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Over nine years of research experience in social science and public health research, who specializes large scale survey design and analysis, and data quality in various forms and tools of research work with Quantitative as well as Qualitative techniques and then last five years I have developed data entry and tabulation package in CSPro for various large scale surveys in India as well outside India. Presently I am working as Consultant State Data Manager in UNICEF Chhattisgarh (Through PDCSL).

Thursday, October 15, 2009

CSPro Consultant CV

P.Prabhu 

Data Manager (IT)
Concurrent Evaluation of National Rural Health Mission Project
International Institute for Population Sciences,
Govandi Station Road, Deonar,                                  Mobile No: +91-9819698411                                                                                                                                                                                         
Mumbai, Maharashtra                                                 E-mail : prabhu_stat@rediffmail.com 
PIN-400 088, India                                                                      prabhustat@gmail.com                                                                                                                     
 

OBJECTIVE   

  • To acquire a challenging position in an organization that helps me perform to the best of my abilities, allows me to develop new skills and distinct career path, and in turn contribute positively to the society.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS   

·         Exposure and experience in various forms and tools of research work with Quantitative as well as Qualitative techniques
·         Ability to develop, CSPro data entry package and tabulation package, analyze data with various statistical packages.
·         Proficiency in coordinating activities within and across organizations, collection and analysis of data, reporting and maintaining regular follow up system.
·         Good documentation/writing skills and proficiency in using MS office.
·         Cable to Conducting Training and Monitoring Large Scale Surveys
·         Ability to learn quickly, hard working, positive attitude and good interpersonal skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE (6 Years, 10 Months )


·         Working as a Data Manager (IT) in Concurrent Evaluation of National Rural Health Mission (CE-NRHM), funded by by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), from 11th February, 2009 onwards in International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities

Ø  Design study questionnaires.
Ø   Develop data entry software using CSPro 3.3.
Ø  Drafting & executing data collection work plans
Ø  Technically support/train the  zonal and  field agency in charge for data entry across organizations in India
Ø  Prepare programs for data verification and cleaning.
Ø  Create, update and document data dictionaries
Ø  Develop software for fact sheet and district tabulation using CSPro 4.0
Ø  Technically support/Train the  zonal and  field agency to generate the fact sheet indicators and district tabulation using CSPro 4.0 across organizations in India
Ø  Tabulate and prepare charts & statistical data tables for State and National level (using CSPro, SPSS, SAS and STATA) for analysis
Ø  Work closely with the Directors from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) to ensure adequate quality of the work
Ø  Assist in writing -up results from analysis



·         Working as a Senior Research Officer in District Level Household Survey -3 under Reproductive and Child Health (DLHS-RCH-3), funded by World Bank and regulated by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), from 15th February, 2008 -  10th February, 2009 in International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities
Ø  Prepare of Interview Guidelines and Questionnaires
Ø  Assist in Sampling preparation for survey
Ø Technically support the  regional agency in charge for data entry across organizations  in India
Ø  Prepare programs for data verification and cleaning.
Ø Develop software for district fact sheet and state fact sheet using CSPro 3.3
Ø Technically support/Train the  regional agency to generate the district fact sheet using CSPro 3.3 across organizations in India
Ø  Tabulate and prepare charts & statistical data tables for State level (using CSPro, SPSS and STATA) for analysis
Ø  National level Data base management
Ø  Preparation of data publishing (DLHS-RCH-3)
Ø  Supervise the day to activates of the project (DLHS-RCH-3).

·         Working as a Research Officer in District Level Household Survey -3 under Reproductive and Child Health (DLHS-RCH-3), funded by World Bank and regulated by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), from 23rd October, 2006 – 14th Feburary, 2008 in International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities
Ø  Preparation of survey design & implementation procedure
Ø  Prepare of Interview Guidelines and Questionnaires
Ø  Assist in Sampling preparation for survey
Ø One of the team member for developing Data Entry Package  using CSPro 2.6
Ø Drafting & executing data collection work plans
Ø Technically support the  regional agency in charge for data entry across organizations in India
Ø  Prepare programs for data verification and cleaning.
Ø  Developing District Fact Book
Ø  Preparation of National Report on Nutritional Status of Children and Prevalence of Anaemia among Children, Adolescent Girls and Pregnant Women.
Ø  Preparation of State Reports: Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalya, Jharkhand               Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.

·         Worked as a Senior Investigator, in Project entitled “A Study of Psycho-Social and Service Dynamics of Illegal Abortion in Rural Areas of India, funded by Indian Council  of Medical Research, New Delhi, from July 28th 2006 – October 19th 2006 in POPULATION RESEARCH CENTRE, The Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Welfare Trust, Ambathurai.

Key Responsibilities
Ø  Prepare of Interview Guidelines and Questionnaires
Ø  Sample identification and selection
Ø  Mapping and selection of clusters of study area
Ø  Supervise documentation and storage of data collection questionnaires/schedules
Ø  Conducting In-depth Interviews

·         Worked as a Assistant Research Officer, National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 3)”  technical guidance  by ORC MACRO (USA)  and funded by DFID, The  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, UNFPA and Ministry of Health and Family  Welfare (MOHFW) from January 2006 – July 24th  2006 in POPULATION RESEARCH CENTRE, The Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Welfare Trust, Ambathurai.

Key Responsibilities
Ø  Sample identification and selection
Ø  Technically support/train the  Household listing operation staff
Ø  Monitoring the Household listing operation
Ø  Supervise documentation and storage of data collection questionnaires/schedules.
Ø  Coordinate the field team to ensure timely and quality data collection
Ø  Administrative support

·         Worked as a Computer Assistant, “District Level Household Survey -2 under Reproductive and Child Health (DLHS-RCH-2), funded by World Bank and regulated by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), from April 2003 – December 2005 in  POPULATION RESEARCH CENTRE, The Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Welfare Trust, Ambathurai.

Key Responsibilities
Ø  Technically support/train the  Data entry staff
Ø  Supervise documentation and storage of data collection questionnaires/schedules
Ø  Extract data and prepare tables according to clients needs
Ø  Data verification and quality control
Ø  Tabulate and prepare charts & statistical data tables for district and state level reports (SPSS, MS Access and MS Excel)
Ø  Data base Management
Ø  Assist in writing -up results from analysis

·         Worked as a Field Supervisor, Study on Infant Mortality Rate in Tamil Nadu, funded by DANIDA and regulated by Govt. of Tamil Nadu, from January 2003 – March 2003 in POPULATION RESEARCH CENTRE, The Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Welfare Trust, Ambathurai,.

Key Responsibilities
Ø  Monitoring and Evaluation
Ø  Conducting Training for the Field Staff
Ø  Conducting In-depth Interviews
Ø  Mapping and selection of clusters of study area

Consultant  (Part time)


·         Worked as consultant for the project “Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Myanmar” for Department of Public Health & UNICEF, Myanmar


Key Responsibilities
Ø  Develop data entry software using CSPro 3.3.
Ø  Drafting & executing data collection work plans
Ø  Prepare programs for data verification and cleaning.




·         Worked as consultant for the project “PRC Study on Rapid Appraisal for National Rural Health Mission” funded by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW).

Key Responsibilities
Ø  Develop data entry software using CSPro 3.3.
Ø  Drafting & executing data collection work plans
Ø  Technically support/train the  Population Research Staff for data processing across organizations in India
Ø  Prepare programs for data verification and cleaning.
Ø  Develop software for tabulation using CSPro 3.3
Ø  Technically support/Train the  Population Research Staff  to generate the district tabulation using CSPro 3.3 across organizations in India
Ø  Work closely with the Population Research Staff and  Directors from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) to ensure adequate quality of the work

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

  • P.G.D.C.A (Doing) Annamalai University 2006.
·         M.Phil Population Studies, Annamalai University, 2005.
·         M.A. Population Studies, Annamalai University, 2004.

·         (M.Sc Statistics), Madras Christian College, Chennai, 2002


·         B.Sc Statistics, St.Josephs College, Tiruchirappalli, 2000.

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

·         Certificate in “DTP”: MS-DOS, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows xp, MS Office 2000, MS Office 2003 (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
·         Languages: Basic and C
·         Quantitative Analysis Software’s known: SPSS, SAS, STATA, SYSTAT,                                            
                                                                         S-PLUS 2000, MINITAB and EPI-info
·         Qualitative Analysis Softwares known: ATLAS Ti, ANTHROPAK
·         Projection and Mortality Estimation Softwares known: SPECTRUM, MORTPAK.
·         Mathematical and Graphical Softwares: Axum v5.0, Maplev v4.0, Mathcad v8.0,       R v.2.2
·         GIS Software: Arc GIS (Basic).
·         Data Entry and Tabulation Package: Census and Survey Processing System (CSPro) (software package for entering, editing, tabulating and mapping census and survey data)
·         Different Search-Engines in  Internet

SEMINARS / CONFERENCES

  • Poster presentation  SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS OF ABORTION IN INDIA” 2008 Population Association of America meeting held at 19th April 2008.

  • Abstract of the paper “Teenage Motherhood and Fate of their Pregnancy Outcome in India”  National Seminar On Polices and Programmes in Health and Family Welfare: Fifty Years of Indian Experience and Challenges’, held at Population Research Centre, University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram 27th – 29th March 2008.
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  • Abstract of the paper “Quality of Health Care and Utilization of RCH Services in Southern States of India” National Seminar On Polices and Programmes in Health and Family Welfare: Fifty Years of Indian Experience and Challenges’, held at Population Research Centre, University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram 27th – 29th March 2008.
  • Abstract of the paper “Household Environmental and Behavioral Determinants of Child Morbidity in Uttarakhand” National Seminar On Population Environment and Development in Uttarakhand: 17-19 March 2008.

  • Poster presentation  “Geographical Variations in Nutritional Status among Pregnant Women with Low Standard of Living in India” XXIX Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population & National Seminar on Recent Statistical Techniques for Data Analysis, Department of Statistics Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 26-28 October 2007.
  • Presented the paper Contraceptive Practices among Adolescent Married Women in Tamil Nadu” Adolescents and youth: Perspectives and Emerging Issues”, Department of Population Studies, Bharathiar University Coimbatore January24-25 2007.

  • Abstract of the paper “Differentials of Early Age at Marriage among Recent Cohorts in Madhya Pradesh” The Bhopal Seminar Contemporary Issues in Population and Health Bhopal: 17-19 January 2007.


  • Participated and co-author “Induced Abortion in Tamil Nadu” International Conference on Emerging Population issues in the Asia Pacific Region: Challenges for the 21st Century, International Institute for Population Sciences Deonar, Mumbai, From 10th December to 13 December 2006.

  • Presented the paper “Effect of Breastfeeding in Last Closed Birth Interval in Madhya Pradesh” Population of Madhya Pradesh 2006, RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration and Management Population Resource Centre, Bhopal. From 21st January to 23rd January 2006.

  • Presented the paper “Plan for processing and Analysis of Data in Demographic Field” National Conference, U.G.C sponsored, Applications of Modern Statistical Tools in Research, on Department of Statistics, St.Joseph’s College Tiruchirappalli from 07.02.2005 to 09.02.2005.


 

CONTRIBUTION


  • Contributed State Reports of Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalya, Jharkhand Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, District Level Household Survey on Reproductive and Child Health (DLHS-RCH-2), International Institute for Population Sciences, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India (GOI),  New Delhi, 2007.

  • Contributed National Report “ Nutritional Status of Children and Prevalence of Anaemia among Children , Adolescent Girls and Pregnant Women",  District Level Household Survey on Reproductive and Child Health (DLHS-RCH-2), India, 2002-2004, , International Institute for Population Sciences, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India (GOI),  New Delhi, December 2006.

Trainer in some Workshop

  • Training of generate fact sheet and Tabulation package for  Concurrent Evaluation of National Rural Health Mission (CE-NRHM)  using CSPro 4.0 (INDIA, Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai,    25th - 26th , September 2009)  (60 participated, zonal and  field agency across organization in India).

  • Training of Data processing for  Concurrent Evaluation of National Rural Health Mission (CE-NRHM)  using CSPro 3.3 (INDIA, Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai,    17th - 19th , June 2009)  (55 participated, zonal and  field agency across organization in India).

  • Training of Data processing and generate Tabulation package for PRC Study on Rapid Appraisal for National Rural Health Mission  using CSPro 3.3 (INDIA, Population Research Centre Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune,   9th - 10th , January 2009)  (40 participated, PRC’s staff across organization in India).


  • Training of generate Fact sheet package for District Level Household Survey -3 under Reproductive and Child Health (DLHS-RCH-3) using CSPro 3.3 (INDIA, Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 15th, April 2008)  (35 participated, regional agency staff across organization in India).

WORKSHOPS / TRAINING FOR TRAINERS (TOT)

·         Participated in training and workshop on “House listing and Mapping training for District Level Household Survey on Reproductive and Child Health (DLHS-RCH-3) from 17th September to 19th September 2007 in International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai.

·         Participated in training and workshop on Data-Entry Software in CSPro from 9th July 2007 to 19th July 2007 in International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai.

·         Participated in training and workshop on ICMR Project entitled “A Study of Psycho-Social and Service Dynamics of Illegal Abortion in Rural Areas of India,” from 16th August to 18th August 2006 in Bhunshwar.

·         Participated in training for trainers on “House listing and Mapping training for National Family Health Survey (NFHS - 3) from 17th January to 20th January 2006 in International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai.

  • Participated in training and workshop on “Methods of Industrial Statistics” on February 18th 2005 in Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mathematics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai,.

  • Participated in training and workshop on “Mathematical Methods for Management Sciences” on December 3rd 2004 in Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mathematics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

  • Participated in training and workshop on “Current Trends in Biostatistics” on October1st 2003 in Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mathematics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.





DISSERTATION


  • Dissertation entitled “Differentials of Utilization of Maternal Care in Tamil Nadu” submitted for the partial fulfillment of M.Phil. degree in Population Studies at Annamalai University, 2005.

  • Dissertation entitled “Statistical Analysis of Tourist Arrivals to India submitted for the partial fulfillment of the M.Sc Statistics, Madras Christian College, Chennai, 2002.  

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

·         Member of International Union for Scientific Study of Population, Paris (IUSSP), France.
                            

AREA OF INTERESTS


·        Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, Development, Environment, Gender Issues and Statistical Analyst.

Extra Curricular

  • Typing:            Lower (English)
·        NCC:   A & B Certificate

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Father’s Name:                                  Dr.N.Ponnusamy
  • Permanent Address:             Pon Illam
            13, 6th Cross,
Sundar Nagar,
                                                                  Tiruchirappalli
                                                                  Tamil Nadu – 620 021

  • Phone No:                                          +91-94438 56322 and 0431-2457390

  • Date of Birth:                                     29-05-1980

  • Gender and Marital Status:              Male / Married

  • Nationality:                Indian

  • Religion:                     Hindu

  • Languages Known                English, Tamil & Hindi (understanding)

  • Communication Skill                        Good








REFERENCES
         

Dr.F.Ram
Director & Sr. Professor
International Institute for Population Sciences          
Deonar, Mumbai-88                 E-mail:fram@iips.net


Dr. Laishram Ladu Singh         
Professor & Head                                                        
Department of Mathematical Demography & Statistics                                                
International Institute for Population Sciences           Phone: +91-22-25507861    
Deonar, Mumbai-88                                                    E-mail: lslaishram@iips.net                  

                                     
Dr. T.V. Sekher         
Reader in                                                        
Department of Population Policy and Programme                                               
International Institute for Population Sciences           Phone: +91-22-25563256, +91-9969287333    
Deonar, Mumbai-88                                                    E-mail: tvsekher@gmail.com

DECLARATION                       
                              
I hereby declare that all the statements furnished above are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.



Place: Mumbai
Date:                                                                                                              (P.PRABHU)