Contact Details

Phone: 8826794394
Arshit Koundal
Program Officer

I have more than 7 years of experience in capacity building program for Primary Care Physicians, which includes Certificate Course in Management of Thyroid Disorders (CCMTD), Certificate Course in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (CCCS), Certificate Course in Management of Hypertension (CCMH), Occupational Health Program, Certificate Course in Disaster Management (CCDM), E-workshop series on COVID-19 for Indian and International Healthcare Professionals, WHO project for Development of IMNCI digital package for e-learning by health workers. Currently I am working as Program Officer in Certificate Course in Common Mental Disorders (CCCMD).

Professional Affiliations

I have more than 7 years of experience in capacity building program for Primary Care Physicians, which includes Certificate Course in Management of Thyroid Disorders (CCMTD), Certificate Course in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (CCCS), Certificate Course in Management of Hypertension (CCMH), Occupational Health Program, Certificate Course in Disaster Management (CCDM), E-workshop series on COVID-19 for Indian and International Healthcare Professionals, WHO project for Development of IMNCI digital package for e-learning by health workers. Currently I am working as Program Officer in Certificate Course in Common Mental Disorders (CCCMD).

Center Affiliations
  • PHFI
Research Summary and Interests

Oral Presentations (presented or selected for presentation)

1. Soni T, Bhalla S, Monga D, Bagre V, Koundal A, Kumar P, Prabhakaran D, Deshpande SR, Bhatt A, Unnikrishnan AG. Implementation Experiences from an Innovative Pan India Certificate Course: Capacity Building of Primary Care Physicians in Management of Thyroid Disorders. International Diabetes Summit; 2017 10th- 12th March; Pune, India.

Poster Presentations: (presented or selected for presentation)

1. Soni T, Bhalla S, Monga D, Gaurang A, Bagre V, Koundal A, Unnikrishnan AG, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Prabhakaran D. Capacity building of primary care physicians in management of thyroid disorders: implementation experiences from a pan India certificate course. The 39th Annual Meeting of European Thyroid Associations Conference; 2016 3rd to 6th Sep 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2. Koundal A, Monga D, Gaurang A, Bagre V, Soni T, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Bhalla S, Kumar P, Prabhakaran D, Unnikrishnan A.G. Quality assurance of capacity building program for primary care physicians (PCPs) in management of thyroid disorders. The 12th Asia and Oceania Thyroid Association Congress in conjunction with the KTA annual meeting; 2017 16th-19th March; Busan, Republic of Korea.
3. Kumar P, Bhalla S, Monga D, Soni T, Bagre V, Koundal A, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Tandon N, Prabhakaran D, Unnikrishnan A.G., Evaluation and Quality Assurance of Effectiveness of an AOTA recognized Thyroid Training Program for Primary Care Physicians in India. 87th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association in Victoria, BC, Canada on October 19, 2017.
4. Bhalla S, Monga D, Soni T, Kumar P, Koundal A, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Tandon N, Prabhakaran D, Unnikrishnan A.G Need for capacity building in Thyroid sector for Primary Care Physicians in India -88th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association in Washington, DC from October 3 -7, 2018
5. Koundal A, Monga D, Bagre V, Soni T, Deshpande S, Bhatt A, Bhalla S, Kumar P, Prabhakaran D, Unnikrishnan A.G.- Quality Assurance of capacity building program for PCPs in management of thyroid disorders- – 6th Annual conference of Endocrine Society of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry- 7th and 8th July 2018

Areas of Expertise
  • Mental Health
  • Non-Communicable Diseases(NCDs) and Injuries
Other Areas of Expertise
  • Project/Programme Management/Implementation
Capacity Building