Khanindra Kumar Bhuyan

About Khanindra Kumar Bhuyan

A public health expert, with over 30 years of experience in the area of reproductive, preconception, maternal, newborn, child health and adolescents in different states of India and different countries of Asia. Worked in a diverse group of organizations including NGOs (Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses, Delhi), international agencies (Family Health International, India and the United States, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, South Asia Delegation) and UN agencies (UNICEF). Managed UNICEF programmes in multiples states. Catalysed primary health care innovation for universal health promotion of women in the reproductive age group planning pregnancy in Peth and Sinnar blocks of Nashik district, which has been scaled up in the entire state of Maharashtra, covering more than two million eligible aspiring couples planning their pregnancies. The guideline, BCC materials and final report of the \'Healthy Parents, Healthy Child innovation uploaded at the UNICEF websites:(https://iec.unicef.in/document/healthy-parents-healthy-child-initiative-5816; • https://iec.unicef.in/knowledge-management/category/reports). Several papers have already been published on the innovation. https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12••••••••74-w 2. Prakash Prabhakarrao Doke Khanindra Kumar Bhuyan et. al. Implementation of preconception care for preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural and tribal areas of Nashik District, India. Preventive Medicine Reports. Volume 43, July 2024, 102796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.20••••••96 The innovation has influenced Preconception nutrition policy in South Asia. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Advancing Preconception Nutrition in South Asia: Technical brief, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia, Kathmandu, 2025. & utm_medium=member_android & Catalysed recent global interest in self care, health promotion and community participation. The paper published in BMC Public Health on self care, health promotion and community participation in 2004: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/14•••••••11 has been included in the Google Scholar Database, Eldis database and influenced and perhaps catalyzed some of the recent scale up of the self care by different agencies in the world.

Experience

1. Advisor

   Global Pathfields

   Nov 2024 — Present · Delhi, IN

   Provide technical support to various public health interventions.

Education

• Prince of Songkla University

  Diploma in STD and AIDS

  2000 — 2000

• Gauhati Medical College, Gauhati University

  Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

  1987 — 1993

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London

  MSc

  2002 — 2003

• University of Melbourne

  Health Systems Strengthening course

  2017 — 2017