Institute of Public Health Bengaluru

Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru
AbbreviationIPH Bengaluru or IPH Bangalore
Formation30 August 2005
TypeNon-profit academic institution
HeadquartersBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Location
  • 3009, II-A Main, 17th Cross, KR Road, Siddanna Layout, Banashankari Stage II, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560070
Region served
India
Websiteiphindia.org

The Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru (IPH Bengaluru) is a non-profit academic research institution based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It focuses on strengthening health systems through research, education, and policy engagement in India.[1] They are recognised as a scientific research organisation by the department of science and technology of the Indian government. Their areas of work and action include commercial determinants of health,[2] tribal health,[3][4] health policy and systems research.[5][6]

History

IPH Bengaluru was founded by Narayanan Devadasan and colleagues on 30 August 2005 and registered as a non-profit society. Since 2018, IPH Bengaluru has institutionalised a rotating system of leadership with four-year tenure for the Directors.[7]

Research and action

Research areas include commercial determinants of health including tobacco control[8][9], Adivasi health and health policy and systems research. The Institute conducts research on implementation of tobacco control laws and studying tobacco industry interference in Karnataka and other states, using judicial action .[10] Their research has examined the tobacco industry's potential tax avoidance and tactics in avoiding compliance with laws requiring pictorial warnings.[11] IPH runs a community-based research centre on tribal health in Chamarajanagar district.[12][13][14] The initiative focuses on addressing health inequities among Adivasi communities, on genetic diseases, hemoglobinopathies,[15] and barriers to accessing healthcare. They have contributed to the development of the Tribal Health Navigator program in Chamarajanagar.[16][17]

Policy engagement

IPH Bengaluru co-organizes a national conference series on bringing evidence into public health policy. The fourth edition of the Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP) conference in September 2024, held at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, focused on health governance, policy, and institutional frameworks for just and sustainable health systems and brought together over 200 participants, including researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.[6] In June 2026, the fifth edition of the conference discussed future-focused health systems.[18]

Awards and recognition

In 2022, researchers from the Institute were recognised by Deccan Herald as part of their annual Changemakers initiative, for their contributions to supporting COVID-19 response in Chamarajanagar district, especially among Adivasi populations.[19] They were also awarded the Triloki Nath Khoshoo Memorial Award by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment for contributions to the COVID-19 response in Karnataka.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Mission and Vision". Institute of Public Health Bengaluru. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  2. ↑ "India Alliance - Advancing Discovery & Innovation to Improve Health". www.indiaalliance.org. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  3. ↑ "Tribal healthcare project to be rolled out in more dists". The Times of India. 2023-07-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  4. ↑ S, Prashanth N.; Kochupurackal, Sabu K. U.; Juneja, Anika; Seshadri, Tanya; Mahadeva, C.; Venkategowda, Muthaiah; Gowda, C. Made; George, Mathew Sunil; Kane, Sumit; Michielsen, Joris; Belle, Sara Van (2025-03-13). "Reimagining Innovation in Health Equity: Making a Case for a Community-embedded Participatory Learning Site for Adivasi Health Research". Journal of Community Systems for Health. 2 (1). doi:10.36368/jcsh.v2i1.1102. ISSN 3035-692X.
  5. ↑ John, Shilpa; Ramani, Sudha; Abbas, Syed Mohd; Kane, Sumit; Lall, Dorothy; Srinivas, Prashanth N.; Nambiar, Devaki; Marchal, Bruno; Van Belle, Sara; Sadanandan, Rajeev; Devadasan, Narayanan (2024-09-19). "Building Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) capacity in India: Reflections from the India HPSR fellowship program (2020-2023)". Health Research Policy and Systems. 22 (1): 129. doi:10.1186/s12961-024-01218-3. ISSN 1478-4505. PMC 11411990. PMID 39300506.
  6. 1 2 "A flagship national conference on health policy and systems research to be hosted at IIM Bangalore | IIM Bangalore". www.iimb.ac.in. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Paying it forward". www.itg.be. Archived from the original on 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  8. ↑ "The Institute of Public Health v. The State Government of Karnataka,…". Tobacco Control Laws. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  9. ↑ "100 cases of tobacco sale near schools, colleges recorded last year in Bengaluru". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  10. ↑ "Prevent tobacco lobby interference". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  11. ↑ "BAT in South Asia: No 'Better Tomorrow'". STOP. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  12. ↑ "Research initiative on tribal health launched in Chamarajanagar". The Hindu. 2022-06-08. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  13. ↑ "The Department of Biotechnology (@DBTIndia)". dbtindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  14. ↑ Srinivas, Prashanth Nuggehalli; Seshadri, Tanya; Velho, Nandini; Babu, Giridhara R.; Madegowda, C.; Channa Basappa, Yogish; Narasimhamurthi, Nityasri Sankha; Majigi, Sumanth Mallikarjuna; Madhusudan, Mysore Doreswamy; Marchal, Bruno (2019). "Towards Health Equity and Transformative Action on tribal health (THETA) study to describe, explain and act on tribal health inequities in India: A health systems research study protocol". Wellcome Open Research. 4: 202. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15549.1. ISSN 2398-502X. PMC 7076281. PMID 32211518.
  15. ↑ "Sickle Cell Disease: 192 cases, more than 2,000 individuals with traits identified in Karnataka in the last one year". The Hindu. 2024-06-18. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  16. ↑ "Tribal health navigators in Karnataka, India". AHPSR. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  17. ↑ "Tribal health navigators in Karnataka, India". AHPSR. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  18. ↑ "EPHP Conference 2026 to convene national dialogue on building future-focused health systems at IIM Bangalore | IIM Bangalore". www.iimb.ac.in. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  19. ↑ "Tanya Seshadri and Prashanth N S". DH Changemakers. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  20. ↑ "TN Khoshoo Memorial Award for Tanya Seshadri, NS Prashanth". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
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