Dr Kumar Sumit

Associate Professor

Coordinator - Placement & Career Counseling Cell, PSPH

Department of Global Health Policy and Governance

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Dr Kumar Sumit is an Associate Professor  in the Department of Global Health Policy and Governance, Prasanna School of Public Health. His prior experince include  lecturer at, J.N. Medical College, Belgaum. His research interests are focused on road traffic psychology, migration and tribal health and has more than  40 Publications and is currently pursuing Cordinator for placements and corprate relations, PSPH

    Dr Sumit has handeled various admisinstrative roles and also has been colabrating with international university in regards to conferences and summer class. He has been the recipient of the Erasmus ICM grant and has experience of teaching global health students at Tampere University, Finland.  He is recipient of the Team Finland knowledge grant by Finnish National Agency for Education with Tampere University, Finland (2023) and Honorary Lecturer, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Environmental and Occupational Health Year 1 - Block 1
Social and Behavioural Sciences and Qualitative Methods Year 1 - Block 2
Chronic Disease and Disability Year 1 - Block 5
Global Health and Anthropology Year 1 - Block 6

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
PhD Public Health Maastricht University, The Netherlands 2023
Master of Public Health Epidemiology Department of Public Health 2014
Bachelor of Dental Surgery College of Dental Sciences, Davangere 2009

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Prasnna School of Pulic Health Associate Professor Academics & Publications; Project & Research Management, MPH Admission Incharge November 2023 - Present
Prasnna School of Pulic Health Assistant Professor- Senior scale Academics & Publications; Project & Research Management, MPH Admission Incharge Janaury 2016- November 2023
Department of Public Health, J.N.Medical College, Belgaum Lecturer Teaching Public Health legislation and Social and Behavioral sciences November 2014- Janaury 2016

A study on risky driving among the novice drivers and scope of intervention to control in Udupi, Karnataka, India

Kumar Sumit Professor Rob Ruiter Professor Kris Brijs Dr Veerle Ross

Pursuing PhD research on the behavioral aspect of the young and novice drivers

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Research

Road traffic accidents, Injuries prevention, Medical sociology, Migration and Tribal Health

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Lifetime member of  'Indian Public Health Association'

Public Health Perspectives of Events Occurring during the Golden Hour of Road Traffic Accidents

2022 Lad Mohit Kumar Sumit Dr Prakash Narayanan Vasudevan Potty

Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development

Road Traffic Accidents among the Young-Aged Riders in India

2022 Dr Kumar Sumit

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development