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) |