Abhaya Indrayan

Abhaya Indrayan (born 11 November 1945) is an Indian professor and researcher of Biostatistics. He had worked with different organizations and universities, including Delhi University College of Medical Sciences and the World Health Organization.

Indrayan currently resides in Delhi NCR, India after his retirement. He is married and has two children.

Early life and education

Abhaya Indrayan was born in on November 11, 1945 in Meerut, India. He was born during the time that India was fighting for its freedom from the British rule. That was the reason why his father, who was a freedom fighter, was jailed repeatedly for long periods.

Indrayan took his early education in Meerut from N.A.S. Inter. College and Meerut College. In 1977, he received his master's degree and Doctoral degree^[1] from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Career

Indrayan was the founding Professor and Head of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics^[2] in Delhi University College of Medical Sciences. In 1995, his department was set up as an independent division, and was upgraded to a full department in 2005.^[2]

During his tenure in the college since 1979, he had been the Sports Adviser, Coordinator of Medical Education Unit,^[3] Chairman Computer Committee, Convenor Souvenir Committee, Incharge Annual Reports and held several other important assignments. He also taught online courses for the Faculty of Institute of Statistics Education in Arlington County, Virginia.

He has more than 200 publications to his credit,^[4] including the book Medical Biostatistics.^[5] A partial list of his publications appears at his institution's website^[6] and at the website of Indian Academy of Sciences.^[7] Among his other significant works are: smoking index^[8] at Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive of Berkeley Electronic Press, which has more than 6000 downloads;^[9] and estimates and projections of cardiovascular and diabetes cases in India,^[10] which are now quoted in the Government of India's official estimates at National Health Profile.^[11]

He stayed in the institution until retiring in 2010, wherein he attained the age of 65.

Achievements

Indrayan had collaborated with the World Health Organization for several projects including National Burden of Disease Studies: a Practical Guide^[12] and Teaching Health Statistics,^[13] as well as participated in their Regional Consultations.^[14][15] He has completed 27 assignments for the World Health Organization, 3 for the World Bank, 3 for UNAIDS and 2 for Danish Assistance to the National Program for Prevention and Control of Blindness.

Honors and awards

• Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2011).^[16]
• Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.^[17] (2002)
• Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) – a rare distinction for a non-medical scientist to be so honoured at that time (1998)^[18]
• Elected Fellow of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (1996)
• WHO Fellow and Visiting Research Scientist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (1995)
• Convenor, Special Interest Group on Medical Informatics, Computer Society of India (1994–1999).^[19]
• Chairman, Silver Jubilee Committee, Indian Society for Medical Statistics (2008–2011)
• President-Elect of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (2012–2014)
• President, Indian Society for Medical Statistics, 2015

Bibliography

• Indrayan, A. (2012). Medical Biostatistics (3rd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-8414-0. 
• Indrayan, A. (2012). Basic Methods of Medical Research (3rd ed.). AITBS Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7473-335-1. 
• Indrayan, A. (2012). Fundamentals of Medical Research: For emerging researchers (1st ed.). Lap Lambert. ISBN 978-3-659-20862-1. 
• Indrayan, A. (2009). Simple Biostatistics for MBBS, PG Entrance and USMLE (3rd ed.). Academa Publishers. ISBN 978-81-88511-74-7. 
• Indrayan, A. (2006). Biostatistics for Medical, Nursing and Pharmacy Students (1st ed.). PHI Learning. ISBN 978-81-203-3054-2. 
• Indrayan, A. (1997). HIV/AIDS Research in India. National AIDS Control Organization. 
• Indrayan, A. (1986). Solution Manual for Introduction to Statistical Methods, Volume 1. Rowman & Allanheld. 

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