Vikash R. Keshri, MD, PhD
@docVRK
Doctor I Public Health I Health Policy & SystemsI Adj. Sr. Lecturer - SPH @UNSWMedicine I Think Global, Act Local I Personal view
🚨 India’s public health education is expanding, but job opportunities r shrinking! MPH grads face job scarcity & training issues We need better policies, funding & workforce planning to bridge this gap! ⏳ Read editorial in @the_hindu 👇 shorturl.at/luyTU #HealthPolicy
HSR2026 Symposium theme is out healthsystemsglobal.org/news/hsr2026-s… Big thanks to the programme working group led by @devaki_nambiar @feljardali 👏 and all who contributed @H_S_Global @AnaAmaya @goranZangana @KarenGrepin plz share
Private hospitals view patients like ATM machines: Allahabad High Court barandbench.com/news/private-h…
Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, including two new risks—high cholesterol and vision loss, suggests report from the Lancet Commission on dementia. On #WorldBrainDay, explore the report ➡️…
The role of intellectuals is to challenge authority, not serve it.
Meaningful progress or empty promises ? Ahead of the @UNHLP , join the @georgeinstitute webinar on our latest policy analysis on how gender features in integrated NCD action plans Register: georgehub.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Policy Brief: x.com/DrSoumyadeepB/…
New policy analysis: The 2011 UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs urged gender-based approaches in NCD plans. Is gender considered in national NCD plans? Any meaningful progress, or just empty promises 14 years later? 🔗georgeinstitute.org/sites/default/… @georgeinstitute
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
Do a PhD in a field you are passionate about and you’ll never work a day in your life, because there are no jobs.
Dear @ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI FOR SIR in #BiharVoters, your online system is not working asking to contact BLO, who is not traceable Please advice
Good vibe to see #SDG Goals written as Wall Mural in #Patna #Bihar #India Arguably one of the regions which least progresses on #SDG Indicators @UN @UNICEF @unwomenindia @UNDP_India @SDG2030 @SDGaction
Such a sorry state of affairs! 😢 The more things change, the more they remain the same
“The NMC emerged as a cataclysmic response to the widespread failures of the MCI, aiming to reform medical education. However, structural flaws, weak capacity, and rushed expansion ... NMC is simply a rebranded version of its predecessor." I said in @TheLancet world report today
“The NMC emerged as a cataclysmic response to the widespread failures of the MCI, aiming to reform medical education. However, structural flaws, weak capacity, and rushed expansion ... NMC is simply a rebranded version of its predecessor." I said in @TheLancet world report today
एमपी में हिन्दी में डॉक्टरी की पढ़ाई फेल: तीन साल में किताबों पर 10 करोड़ खर्च; एक भी स्टूडेंट ने हिन्दी में परीक्षा नहीं दी #madhyapradesh #medicalstudent पूरा वीडियो देखने के लिए लिंक पर क्लिक करें-dainik.bhaskar.com/d71cwlcv4Ub
Has anything changed in India's medical regulation since 2001? Same modus operandi, same corruption, similar CBI cases. In fact, medical colleges that figured in earlier scandals are now universities!! #NMC =#MCI
Which type of academic event? See below👇🏽 Source @PHDcomics
Across India, over 100 govt hospitals built with public money, with ~30,000 beds and over 1,400 acres of public land in prime areas are being handed over to private entities in the name of PPP PPP=PPT(People Pay Twice)-once to build health infra and then to pay for pvt healthcare