Regional Technical Agencies (RTAs)


Various reputed government medical education institutions are collaborating with the National Technical Agency (NDDTC, AIIMS) as Regional Technical Agencies for this survey. Each State/UT has been linked to a Government Medical Institute which has been assigned the responsibility of leading the technical aspects of the survey in that State/UT as the Regional Technical Agency.

Roles and Responsibilities of the Regional Technical Agencies:

  • Supervising / undertaking the technical / scientific aspects of implementation of survey in the assigned region e.g. obtaining ethical approvals, translation of study instruments in local languages, etc.
  • Participating in the state-level advocacy and sensitization meetings as technical experts
  • Assisting NDDTC in identifying master trainers for conducting survey trainings at the state level.
  • Facilitating trainings for field staff of the survey in the assigned region in coordination with the State Implementation Agencies (SIAs)
  • Working closely with the SIAs of the assigned region for timely completion of survey activities
  • Supervising data collection in assigned regions and ensuring high quality of data.
  • Revalidation of HHS survey data in assigned states
  • Leading conceptualization, planning, designing, implementation and analysis of some of the focused thematic studies being conducted as part of the National Survey
  • Preparing progress reports and submitting them to NDDTC, AIIMS

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Regional Technical Agencies:

S. No. State / UT Covered Regional Technical Agency (RTA) Investigators
1 Jammu & Kashmir Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Medical College (SKIMS), Bemina Dr. Abdul Majid (Prof. & HOD Psychiatry & Sub Dean), Dr. Nizam Ud Din (Associate Professor), Dr. Syed Mehvish (Associate Professor)
2 Jammu & Kashmir Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Srinagar Dr. Yasir Hassan Rather (Professor, Department of Psychiatry, GMC Srinagar), Dr. Shabir Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Dr. Fazl e Roub (Assistant Professor)
3 Ladakh Sonam Norboo Memorial (SNM) District Hospital, Leh Dr. Tashi Tundup (Consultant Psychiatrist), Dr. Rinchen Angmo (State Consultant, Community Medicine), Dr. Sajad Hussain (Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)), Dr. Shaheena
4 Himachal Pradesh Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC), Shimla Dr. Dinesh Dutt Sharma (Professor and Head Department of Psychiatry), Dr. Devesh Sharma (Assistant Professor), Dr. Nidhi Sharma (Assistant Professor)
5 Punjab Government Medical College (GMC), Amritsar Dr. Neeru Bala (Professor & HOD Psychiatry), Dr. Adarshjot Kaur Toor (Associate Professor, Community Medicine), Dr. Sumanjeet Kaur (Associate Professor, Psychiatry)
6 Chandigarh Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh Dr. Abhishek Ghosh (Additional Professor), Dr. Kshitiz Sharma (Assistant Professor), Dr. Rahul Chakravarty (Assistant Professor)
7 Uttarakhand All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh Dr. Vishal Dhiman (Additional Professor), Dr. Anindya Das (Professor), Dr. Jitendra Rohilla (Associate Professor)
8 Haryana Institute of Mental Health, Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences (IMH UHS), Rohtak Dr. Sidharth Arya (Associate Professor), Dr. Vinay Kumar (Associate Professor), Dr. Sunila (Associate Professor)
9 NCT of Delhi Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Dilshad Garden Dr. Deepak Kumar (Head, Department of Psychiatry), Dr Pooja Shakya (Assistant Professor), Dr. Shruti Garg (Assistant Professor)
10 Rajasthan All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur Dr. Navratan Suthar (Additional Professor), Dr. Mukesh Kumar Swami (Additional Professor, Psychiatry), Dr Naresh Nebhinani (Professor & Head, Psychiatry)
11 Uttar Pradesh King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow Dr. Vivek Agarwal (Prof. and Head), Dr. Amit Singh (Assistant Professor), Dr. Mohita Joshi (Assistant Professor)
12 Bihar All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna Dr Pankaj Kumar (HOD Additional Professor Department of Psychiatry), Dr Sambhu Prasad (Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry)
13 Sikkim North Bengal Medical College (NBMC), Siliguri Prof. Dr. Nirmal Kumar Bera (Professor and Head), Dr. Uttam Majumder (Assistant Professor), Dr. Samrat Bhandari (Professor, Psychiatry (SMIMS))
14 Arunachal Pradesh Tomo Riba Institute Of Health And Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Papum Pare Dr Tame Kena (HOD, Department of Psychiatry), Dr. Anoop Dev (Head of the Department (Community Medicine)), Dr Igam Bagra (Assistant Professor)
15 Nagaland Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (NIMSR), Kohima Dr. L Longna (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry), Dr. Senilo Magh (Senior Psychiatrist, Tuensang Civil Hospital), Dr. Thinuosatuo Mezhu (Consultant NHAK NDTC)
16 Manipur Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal Dr. S. Gojendra Singh (Associate Professor & Head, Dept of Psychiatry, RIMS, Imphal), Prof, Brogen Singh Akoijam (Dept of Community Medicine), Dr. L.Roshan Singh (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, RIMS, Imphal)
17 Mizoram Zoram Medical College, Falkawn Dr Manoj Patki (HOD of CMFM, Zoram Medical college), Dr Hriatpuia Hlondo (MD psychiatry and Assistant Professor, Psychiatry), Dr. Anirudha Basu (Associate Professor (AIIMS Kalyani))
18 Tripura Modern Psychiatric Hospital, Agartala Dr. Dipayan Sarkar (Nodal Officer, ATF), Dr. Udayan Majumder (SPO, Mental Health), Dr Kaushik Nandi (Psychiatrist, MPH)
19 Meghalaya North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong Dr Subhash Das (HOD, Department of Psychiatry), Dr Arvind Nongpiur (Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry), Dr Star Pala (Professor and Head (I/C), Department of Community Medicine)
20 Assam Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tezpur Dr. Hemanta Dutta (HOD Department of Addiction Medicine), Dr. Dipatadhi Mukherjee (Assistant Professor), Dr. Tathagata Mahintamani (Assistant Professor)
21 West Bengal Institute Of Psychiatry (IOP), Kolkata Dr. Sujit Sarkhel (Professor), Dr. Paramita Ray (Associate Professor), Dr. Ranjan Das (Associate Professor)
22 Jharkhand Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi Dr Sanjay Kumar Munda (Professor in charge Centre for Addiction Psychiatry), Dr Aniruddha Mukherjee (Professor), Dr Sourav Khanra (Professor)
23 Odisha All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar Dr. Arpit Parmar (Associate Professor), Dr. Debadatta Mohapatra (Associate Professor), Dr. Shree Mishra (Associate Professor)
24 Madhya Pradesh All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal Prof. Dr Vijender Singh (Professor & HOD), Dr. Tamonud Modak (Assistant Professor), Dr Tanmay Joshi (Assistant Professor)
25 Gujarat Hospital for Mental Health (HMH), Ahmedabad Dr.Ajay Chauhan (Medical Superintendent), Dr. Darshan Patel (Psychiatrist), Dr.Chirag Parmar (Psychiatrist Class 1), Dr.Deepti Bhatt (Psychiatrist Class 1)
26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Hospital for Mental Health (HMH), Ahmedabad Dr, Ajay Chauhan (Medical Superintendent), Dr.Deepti Bhatt (Psychiatrist Class 1), Dr.Chirag Parmar (Psychiatrist Class 1), Dr. Darshan Patel (Psychiatrist)
27 Maharashtra Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College (GSMC) and King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH), Mumbai Dr.Ajita Nayak (Professor & HOD), Dr.Kranti Kadam (Additional Professor, Psychiatry), Dr.Shilpa Adarkar (Additional Professor, Psychiatry)
28 Andhra Pradesh Andhra Medical College (AMC), Vishakhapatnam Dr. K V Rami Reddy (Medical Superintendent and Professor of Psychiatry), Dr. Anuhya Guyton . G (Assistant Professor), Dr. Rahul . P (Assistant Professor)
29 Telangana Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Hyderabad Dr. K. Sudha Rani (Professor), Dr. Ramesh Ammati (Assistant Professor), Dr. S SaiNaveen (Assistant Professor)
30 Karnataka National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore Dr. Jayant Mahadevan (Assistant Professor, Department of Pyschiatry), Dr Lekhansh Shukla (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry), Dr Prabhat Chand (Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Addication Medicine)
31 Goa Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (IPHB), Bambolim Dr. Mary D’Souza (Professor & HOD), Dr. Anil V. Rane (Assistant Professor), Dr. Ashish Srivastava (Assistant Professor)
32 Lakshadweep Government Medical College, Ernakulum Dr. Deenu Chacko (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry), Dr. Shibu Kumar (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry), Dr. Jaimon PM (Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry), Dr. Arif Iqbal K (Psychiatrist)
33 Kerala Government Medical College (GMC), Ernakulam Dr Deenu Chacko (Assistant Professor, Department of Pyschiatry), Dr Jaimon PM (Associate Professor (CAP)), Dr. Shibu Kumar (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry)
34 Tamil Nadu Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Chennai Dr. P P Kannan (Professor), DR. P Poorna Chandrika (Professor), Dr. S Deepa (Assistant Professor)
35 Puducherry Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry Dr.Balaji Bharadwaj (Additional Professor), Dr. Ragul Ganesh R (Assistant Professor)
36 Andaman & Nicobar Islands Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry Dr. Balaji Bharadwaj (Additional Professor), Dr. Ragul Ganesh R (Assistant Professor)
37 Chhattisgarh All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur Dr Lokesh Kumar Singh (Additional Professor), Dr Vinit Patel (Assistant Professor), Dr Lakshmi Nirisha (Assistant Professor)