Biography
Professor Vivekanand Jha is the Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India, a James Martin Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, and the President-Elect of the International Society of Nephrology.
Professor Jha has wide-ranging research interests, including understanding the health and societal impact of kidney diseases around the world and development of affordable, scalable and...view more
Professor Vivekanand Jha is the Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India, a James Martin Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, and the President-Elect of the International Society of Nephrology.
Professor Jha has wide-ranging research interests, including understanding the health and societal impact of kidney diseases around the world and development of affordable, scalable and sustainable primary and secondary prevention tools. He has worked with many organisations including with WHO to develop clinical practice guidelines and advocacy papers, has lectured extensively around the world, and is a prolific writer and editor.
My Grants
Funding agency |
Grant type / title & Role |
Grant amount |
Grant years |
UK Medical |
A cluster randomised trial of an innovative, low-cost primary care programme for the detection and management of type 2 diabetes in rural Thailand |
GBP 480,000 |
2018-21 |
ICMR-AP Grand Challenge |
STOP CKDu AP: Study to Test and Operationalize Preventive approaches for CKDu in Andhra Pradesh |
INR 57,160,970 |
2018-21 |
Dept of Biotechnology, Govt of India |
Indian Chronic Kidney Disease Study |
INR 705,71,865 |
2016-21 |
UK MRC |
International Collaboration of eGFR in Low and Middle Income populations – the Disadvantaged populations eGFR Epidemiology study (DEGREE)/as Co-I |
GBP 558,000 |
2016-18 |
My Qualifications
Degree |
Conferring Institution |
Year conferred |
MBBS |
Patna Medical College, Patna |
1984 |
MD |
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (PGIMER) |
1988 |
DM |
PGIMER |
1990 |
My Awards
- Prof MS Amaresan Award Oration, Madras Medical College, Chennai (June 2018)
- Dr (Smt) Vidya N Acharya Lecture, Mumbai Nephrology Group, Mumbai (2018)
- Ross Bailey Lecture, Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology, Perth (2016)
- Honorary International Membershipof the Japanese Society of Nephrology (2016)
- Dr CM Seth Oration,Indian Medical Association, Dehradun (2016)
- World Kidney Day Oration, St John's Medical College, Bangalore. March 2016
- Dr BS Chaubey Oration, Central India Nephrology Society and Association of Physicians of Vidya N Acharya Oration, Indian Society of Nephrology Western Chapter, Surat (2016)
- India, Vidarbha Chapter, Nagpur, February 2015.
- J.M. Patel Oration of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, October 2014.
- Fellowship of The Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) 2014
My Research Activities
Prof Jha has led a series of studies that seek to understand the global burden of kidney disease, its socio-economic determinants, health-economic implications and ethical issues. He has led a series of randomized controlled trials, observational studies and global consortia to address these issues. He is leading a program of work – SMARTHealth India – which utilises advanced mobile health technologies that provide the healthcare worker with personalised clinical decision support to guide the risk assessment, referral and follow-up of individual members of the community. This technology has the potential to revolutionise the delivery of essential healthcare to those who previously had little or no access. Prof Jha has done community based study to evaluate the incidence of end stage kidney disease in India and managed the Indian Chronic Kidney Disease registry. Currently, he is leading the Indian Chronic Kidney Disease study, which aims to define the factors that determine progression of kidney disease and development of cardiovascular disease in patients with CKD. Prof Jha was invited by Lancet to write a paper on the Global dimensions of chronic kidney disease, cost of treatment and the ethical aspects around treatment of patients with kidney disease from a standpoint of equity and accessibility. In addition to being a Professor of Nephrology and James Martin Professorial Fellow at University of Oxford, he is also the Executive Director of the George Institute for Global Health in India which has an extensive track record of conducting community based interventional studies
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Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8015-9470