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Dr. Rajesh Kumar Sinha is currently working as an Associate Professor (Finance) at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur. Before joining Jaipuria, he was working in Industry for 21 years in different capacities in the areas of finance and accounting, health economics and health and nutrition financing. He has also severed as teaching faculty with Ranchi University, IIHMR University, the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) and Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS), Jaipur in the areas of Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Quantitative Techniques and Management Accounting. He is also a fellow of Centre for Global Health Economics, Institute for Global Health, University College of London (UCL), UK He has completed his PhD in Finance and Accounts from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore and a Fellow Cost and Management Accountant (FCMA) from The Institute of Cost Accountants of Indian (ICMAI). He is also a qualified Independent Director from Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). He did his PG Diploma in Health Economics, Health Financing and Health Economics (PGDHEP) from Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Delhi. He is an avid researcher and has published more than 50 research papers in national and international peer reviewed journals of high repute (ScienceDirect, Sage, Springer etc.) and presented papers in several national and international conferences. He is also a recipient of 2 Best Research Paper Presentation awards at national conferences. He is an expert in the area of quantitative research techniques and have conducted several workshops and FDPs in different medical colleges and management institutes on the same.

PhD in Finance and Accounts (IIM Indore), FCMA (ICMAI), Independent Director (IICA), PGDHEP

Papers Published in Peer Reviewed Journals (ABDC, SCOPUS, and WoS)

Pulkki-Brännström, A.-M., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H., Batura, N., Colbourn, T., Azad, K., Banda, F., Banda, L., Borghi, J., Fottrell, E., Kim, S., Makwenda, C., Ojha, A. K., Prost, A., Rosato, M., Shaha, S. K., Sinha, R., Costello, A., & Skordis, J. (2020). Participatory learning and action cycles with women’s groups to prevent neonatal death in low-resource settings: A multi-country comparison of cost-effectiveness and affordability. Health Policy and Planning, 35(10), 1280–1289. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa081

Sharma, S., Arora, K., Chandrashekhar, Sinha, R. K., Akhtar, F., & Mehra, S. (2021). Evaluation of a training program for life skills education and financial literacy to community health workers in India: A quasi-experimental study. BMC Health Services Research, 21, Article number: 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-06025-4

Gope, R. K., Tripathy, P., Prasad, V., Pradhan, H., Sinha, R. K., Panda, R., Chowdhury, J., Murugan, G., Roy, S., De, M., Ghosh, S. K., Roy, S. S., & Prost, A. (2019). Effects of participatory learning and action with women's groups, counselling through home visits and crèches on undernutrition among children under three years in eastern India: A quasi-experimental study. BMC Public Health, 19, Article number: 962. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7274-3

Verma, P., Raj, D. S., Sinha, R., Kukreti, P., Pemde, H., Pawar, S. M., de Wagt, A., & Kumar, P. (2023). Prevalence and risk factors of undernutrition among infants less than six months: A hospital based cross-sectional assessment. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 90, 1047.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-023-04647-0

Sinha, R. K., Kumar, P., Daniel, A., Shah, H., Sriswan, R., Kokane, A., Mohapatra, A., Kashyap, V., Goel, A. K., Kumar, V., Kiran, A., Arlappa, N., Joshi, A., Nayak, R. R., Sayal, S., & de Wagt, A. (2022). Association between anthropometric criteria and body composition among children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition: A cross-sectional assessment from India. BMC Nutrition, 8, 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00551-6

Kumar, P., Sinha, R. K., Daniel, A., Shah, H., Sriswan, R., Kokane, A., Mohapatra, A., Kashyap, V., Goel, A. K., Kumar, V., Kiran, A., Arlappa, N., Joshi, A., Nayak, R. R., Singh, M., Salasibew, M., Ghosh, S., Pawar, S. M., Mishra, P., Tiwari, K., Bhattacharjee, S., Saiyed, F., Patel, T. S., Nayak, P. K., Sahoo, S. K., Prajapati, M., Sinha, S., & de Wagt, A. (2021). Effectiveness of community-based treatment programs for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnourished children aged 6–59 months using locally produced nutrient dense foods: Protocol for a multicentric longitudinal quasi-experimental study. BMC Nutrition, 7, 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00489-1

Kumar, P., Chatterjee, K., Daniel, A., Kumar Sinha, R., Arora, P., & Wagt, A. D. (2022). A narrative review of efficacy of antibiotics in treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition in community based out-patient treatment. Tropical Doctor, 52(4), 489-494. https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755221097048

Kumar, P., Sinha, R. K., Arora, S., Sarwal, R., Sultana, F., Daniel, A., Sriswan, R., Kokane, A. M., Kiran, A. K., Goel, A. K., Suman, R. L., Jaiswal, A. K., Prabhu, S., Seth, A., Laxmaiya, A., Rawat, A. K., Modi, B., Thakur, R., & de Wagt, A. (2023). Viewpoints from the national consultation on addressing acute malnutrition on mainstreaming community-based program for management of acute malnutrition in India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 48(1), 7-11. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_205_22

Sinha, R. K., Raybardhan, S., Barnwal, N., Kumar, P., & Kumar, V. (2020). Assessment of nutritional status of mothers of children under 3 years of age and its determinants. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 45(4), 440-444. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_480_19

Chhillar, E., Puri, M., Sinha, R. K., & Kumar, P. (2021). Comparison between body mass index and mid upper arm circumference for classifying nutritional status of pregnant women: A prospective cohort study. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 8(5), 2293–2298. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20211748

Kumar, P., Meiyappan, Y., Rogers, E., Daniel, A., Sinha, R., Basu, S., Kumar, V., & De Wagt, A. (2020). Outcomes of hospitalized infants aged one to six months in relation to different anthropometric indices – An observational cohort study. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 87, 699–705. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-020-03236-9

Kavya, P., Daniel, S., Shumayla, S., Sinha, R., & Mehra, S. (2020). Effectiveness of peer-led intervention on KAP related to sexual reproductive and mental health issues among adolescents in low resource settings India: A comparative study among participants and non-participants in the intervention. Health, 12, 1151-1168. https://doi.org/10.4236/health.2020.129085

Kurian, K., Kauma, Lakiang, T., Sinha, R. K., Kathuria, N., Krishnan, P., Mehra, D., Mehra, S., & Sharma, S. (2021). Scoping review of intervention strategies for improving coverage and uptake of maternal nutrition services in Southeast Asia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24), 13292. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413292

Conference Proceedings

(2021) “Cost effectiveness analysis of the community and facility-based management of acute malnutrition in Jharkhand, India”. Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (CERE) organised by Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM-I)

(2022) “Effectiveness of community-based treatment programs for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnourished (SAM) children aged 6-59 months using locally produced nutrient dense foods” in IYCNCON & HMBCON 2022 organised by Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) and Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi