Bot: robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.

2022-10-20T01:21:28Z

robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.

New page

{{Infobox person
| name = Rajeev Sadanandan <br />(രാജീവ് സദാനന്ദൻ)
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|05|28}}
| birth_place = [[Attingal]], [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = [[Public Policy]] in [[Healthcare]]
| education = [[Master of Arts]] in [[Applied Economics]]
| alma_mater = [[Sainik School Kazhakootam]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi]]
| occupation = [[Civil Servant]]
| employer = Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP)
| organization = Formerly [[Indian Administrative Service]], Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP)
| years_active = 1985–present
| awards =
}}
'''Rajeev Sadanandan''' (born 28 May 1959)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14642&PageId=|title=SUPREMO|website=supremo.nic.in|access-date=2016-07-31}}</ref> is a former Indian [[bureaucrat]] from the [[Kerala]] cadre of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] and a [[healthcare]] policy-maker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://civillist.ias.nic.in/YrCurr/LengListCL.asp?Slab=5&Cadre=KL&AsOnDate=01/01/2015|title=Civil List of IAS Officers|website=civillist.ias.nic.in|access-date=2016-07-30}}</ref> He has been working and researching in the area of health systems, policy and financing for over two decades. He has been involved with the health system of the state of Kerala and has been active in health sector reforms in the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/eef832804f0810fc9906db3eac88a2f8/Bios_10._FINALpdf.pdf?MOD=AJPERES|title=Speaker Bio|last=|first=|date=|website=International Finance Corporation World Bank}}</ref> After serving as the [[Additional Chief Secretary (India)|Additional Chief Secretary]], [[Kerala]], taking care of the Department of Health and Family Welfare,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/26-ias-officials-get-new-postings/article8679806.ece|title=26 IAS officials get new postings|date=2016-06-02|newspaper=The Hindu|language=English|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIKRKO/2018/06/29&entity=Ar00711&sk=9359B7B3&mode=text|title=PARTING GIFT - The Times Of India - Kochi, 2018-06-29|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref> he took over as the Chief Executive Officer of Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP), funded by the [[Tata Group|Tata]] Trusts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://hstp.org.in/about.html|title=HSTP :: Landing Page|website=hstp.org.in|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Rajeev Sadanandan did his schooling from [[Sainik School Kazhakootam]], and later went on to do a [[Master of Arts]] in [[English language|English]] from [[University of Kerala]]. Later, he completed his [[Master of Philosophy]] in [[Applied economics]] from [[Centre for Development Studies]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Rajeev started his bureaucratic career as the Sub-Collector of [[Kollam district|Kollam]]. After working in various departments in the [[Government of Kerala]], he served as the [[District Collector (India)|District Collector]] of [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://malappuram.gov.in/pre-collectors.html|title=LIST OF PREVIOUS COLLECTORS IN MALAPPURAM DIST.|website=malappuram.gov.in|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref> and [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/%60Row-over-new-complex-needless/article14701060.ece|title=Row over new complex needless|date=2007-01-03|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-09|language=English|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> districts during 1994–96. At [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0xFbIBhYS8gC&q=%22rajeev+sadanandan%22|title=Yojana|date=1995|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting|language=en}}</ref> he piloted a community-based [[Self-help group (finance)|Self-help group]] program which was aimed at educating and empowering women to improve nutrition, child care, family health and micro-credit societies. This successful pilot—then known as the Malappuram CDS Model—contributed to the launch of state-level [[Kudumbashree National Resource Organisation|Kudumbashree]] program<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thekudumbashreestory.info/index.php/history-and-evolution/the-kudumbashree-idea/civil-society-models|title=Kudumbashree Story - Civil Society Models|access-date=2017-12-09|language=English}}</ref> and the [[National Rural Livelihood Mission]] at the national level. Multiple stints in various departments in [[Government of Kerala|Kerala]] followed; he then served as a Consultant<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scidev.net/south-asia/health/news/hiv-infections-level-off-in-southern-indian-state-sa.html|title=HIV infections level off in southern Indian state|work=SciDev.Net South Asia|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}}</ref> with [[National AIDS Control Organisation]], National Programme Officer and National Technical Consultant<ref name="ReferenceA">[[Ftp://solutionexchange-un.net.in/public/aids/cr/cr-se-aids-mch-16020601-public.pdf]]</ref> at [[UNAIDS]]' India Country Office. During 2007–2010, Rajeev served as the Chairman of [[Kerala State Electricity Board]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/KSEB-to-launch-interactive-planning/article15171690.ece|title=KSEB to launch interactive planning|date=2008-02-23|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-09|language=English|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> As the head<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2013/11/paying-for-the-poors-treatment/|title=Paying for the Poor's Treatment|website=ehealth.eletsonline.com|date=6 November 2013 |language=English|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pacsindia.org/projects/health-and-nutrition/rsby-health-insurance-scheme/rsby-service-delivery|title=RSBY Service Delivery|website=www.pacsindia.org|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/ehealth_magazine/docs/ehealth_november_2013|title=eHealth november 2013|work=issuu|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nice.org.uk/media/Default/About/what-we-do/NICE-International/projects/NICE-International-itad-India-Report.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-09 |archive-date=2017-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210071725/https://www.nice.org.uk/media/Default/About/what-we-do/NICE-International/projects/NICE-International-itad-India-Report.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> of [[Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana]] (2013–15), he revamped various processes to simplify [[health insurance]] access for India's poor. While at [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Ministry of Rural Development]], he headed India's rural housing program—[[Indira Awaas Yojana]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abplive.in/india-news/housing-plan-bpl-out-caste-census-in-64368|title=Housing plan: BPL out, caste census in|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Rural%20Development/16_Rural_Development_26.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-09 |archive-date=2017-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210021623/http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Rural%20Development/16_Rural_Development_26.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>—and the [[National Social Assistance Scheme|National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsap.nic.in/downloadMyPdfFile.do?method=getPDF&code=170|title=National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)|Ministry of Rural Development|Government of India}}</ref> aimed at providing financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in the form of [[social pension]]s. Since 2016, Rajeev, as an Additional Chief Secretary, heads Kerala's Department of Health and Family Welfare—his third stint as the head of this department in [[Government of Kerala|Kerala]], the earlier stints being 1996–2001 and 2011–2013.<ref name=":0" /> He played a key role in controlling the situation during [[2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/nipah-under-control-screening-will-continue-till-june-30/articleshow/64438234.cms|title=Nipah under control, screening will continue till June 30: Kerala health minister K K Shailaja - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jun/10/silently-he-gained-the-ammo-to-take-on-nipah-1826033.html|title=Silently, he gained the ammo to take on Nipah|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> During the same year, Kerala was hit by unprecedented rains and floods. The health department under Rajeev played a crucial role in tackling the health situation that followed the [[2018 Kerala floods]].

He is currently the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Sir Ratan Tata Trust|Tata Trust]]-funded Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP).<ref name=":1" />

== Publications ==
# “Costing of focussed interventions among different sub-populations: A Case Study from South Asia”, UNAIDS, 2000
# “Government Health Services in Kerala: Who Benefits?”, Economic and Political Weekly, August, 2001<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sadanandan|first=Rajeev|date=2001|title=Government Health Services in Kerala: Who Benefits?|jstor=4410976|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=36|issue=32|pages=3071–3077}}</ref>
# “Idle Capacity in Resource Strapped Government Hospitals in Kerala”, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Kerala, 2002 (Co-author)<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Varatharajan_Durairaj/publication/234058403_Idle_Capacity_in_Resource_Strapped_Government_Hospitals_in_Kerala_Size_Distribution_and_Determining_Factors/links/0912f50eaf4945bc2b000000.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
# “Global Health Partnerships: Assessing The Evidence For Impact, India Case Study”, DFID Health Resource Centre, London, 2004 ( Co-author)<ref>http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/development/docs/WHO_7.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
# “Rogi Kalyan Samitis: A Case Study on Hospital Reforms from Madhya Pradesh, India” in “Reinventing Public Service Delivery in India: Selected Case Studies” (Chand V ed), SAGE Publications, New Delhi. 2006 (Co-Author)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6783524|title=Reinventing public service delivery in India : selected case studies in SearchWorks catalog|website=searchworks.stanford.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref>
# “Practical Guidelines for Intensifying HIV Prevention: Towards Universal Access”, UNAIDS, Geneva, 2007 (Co-Author)<ref>http://data.unaids.org/pub/manual/2007/20070306_prevention_guidelines_towards_universal_access_en.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
# “HIV infected and affected”, Seminar, New Delhi, June, 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2007/574/574_rajeev_sadanandan.htm|title=574 Rajeev Sadanandan, HIV infected and affected|website=www.india-seminar.com|access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref>
# “Managing AIDS Control Programmes in India” in “Strategic Issues and Challenges in Health Management” (K. V. Ramani et al ed), SAGE Publications, New Delhi, 2008<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m783RAXbcUgC&q=Managing+AIDS+Control+Programmes+in+India+sadandan&pg=PA123|title=Strategic Issues and Challenges in Health Management|last1=Ramani|first1=K. V.|last2=Mavalankar|first2=Dileep V.|last3=Govil|first3=Dipti|date=2008-06-11|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=9780761936541|language=en}}</ref>
# “Final Evaluation Nepal: October 2007 : International HIV/AIDS workplace education programme : SHARE strategic HIV/AIDS responses by enterprises”, International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 2008<ref>http://www.oit.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-kathmandu/documents/publication/wcms_117487.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
# “HIV/AIDS in India — The Response of Government Health Services” (Ritu Priya and Shalini Mehta, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Pub (P) Ltd, New Delhi, 2008<ref>http://www.saded.in/Books%20Corner/AIDS%20TEXT.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
# “Health technology assessment in universal health coverage”, Comment in Lancet, Vol 382 December 21/28, 2013 (Co-Author)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chalkidou|first1=Kalipso |authorlink1=Kalipso Chalkidou |last2=Marten|first2=Robert|last3=Cutler|first3=Derek|last4=Culyer|first4=Tony|last5=Smith|first5=Richard|last6=Teerawattananon|first6=Yot|last7=Cluzeau|first7=Francoise|last8=Li|first8=Ryan|last9=Sullivan|first9=Richard|date=2013-12-21|title=Health technology assessment in universal health coverage|url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62559-3/abstract|journal=The Lancet|language=English|volume=382|issue=9910|pages=e48–e49|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62559-3|issn=0140-6736|pmid=24360390|s2cid=41888495 }}</ref>
# “Improving quality for maternal care — a case study from Kerala, India” (Co-Author)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Vlad|first1=Ioana|last2=Paily|first2=VP|last3=Sadanandan|first3=Rajeev|last4=Cluzeau|first4=Françoise|last5=Beena|first5=M|last6=Nair|first6=Rajasekharan|last7=Newbatt|first7=Emma|last8=Ghosh|first8=Sujit|last9=Sandeep|first9=K|date=2016-02-12|title=Improving quality for maternal care - a case study from Kerala, India|journal=F1000Research|volume=5|pages=166|doi=10.12688/f1000research.7893.1|pmid=27441084|pmc=4926753}}</ref>
# “India’s Largest Hospital Insurance Program Faces Challenges In Using Claims Data To Measure Quality”, Health Affairs, October, 2016. 35:1792-1799 (Co-Author)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Morton|first1=Matthew|last2=Nagpal|first2=Somil|last3=Sadanandan|first3=Rajeev|last4=Bauhoff|first4=Sebastian|date=2016-10-01|title=India's Largest Hospital Insurance Program Faces Challenges In Using Claims Data To Measure Quality|journal=Health Affairs|volume=35|issue=10|pages=1792–1799|doi=10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0588|pmid=27702951|pmc=7473072|issn=0278-2715|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadanandan, Rajeev}}
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sainik School alumni]]
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]

Rajeev Sadanandan - Revision history

Bot: robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.