International Institute for Population Sciences
Deemed University (An Autonomous Organization of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India)

• Associate Professor, Department of Population Policies and Porogrammes, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Jan 2014 to Jan 2017.
• Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, Sep 2012 to Jan 2014.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, Mysore, Dec 2006 to Aug 2012.
• Senior Investigator, National Cancer Registry Programme (ICMR), National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bangalore, Jul 1989 to Dec 2006.
• Assistant Research Officer, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Aug 1988 to Jun 1989.

• Population policies,
• Cancer control in India,
• Cancer Registration & Epidemiology,
• Biostatistics,
• Research methodology,
• Survival analysis,
• Disease burden.

• Life member, Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS)
• Life member, IIPS Alumni Association (IIPSAA)
• Life member, Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH)
• Life member, Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)

• SCHOLARSHIP to participate in 12th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, from 13 to 15 September 2018.
• Grant from Tampere University to visit Finland to defend Ph.D. thesis, 2017
• DPPH fellowship to visit Finland to finalize Ph.D. thesis, 2013
• IARC fellowship to participate in annual meeting of IACR, 2011.
• Prof. RN Srivastava award of ISMS, 2006.
• Fellowship through Indo-Finland collaboration to pursue higher studies in epidemiology in Finland during 1999-2000.
• International Cancer Technology Transfer (ICRETT) fellowship from UICC in 1998.
• Best poster award in Preventive Oncology in XVI International Cancer Congress of International Union Against Cancer (UICC) in 1994.
• Govt. of India fellowship to pursue Certificate in Population Studies (CPS) at International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai during 1987-88.
• Third rank in M.Sc.(Statistics) examination of Vikram University in 1987.

Research Projects :

Completed Projects:

1) An indirect study of cancer survival in India: A large scale empirical application.

2) Study of global ageing and adult health (SAGE) – Wave 2.

Continuing Projects:

1) Assessment and projection of annual cancer incidence at disctrict level by quienquennial age group and sex from 2021 to 2031 in Maharashtra

2) Projection of district level annual population by quienquennial age group and sex from 2011 to 2031 in India

3) Study of global ageing and adult health (SAGE) – Wave 3.

4) Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4)

Research Guidance:

                            Ph.D. Awarded         = 3

                            Ph.D.Continuing       = 6

                            Dissertations            = 20

                            Term Papers            = 16

Publications:

Total number of publications = 70

Best five publications

i) Murali Dhar: A critical review of evolution of cancer registration in India, Journal of Tumour Medicine and Prevention, 2(4), 001-008 (2018).

ii) Murali Dhar: Estimation of cancer pattern by means of hospital-based cancer registries and pathology laboratory data, Academic Dissertation, Acta Universitatis Tamperensis, 2313, University of Tampere, Tampere, Findland (2017).

iii) Murali Dhar, S Lahiri, R Vijayasimha, NC Ashok and NS Murthy: Study of social loss or gain from a particular cause: Scope for the developing countries – A review with reference to cancer. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 9(4), 797-804, (2008).

iv) Murali Dhar, S Lahiri, RamnathTakiar, NC Ashok and NS Murthy: An Indirect Study of Cancer Survival in the Context of Developing Countries. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 9(3), 479-486, (2008).

v) Ambakumar Nandakumar, Narayanappa Anantha, Murali Dhar, Vijaykumar Ahuja, Rekha Kumar, Sreerama Reddy, ThalagavadiVenugopal, Rajanna, AT Vinutha and Srinivas: A Case-Control Investigation on Cancer of the Ovary in Bangalore India. Int.J.Cancer. 63, 361-365 (1995).

Latest five publications

i) Satish Kumar Chauhan and Murali Dhar: Prevalence and predictors of mental health disorders among the adolescent living in the slums of Lucknow, India: Across sectional study, Community Mental Health Journal, 49(5), 1-10, (2019).

ii) Jang Bahadur Prasad and Murali Dhar: A descriptive method of combining multiple outcomes of multiple exposures with application to cancer patients, In, India 2018 Child Health and Mortality, (Eds) AR Chaurasia, MLC Foundation, Shyam Institute, Bhopal, India (2019).

iii) Kamalesh Kumar Patel and Murali Dhar: Marital happiness among newly married individuals in a rural district in India, Social Science Spectrum, 4(2), 76-85, (2018).

iv) Jang Bahadur Prasad and Murali Dhar: Risk of major cancers associated with various forms of tobacco use in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-018-0992-7 (2018).

v) Ramprasad V, Kulkarni MM, Ran ALY, Kumar S and Murali Dhar: Usage of Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence amongst dental outpatients visiting hospitals and health care centers in coastal Karnataka, India – A cross sectional study, International Journal of Scientific Health, 7(11), 41-45, (2018).

• Professional: Indonesia (2018); Finland (2017,2013,1999-2000); Mauritius (2011); UK (1998); France (1998)
• Tourism: Malaysia (2015); Singapore (2015); Sweden (2000)

Position Held

• Associate Professor, Department of Population Policies and Porogrammes, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Jan 2014 to Jan 2017.
• Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, Sep 2012 to Jan 2014.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, Mysore, Dec 2006 to Aug 2012.
• Senior Investigator, National Cancer Registry Programme (ICMR), National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bangalore, Jul 1989 to Dec 2006.
• Assistant Research Officer, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Aug 1988 to Jun 1989.

Country Visited

• Professional: Indonesia (2018); Finland (2017,2013,1999-2000); Mauritius (2011); UK (1998); France (1998)
• Tourism: Malaysia (2015); Singapore (2015); Sweden (2000)

Professional Membership

• Life member, Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS)
• Life member, IIPS Alumni Association (IIPSAA)
• Life member, Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH)
• Life member, Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)

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