Narayana Medical College, Nellore

Dr S P Rao, Professor in Preventive & Social Medicine is in possession of post graduate degrees in Community Medicine and Hospital Administration.. He is qualified in Epidemiology, Computer technology and Infectious diseases. Due to his penchant for field epidemiology work, he travelled Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi. He has been consulting epidemiologist for WHO centre for Social Science and DANIDA projects in MP. He is involved research projects funded by WHO, ICMR, SIDA, DANIDA, NRHM and Government of Maharashtra. He is also a recipient of WHO fellowship in Hospital Administration. His perseverant interest in Infectious diseases epidemiology earned him honors by the Government of Maharashtra. He is also instrumental in establishing community medicine departments at new Medical Colleges in Maharashtra. He is a vivid reader and authored 8 books on community medicine and medical graduate teaching and learning. Published around 35 research articles and conducted 9 research projects for national and international agencies. His obsession with digital life culminated into developing Hospital information record system for medical colleges and hospitals. He is shouldering the responsibility of key trainer for many National Health Programmes. He is the coordinator for Maharashtra State level Bio-medical waste management and Hospital Infection Control Committee. After his voluntary retirement as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at Directorate of Medical Education & Research, Mumbai and incharge of Medical Research Council of Maharashtra, he preferred to steer Narayana Medical College as Dean of the Institute.