Sanjay Kumar Rai

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Rai is Professor at the Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi, and a distinguished public health expert with internationally recognized contributions to epidemiology, infectious diseases, vaccines, and health systems. He served as Editor of the WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health (2021-2025) and National President of the Indian Public Health Association (2019-2023). He is a Member of the EPC under the National Health Mission and serves on the Institute Body and Standing Selection Committee of JIPMER Puducherry. With over 250 publications, 50 research projects, and his contribution as Principal Investigator of vaccine safety (phase 1&2), and effectiveness (Phase3) trial, helped timely release of COVAXINTM vaccine nationally as well as globally. 2026 Special Talk (In-Person) Title: Effect of oral HIV self-testing on repeat HIV testing among men who have sex with men in New Delhi, India: Findings from a cluster randomized trial