Health Care – Management Advancement Program” – Health Care Management Modules (Aga Khan Foundation, 1999). The group came out with six modules on Health Care Management in 1999. These are 1. Assessing Information Needs 2. Community Needs Assessment, 3. Work Planning, 4. Surveillance and Monitoring, 5. Quality of Care and Management, and 6. Health Financing and Sustainability. for “Health Care – Management Advancement Program”
• Deshmukh PR, Goyal RC, Khan M. Applied epidemiology: an overview- Social, Clinical, Molecular, Genetic, and Pharmacoepidemiology. In: Goyal RC, editor. General Epidemiology for health Professionals. New Delhi. CBS Publishers; 2021. P. 95-112

Miscellaneous:

Honors & Awards

• Dr RN Roy Best Paper Award for 2019 by Indian Association of Public Health for paper published in Indian Journal of Public Health (IJPH) - “Why tuberculosis patients under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme delay in health care seeking? – A mixed-method research from Wardha District, Maharashtra. IJPH;63(2): 94
• Dr D Ramadwar Oration Award of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine (Maharashtra Chapter) at 20th Joint IPHA-IAPSM Conference held at Nashik (9-10 Feb 2019). Delivered oration on “Measuring Socio-economic Status in Health Research”.
• ‘BC Harinath and Vimala Harinath Award for the Best Research Paper Publication’ for paper “Deshmukh PR, Dongre AR, Rajendran KP, Kumar S. Role of social, cultural and economic capitals in perceived quality of life among old age people in kerala, India. Indian J Palliat Care. 2015;21(1):39.”
• BK Mahajan Best Paper published in Indian of Community Medicine (IJCM) in a year 2013 for “Deshmukh PR, Kamble P, Goswami K, Garg N. Metabolic syndrome in the rural population of Wardha, Central India: An exploratory factor analysis. Indian J Community Med. 2013;38(1):33.”
• Attended Summer Institute on “Addressing Leadership Challenges in International Public Health” at Sparkman Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA (Sparkman Center for Global Health, Alabama, USA), July 2008.
• Recipient of Scholarship to attend X Regional Conference  of International Epidemiological Association at Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 2010 (International Epidemiological Association)
• Recipient of Scholarship to attend IX Regional Conference  of International Epidemiological Association at ICMH, Dhaka, February 2008 (International Epidemiological Association)