UN Space and Global Health Expert Group

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Dr. Ajit Babu, CAGH Director was at the UN, Vienna in 2017 as a member of the Expert Group on Space and Global Health, which is an official UN group that meets each year as a side meeting to a General Assembly meeting. He had the great pleasure of being invited by the Indian delegation to be seated with them while the Assembly was in session. Represented at the Expert Group meeting were UNOOSA as well as NASA and space agencies of France and Japan along with national representatives from Germany, Canada, Russia and Switzerland. CAGH was the only NGO having representation at this conclave. Dr. Chandana Unnithan, CAGH Fellow, participated in 2018
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Ajit with the German delegate Prof. Engelbert Niehaus and Committee Chair Pascal Michel, Chief Scientific Officer for Public Health Agency, Canada


​Fuzzy modelling of Aedes mosquito abundance funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India


CAGH developed an advanced fuzzy-logic based model for predicting Aedes mosquito abundance along with a framework for a geospatial public health network.
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​The project was successfully completed and key findings will be reported in a scientific paper which has been accepted for publication by the journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment from Springer. 

The project has been supported by the expertise of International research fellows /collaborators from Germany, (led by Prof. Engelbert Niehaus, University of Koblenz-Landau), and Australia (Dr Chandana Unnithan, Torrens University Australia).

Response to the 2018 Kerala Floods:
The ReacHelp Collaborative

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​The recent flooding in Kerala State, India has been a major disaster by any measure.  Over one million people were displaced from their homes and there are 400 estimated fatalities. The economic loss to the state has been projected to exceed USD 3 Billion. Thousands of people have been left homeless or with significant loss of property. Many are still struggling even for bare necessities including clean drinking water, food and basic utensils. One shining beacon in this disaster is the momentous public response. Thousands of people all over the state are volunteering time, effort, resources and funds to help the affected. The government has also risen to the occasion. The effective and timely efforts in disaster response have evoked world-wide attention and praise. Despite these positive developments, there have also been concerns regarding the disaster preparedness of Kerala at multiple levels. CAGH is spearheading a collaborative effort to develop an informatics platform, named ReacHelp, to assist in the long-term disaster recovery efforts.
 
CAGH has conceptualized this platform and has brought in other collaborators. Key personnel include Dr Ajit N. Babu, Director, who is in charge of coordinating the overall project and Dr Chandana Unnithan, Fellow in Health Informatics. Through his existing relationship with CAGH, Prof. Dr. Engelbert Niehaus, from University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany is providing scientific inputs relating to mathematical modelling and machine learning. Our Industry/Technology Collaborator, Applied Cognition Systems Pvt. Ltd. (APCOGSYS), Bangalore, India has created the requisite technical architecture. Key personnel include Dr PS Ramkumar, CEO & Chief Technologist; and Dr. Sandeep Patil, Chief Engineer. Our academic/Knowledge Collaborators are Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) Trivandrum, Kerala, India, through Principal Collaborator is Dr. Biju Soman, Professor and Associate Dean (Public Health Studies). Stark Communications Pvt Ltd, India is the media communications collaborator lead by principal collaborator – Mr Anil Musthafa, Director. 

What does our logo stand for?

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CAGH is about collaboration across boundaries - social, geographic or conceptual. We are all one, aiming for a better quality of life, and a safer planet. Our logo, which tries to capture these principles, was designed by the students of the 2010 MPH class at the Achutha Menon Centre, Trivandrum, India and thereafter, refined by Samrat Gupta.