Abhaya Indrayan

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Abhaya Indrayan (2021)
Born (1945-11-11) 11 November 1945 (age 78)
NationalityIndian
Other namesA. Indrayan
OccupationProfessor
Known forHis work on medical biostatistics
Spousemarried
Children2

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.

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

Early life and education

Abhaya Indrayan was born on 11 November 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.

Abhaya 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 Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Career

Abhaya 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, Chairman Computer Committee, Convenor Souvenir Committee, Incharge Annual Reports and held several other important assignments. He also taught online courses for the students of Institute of Statistics Education [3] in Arlington County, Virginia.

He has more than 290 publications to his credit, [4] including the books Medical Biostatistics [5] and Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals [6] . A partial list of his publications appears 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 was among the top 5 downloads; [9] and estimates and projections of cardiovascular and diabetes cases in India, [10] which were 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

Abhaya Indrayan collaborated with the World Health Organization for several projects including National Burden of Disease Studies: a Practical Guide, [12] Teaching Health Statistics, [13] and 11 Health Questions about the 11 SEAR Countries, [14] and served as Temporary Adviser to their Bi-Regional Consultation. [15] He was a technical editor of their biregional report Health in Asia and the Pacific [16] and participated in their debate on Health Systems Performance Assessment. [17] He has completed 32 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. He has proposed Statistical Medicine [18] as a new emerging medical specialty, proposed biomarkers for quantitatively measuring positive health [19] , and a simple method to measure quantitative agreement. [20]

Honors and awards

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