Dr. Sirshendu Chaudhuri (MD, DPH) is working as an Associate Professor, IIPH- Hyderabad. He is passionate about teaching and involved in institutional research activities. Previously he has served ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai; Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chittoor, AP; Christian Medical College, Vellore; and Government of West Bengal. His areas of research interests include- Core Epidemiology, Primary Health care, Public Health Surveillance, Maternal and Child Health, Non-Communicable diseases, Capacity building in Public Health, Big data analysis, and research ethics. He has over 50 publications in national and international journals. He is An Editorial Board member of PLOS Global Public Health journal.