Rohitashwa Kumar

Areas of Interest & Expertise

  • Digital health
  • Population health informatics
  • Health systems strengthening: Oxygen ecosystem
  • Maternal and child health
  • Health programme planning & implementation
  • Tuberculosis

Biography

Rohitashwa Kumar is a public health professional with nearly two decades of experience in strengthening health systems across India. He has worked most recently as State MNCH Project Lead at PATH, where he has led large-scale maternal and child health, nutrition, oxygen system strengthening, and digital health initiatives in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, he served as State PPM Lead at CHAI – William J Clinton Foundation, directing tuberculosis elimination efforts through innovative private sector engagement models, and held multiple leadership roles at Population Services International across Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

He completed his PhD in Population Health Informatics from DIT University, Dehradun, and holds an MA in Development Studies from Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex as a Ford Foundation International Fellow and MA in Social Work from Udaipur School of Social Work, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur Rajasthan. His work focuses on digital health platforms, tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health, and implementation research, with a strong emphasis on translating evidence into scalable public policy and programme design.

His recent research includes ​“Enhancing LTBI Treatment Adherence with Mobile Health Intervention: A Quasi-Experimental Study” in National Journal of Community Medicine and ​“Acceptability and Usability of Mobile Health Application for Enhancing Treatment Adherence in Latent TB Patients” in New Emirates Medical Journal. He enjoys mentoring young public health professionals and is interested in community-based innovation for equitable health access.

Publications

Journal articles 

  • Sinha AP, Singhal M, Joshi A, Kumar R. (2025). Assessing the utility of Swayam Diabetes mobile health application for self-care management of Type 2 Diabetes in home settings. Journal of Neonatal Surgery, 14(32s), 3128 – 3135.
  • Kumar R, Singhal M, N R, Sinha A, Verma A, Kumar B, Islam KM. (2024). Enhancing LTBI treatment adherence with mobile health intervention: A quasi-experimental study. National Journal of Community Medicine, 15(10), 792 – 799.
  • Kumar R, Singhal M, Sinha A, Islam KM. (2024). Acceptability and usability of mobile health application for enhancing treatment adherence in latent TB patients. New Emirates Medical Journal, 6, 1 – 7.
  • Kumar R, Singhal M, Kumar D, Joshi A, Islam KM. (2023). Designing, development, and evaluation of an informatics platform for enhancing treatment adherence in latent tuberculosis infection patients: A study protocol. Biomedinformatics, 3, 252 – 259.
  • Verma A, Behera A, Kumar R, Gudi N, Joshi A, Islam KM. (2023). Mapping of digital health interventions for the self-management of COPD: A systematic review. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 24, 101427.
  • Kumar R, Kumar D, Joshi A, et al. (2022). Mapping of digital health interventions to address latent tuberculosis infection: A scoping review protocol. Research Square [Preprint]. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​2​1​2​0​3​/​r​s​.​3​.​r​s​-​1​9​9​2​4​48/v1

Conference papers

  • Parmar Ramesh, Pandya Bhaskar, Kumar Rohitashwa (2014, November), Abstract N.3551- Behaviour change among tobacco retailers after enforcement of COTPA Act 2003: a rapid survey in Nagaur, Rajasthan: 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Barcelona, Spain, 28 Nov – 1 Dec 2014.
  • Kumar R, Waikar S, Nandy T (2016, October), Abstract reference number: A‑823‑0011-02001: ​“Should ​‘Smear Negative TB Symptomatic’ be actively followed up to identify missing cases in India? Study from Barmer, Rajasthan“47th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 26 Oct – 29 Oct 2016.
  • Kumar R, Singhal M, Kumar D, Joshi A, Islam KMM (2023, March), Poster Number PE 1.3, Designing, Development, and Evaluation of an Informatics Platform for Enhancing Treatment Adherence in Latent Tuberculosis Infection Patients in India, Three Days Symposium on ​“Towards end tb: achievements, challenges and future directions”, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana, India, 23 – 25 March 2023