Dr. Rahul Bawankule

Dr Rahul Sadashiv Bawankule is an AYUSH Undergraduate with a doctoral qualification (Ph.D. to be awarded) in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. He has previously done PGDHM (Health Management), M.Sc., and M.Phil. (Biostatistics and Epidemiology).

Dr Rahul is very passionate about teaching and research and is committed to helping his students to grow. He holds more than two years of experience in teaching Research Methodology and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Demography to Doctoral (Ph.D.), Postgraduate (PG), and Undergraduate (UG) Medical and Non-Medical students in various universities. He has also worked as a ‘Project Coordinator’ for ‘Improving Maternal Health in six poor states of India – DFID-GPAF (Supported by – Oxfam India)’ in Gadchiroli district (Maharashtra).

Dr Rahul was the recipient of the Dr PN Mari Bhat Gold Medal for Best Dissertation (May 2016) in M. Phil. (Biostatistics and Epidemiology) and IIPS Silver Medal for standing Second (May 2015) in M.Sc. (Biostatistics and Epidemiology) at IIPS, Mumbai. He has published six research articles and one is under peer-review in the Scopus-indexed international scientific peer-reviewed journals (Scopus and Google Scholar h-index = 5). He also presented several research papers at international conferences. Dr Rahul acted as a reviewer for PLoS ONE, and, The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia.

District Level Geospatial Analysis of Utilization of ICDS Services Among Children in India. Frontiers in Public Health. Kumar, P., Kundu, S., &Bawankule, R.(2022).

Newborn low birth weight: do socio-economic inequality still persist in India? Mishra, P. S., Sinha, D., Kumar, P., Srivastava, S., &Bawankule, R. (2021). BMC Pediatrics, 21(1), 518.

Epidemiological investigation and management of bloody diarrhea among children in India. Bawankule R, Shetye S, Singh A, Singh A, Kumar K. PloS one. 2019;14(9):e0222208.

Oral problems and associated risk indicators in adults in the Russian Federation, India, and China. Bawankule R, Singh A, Kumar K, Pedgaonkar S. BMC Oral Health2019;19(1):114.

Does Measles Vaccination Reduce the Risk of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) and Diarrhea in Children: A Multi-Country Study? Bawankule R, Singh A, Kumar K, Shetye S. PloS one. 2017;12(1):e0169713.

Disposal of children’s stools and its association with childhood diarrhea in India. Bawankule R, Singh A, Kumar K, Pedgaonkar S.

BMC Public Health. 2017;17:12.

Applied Epidemiology & Research Methodology Basic Biostatistics

Demography & Population Health

Introduction to Operational Research Methods

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (To be awarded) – International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai(Deemed to be a university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956)

Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) in Biostatistics and Epidemiology – International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Biostatistics and Epidemiology – International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai

Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital and Health Management (PGDHM) in Health Management – Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Bangalore (An Autonomous South Campus of Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Jaipur)

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) – Government Ayurved College, and Hospital, Nagpur (Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik)