1. ASHA Evaluation in 2 districts of Punjab
2. Adaptation and developing of syllabus for one-weektraining course for community health workforce in detection and response todisease outbreaks
3. An exploratory study toassess the cause of increasing trend of water borne diseases in Chandigarh
4. Reducing pesticide toxicity in exposed population ofPunjab by targeting NRF-2 pathway
5. The Indian Polypill Study III
6. Evaluation study of Emergency Response Service (Dial 108Ambulances) in the State of Punjab

1. Evaluation of Cross referral mechanism between ICTC and RNTCP Microscopy Centres in Chandigarh
2. Skill assessment of counselors working For HIV/ AIDS prevention &/ control in Chandigarh
3. A pilot study to see the impact of Social Capital on self reported health of people of Chandigarh
4. Water quality in rural areas of Chandigarh and health risk assessment

1. Regional Institute for HIV Sentinel Surveillance in North India (NodalPerson for RI)
2. Utility of Prevention-of-Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Program Data for HIV Surveillance  
3. A pilot study for validation of cause of deathascertained by auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) / health worker (female) usingverbal autopsy

To work in the field of GIS and Spatial Epidemiology

To develop skills regarding Infectious Disease Modelling

1. International Epidemiological Association
2. Indian Public Health Association
3. Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine
4. Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases

1. Prinja S, Bahuguna P, Lakshmi PVM, Mokashi T, AggarwalAK, et al. (2014) Evaluation of Publicly Financed and Privately Delivered Modelof Emergency Referral Services for Maternal and Child Health Care in India.PLoS ONE 9(10): e109911. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109911

2. Lakshmi PVM, Sharma A, Bhatia D, Tikoo K, Kumar R.Dropsy Outbreak in a Single Family in Punjab, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014 91:786-789; Publishedonline July 21, 2014,doi:10.4269/ajtmh.14-0108

3. Bhatnagar N, Lakshmi PVM, Jeyashree K. MultipleTreatment and Indirect Treatment Comparisons- An overview of Network Metaanalysis! Perspect Clin Res. 2014 Oct-Dec; 5(4): 154–158. doi:  10.4103/2229-3485.140550

4. Mohapatra AD, Kaur M, Lakshmi PVM, Kumar R. High riskbehaviours of Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in Chandigarh. Indian Journal ofPublic Health Research and Development.

5. Rathore I, Saini SK, Lakshmi PVM, Thakur M. Homehygiene practices and risk factors for the development of communicable diseasesamong the residents of Daddu Majra Colony, Chandigarh. Indian Journal ofCommunicable Diseases. 2013; 45(3&4): 181-190

6. Mishra B, Pujhari SK, Dhiman V, Lakshmi PVM, BharadwajA, Pokhrel S et al. Genotyping and subtyping of Mumps virus isolates fromIndian sub continent. Arch Virol. 2013 Nov;158(11):2359-63. doi:10.1007/s00705-013-1717-4. Epub 2013 May 18.

7. Mahajan R, Malik M, Bharathi AV, Lakshmi PVM, Patro BK,Rana SK etal. Reproducibility and validity of a quantitative food frequencyquestionnaire in an urban and rural area of Northern India. Natl MedJ India. 2013; 26(5): 266-72

8. Sharma SK, Kumar R, Aggarwal R, Lakshmi PVM, Jain K.The impact of temperature on mortality in Ludhiana city, India: A time seriesanalysis. International Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2013; 3(6): 2323-38.

9. Lakshmi PVM, Kaur NK, Sharma A, Smith KR, Tripathy JP,Bates MN, Kumar R. Household air pollution and stillbirths in India : Analysisof the DLHS-II National Survey. Environmental Research. 2013; 121: 17- 22

10. GoelS, Dogra V, Gupta SK, Lakshmi PVM, Varkey S, Pradhan N, Krishna G, Kumar R.Effectiveness of Muskaan Ek Abhiyan (The Smile Campaign) for StrengtheningRoutine Immunization in Bihar, India. Indian Pediatrics (Ahead of Print).Published on2011 March 15.

11. KumarR, Mehendale S, Panda S, Venkatesh S, Lakshmi PVM, Kaur M et al. Impact ofTargeted Interventions on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV in India. BMC PublicHealth. 2011; 11:549

12. KumarR, Kumar D, Jagnoor J,Aggarwal AK, Lakshmi PVM. Epidemiological transition in arural community of Northern India: 18 year mortality surveillance using verbalautopsy. JECH online first. Published on Nov 2 2011 as 10.1136/jech-2011-200336

13. LakshmiPVM, Kaur M, Gupta M, Singh S. Can refreshing of knowledge and skills changequality of counseling services for people living with HIV/AIDS? BSSS Journal ofSocial Work. 2011; 1(3): 48-59

14. KumarR, Sharma SK, Thakur JS, Lakshmi PVM, Sharma MK, Singh T. Association of AirPollution and Mortality in the Ludhiana City of India: A Time-Series Study.Indian Journal of Public Health. 2010;54(2):98-103.

15. KumarR, Virdi NK, Lakshmi PVM, Garg R, Bhattacharya M, Khera A. Utility ofPrevention of Parent-to-Child Transmission (PPTCT) Programme data for HIVsurveillance in general population. Indian J Med Res. 2010;132:256-9.

16. LakshmiPVM, Virdi NK, Thakur JS, Smith KR, Bates MN, Kumar R. Biomass fuel and risk oftuberculosis: a case control study from Northern India. JECH Online First,published on November 30, 2010 as 10.1136/jech.2010.115840.

17. LakshmiPVM, Kumar R, Ray P, Varma S. An Outbreak of Food Borne Illness in a MedicalInstitution of Chandigarh. J. Commun. Dis. 2009; 41(4):293-5.

18. Kumar R, Prinja S, Lakshmi PVM. Health care seeking behaviour of adolescents:Comparative study of two service delivery models. Indian J Pediatr. 2008; 75(9) : 895-9.

19. Lakshmi PVM, Gupta N, Kumar R. PsychosocialPredictors of Adolescent Sexual Behavior . Indian J Pediatr; 2007; 74(10):923-6.

20. GroverA, Lakshmi PVM, Aggarwal AK. Evaluation of House to House Strategy forIntensive Pulse Polio Immunisation in rural area of Haryana. Indian Journal ofCommunity Medicine. 2006; 31(1): 33