EDUCATION :

• MD in Community Medicine from Navodaya Medical College, Raichur in the year 2018
• MBBS from MRMC in the year 2013.

EXPERIENCE: 5 Years

• Working as an Assistant Professor at Navodaya Medical College, Raichur

COMPLETED TRAINING & COURSES :

• Basic Course in Biomedical Research online certification conducted by ICMR & NIE completed in Cycle 5 (2022).

JOURNALS/CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS:

• 1 National Journals
• Attended 4 Workshops

RESEARCH:

Dissertation: “ EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF ALL THE PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES IN RAICHUR   DISTRICT.””  under the guidance of  Dr. A. T. Kulkarni, Professor,  Dept. of Community Medicine, Navodaya Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Raichur.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Lakshmi Devi , Arshiya Taranum. Compliance to oral iron supplementation and associated factors in antenatal mothers in tertiary care hospital, Raichur. National Journal of Research in Community Medicine. Jul-Sep 2018; 10 ( 3) :207-210.
2. Lakshmi Devi,Sandeep Patil.Study of medical diseases among pre-pubertal school children(12-14 years) attending rural schools.Trends in medical and clinical sciences.2023;56-62.

PRESENTATIONS:

• Presented a scientific paper (Poster) entitled “COMPLIANCE WITH ORAL IRON SUPPLEMENTATION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN ANTENATAL MOTHERS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN RAICHUR. (KACHCON – 2015) held on 30^th & 31^st October, 2015.
• Presented a scientific paper (Oral) entitled KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AMONG MOTHER ATTENDING PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT” in the XXVIII Annual State Conference of Karnataka Association of Community Health (KACHCON – 2016) held on 9^th & 10^th December, 2016.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

• Actively participated in Pulse Polio Immunization Programme.
• Organized and actively participated in the Workshop on Supportive Supervision for RNTCP in North Karnataka Region held on 29-01-2019 and 30-01-2019 at Navodaya Medical College, Raichur.
• Organized many awareness programmes, rally, health check up camps and for various World Health Days.
• Actively participated in Taluka level Malnutrition Screening camp for 0-18 years children and pregnant women held from October to December 2021 at Sindhanoor and Manvi talukas, Raichur district.

Memberships of Professional Bodies

• Member of IMA