Has done MBBS and MD (SPM) from Nagpur University. Previously worked as Assistant Professor for 4 years in Indira Gandhi Medical College Nagpur. Joined this institute as Scientist C in 2006. Presently working as Scientist F in the Public Health Nutrition Division, NIN, Hyderabad. Areas of interest are public health nutrition, nutrition of under 5-year children, Infant & Young Child feeding practices, nutrition of adolescent girls and pregnant & lactating women, micronutrient deficiency among population, nutrition related chronic non- communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes etc. Has written and completed more than 30 projects of which 8 as principal investigator (PI). Had published 80 articles related to nutrition in various national and international peer reviewed journals of which 30 paper as first author, 4 papers as corresponding authors and remaining as co-authors. Published 5 articles in book chapter. Had worked in tribal areas of north-eastern states on nutritional status of women and children and prevalence of HTN & diabetes and bio-diversity. Guided many MSc first year students for their dissertation. Attended and presented papers in National and international conference. Invited speakers for diabetes and cardiology conferences. Act as chairperson for NSI and IAPSM conference at NIN Hyderabad Faculty for MSc Applied nutrition and PG certificate course at NIN. Involved in nutrition intervention project to improve nutritional status of vulnerable population and also in hypertension risk reduction project funded by ICMR. Involved in recruitment, training, execution of survey and data analysis and report writing. Written and published more than 100 technical reports. Was part of ICDS and MDM evaluation in many states.

1. Pandey AK , Sinha AP , Rawat R , Chowdhury R , Goudar SS , Nagpal J , Desai S , Laxmaiah A --------------------------- , Meshram I I , Randhir K , Deshmukh O , Roy AK , John O , Saldanha ND , Bavdekar A , Kumar R , Prakash S , Fawzi WW , Sazawal S. PRAYAS: Cohort profile for Pooled Research and Analysis for Yielding Anemia-free Solutions in India. Front Public Health under Sec. Public Health and Nutrition 13; 2025 IF 3.1
2. Meshram II, Sunu PV, Sreeramakrishna K, Narasimhulu D, Yadav S, Laxmaiah A Impact of Nutrition and Health education of mothers on infant and child feeding practices and nutritional status of children in Amreli District, Gujarat.  Indian Journal of Community Medicine ():10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_317_24, November 13, 2025. | DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_317_24
3. Meshram II, Balakrishna N, Bhaskar V, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV, Arlappa N. Trends in body mass index, nutrient intakes, and nutritional status of rural adults in India: National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau survey findings (1975-2012). BMC Public Health. 2025 Aug 26;25(1):2929. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23731-y. PMID: 40859189; PMCID: PMC12379391. IF 3.5
4. Meshram II, Sunu PV, Sreeramakrishna K, Neeraja G, Stephen GL, Narasimhulu D, Sengupta S, Kurpad A, Raman R, Yajnik C, Sachdev HS, Laxmaiah A, Chandak G. Cardiometabolic risk factors among adults in rural, urban, and urban slum population in eight states of India. Indian Heart J. 2025 May 31:S0019-4832(25)00124-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2025.05.014. IF 1.8
5. Ghosh S, Laxmaiah A, Chandak GR, Meshram II, Raman R, Sengupta S, Yajnik CS, Kurpad AV, Sachdev HS; Vitamin B12 India Study. Anaemia and iron deficiency in India: a venous blood-based survey of adolescents, adults, and the elderly in eight states. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2025 May;79(5):443-451. doi: 10.1038/s41430-024-01559-w. IF 3.5
6. Lara-Castor L, O'Hearn M, Cudhea F, Miller V, Shi P, Zhang J, Sharib JR, Cash SB, Barquera S, Micha R, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries. Nat Med. 2025 31(2):552-564. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03345-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39762424.IF 49.2
7. Jaleel A, Surya God CS, Sriswan R, Panda h, Singhale P, Meshram II, Laxmaiah A, Hariharan GN, Arlappa N, Subba Rao MG. Cultivating Nutrition: Exploring Participants' Perspectives on Nutrition Gardens and Nutrition Education Programme in Rural Tamil Nadu and Odisha, India. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 2025 Sec. Land, Livelihoods and Food Security Volume 9 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1502711
8. Ahles A, Muhammad A, Yenerall JN, Reedy J, Shi P, Zhang J, Cudhea F, Erndt-Marino J, Miller V, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. How prices and income influence global patterns in saturated fat intake by age, sex and world region: a cross-sectional analysis of 160 countries. BMJ Open. 2024 22;14(1):e074562. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen- 2023-074562. PMID: 38253455; PMCID: PMC10806819
9. Lara-Castor L, Micha R, Cudhea F, Miller V, Shi P, Zhang J, Sharib JR, Erndt-Marino J, Cash SB, Barquera S, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. Intake of sugar sweetened beverages among children and adolescents in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018: population based study. BMJ. 2024 Aug 7;386:e079234. doi: 10.1136/bmj- 2024-079234. PMID: 39111807; PMCID: PMC11305379.
10. Miller V, Reedy J, Cudhea F, Zhang J, Shi P, Erndt-Marino J, Coates J, Micha R, Webb P, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. Global, regional, and national consumption of animal-source foods between 1990 and 2018: findings from the Global Dietary Database. Lancet Planet Health. 2022 Mar;6(3):e243-e256. doi: 10.1016/S2542- 5196(21)00352-1. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00233-X. PMID: 35278390; PMCID: PMC8926870.
11. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants. Lancet (London, England). 2024 Aug;404(10455):851- 863. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01405-3. PMID: 39216975; PMCID: PMC7616775.
12. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants. Lancet (London, England). 2024 Nov;404(10467):2077-2093. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02317-1. PMID: 39549716; PMCID: PMC7616842.
13. Nandeep ER, Mahajan H, Mummadi MK, Meshram II, et al. Implementation, delivery, and utilization of iron fortified rice supplied through public distribution system across different states in India: An exploratory mixed-method study. PLOS Global Public Health. 2024 ;4(8):e0003533. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003533. PMID: 39110751; PMCID: PMC11305529.
14. Meshram II, Nagalla B, Rao Kodavanti M, Avula L, Ginnela Narsimhachary Veera B. Overweight/obesity, pre-diabetes, diabetes and its association with hypertension and other factors among rural adults (≥18 years) in India. Indian Heart J. 2024; 76;182-90. Jun 21:S0019-4832(24)00083-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2024.06.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38908547. IF 1.8
15. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet (London, England). 2024 Mar;403(10431):1027-1050. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02750-2. PMID: 38432237; PMCID: PMC7615769.
16. Anura Kurpad, A Laxmaiah, Giriraj Chandak, Indrapal Meshram, Rajiva Raman, Shantanu Sengupta, Chittaranjan Yajnik, Harshpal Sachdev, Santu Ghosh. Anaemia and iron deficiency in India: a venous blood-based survey of adolescents, adults, and the elderly in eight states . Research Square 2024. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3762232/v1
17. Meshram II, Kodavanti MR, Krishna KS, Laxmaiah A. Regional Variation in the Prevalence of Undernutrition and its Correlates Among Under Five-Year Children in North India. Indian J Community Med. 2024 Mar-Apr;49(2):322-333. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_616_22. Epub 2024 Mar 7. PMID: 38665453; PMCID: PMC11042149. IF 0.9
18. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c. Nature Medicine. 2023 Nov;29(11):2885-2901. DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02610-2. PMID: 37946056; PMCID: PMC10667106. 87.241
19. Lara-Castor L, Micha R, Cudhea F, et al. Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries. Nature Communications. 2023 Oct;14(1):5957. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41269-8. PMID: 37788998. 16.6
20. Miller V, Webb P, Cudhea F, Zhang J, Reedy J, Shi P, Erndt-Marino J, Coates J, Micha R, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. Children's and adolescents' rising animal- source food intakes in 1990-2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity. Nat Food. 2023 Apr;4(4):305-319. doi: 10.1038/s43016-023-00731-y. Epub 2023 Apr 20. PMID: 37117550. IF 23.20
21. O'Hearn M, Lara-Castor L, Cudhea F, et al. Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries. Nature Medicine. 2023 Apr;29(4):982-995. DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02278-8. PMID: 37069363; PMCID: PMC10115653. 87.241
22. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development. Nature. 2023 Mar;615(7954):874- 883. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8. PMID: 36991188; PMCID: PMC10060164 IF 168.9
23. Miller V, Webb P, Cudhea F, et al. Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity. Nature Food. 2022 Sep;3(9):694-702. DOI: 10.1038/s43016-022-00594-9. PMID: 37118151; PMCID: PMC10277807. IF 23.20
24. Laxmaiah A, Rao NM, Arlappa N, Babu J, Kumar PU, Singh P, --------------- Meshram II, Kumar BN, Sharma P, Raghavendra P, Raghu P, et al. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in the city of Hyderabad, India in early 2021. IJID Reg. 2022 Mar;2:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2021.10.009. Epub 2021 Nov 19. PMID: 35721436; PMCID: PMC8603330.
25. Indrapal M, Nagalla B, Varanasi B, Rachakulla H, Avula L. Socio-demographic factors, overweight/obesity and nutrients associated with hypertension among rural adults (≥18 years): Findings from National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau survey. Indian Heart J. 2022 Sep-Oct;74(5):382-390. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2022.08.006. Epub 2022 Aug 31. PMID: 36055373; PMCID: PMC9647655. IF 1.363
26. Meshram I, Boiroju NK, Longvah T. Prevalence of overweight/obesity, hypertension and its associated factors among women from Northeast India. Indian Heart J. 2022 Jan-Feb;74(1):56-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2021.12.009. Epub 2021 Dec 24. PMID: 34954135; PMCID: PMC8891027. IF 1.363
27. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogenous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. eLife, 2021;10: E60060. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060. PMID: 33685583; PMCID: PMC7943191 (Impact factor 8.140)
28. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. The Lancet 2021;398;957-980. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1.
29. Sethi, V., Tashi Choedon, Chowdhury, R., Bhatia, N., Konsam Dinachandra, Zivai Murira, Bhanot, A., Dinesh Baswal, Arjan de Wagt, Bhargava, M., Meshram, I.I., Babu, G.R., Kulkarni, B., Hema Divakar, Chandni Maria Jacob, Sarah Louise Killeen, McAuliffe, F.M., Mini Vergehese, Ghosh, S. and Hanson, M.A. (2021). Screening and management options for severe thinness during pregnancy in India. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 155(3), pp.357–379. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13939. IF 4.447
30. Tashi Choedon, Sethi V, Chowdhury R, et al. Population estimates and determinants of severe maternal thinness in India. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics. 2021;155(3):380-397. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13940 ( doi:10.1002/ijgo.13940 ). IF 4.447
31. Meshram II, Neeraja G, Longvah T. Vitamin A Deficiency, Anemia, and Nutritional Status of under 5-Year Children from Northeast India. Indian J Community Med. 2021 Oct-Dec;46(4):673-679. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_62_21. Epub 2021 Dec 8. PMID: 35068732; PMCID: PMC8729277.
32. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Thangaraj JWV, …………..; ICMR Serosurveillance Group. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the general population and healthcare workers in India, December 2020-January 2021. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Jul;108:145-155. PMID: 34022338, PMCID:  PMC8132496 , DOI:  10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.040
33. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Thangaraj JWV, …………..; ICMR Serosurveillance Group. SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August–September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey . Lancet Glob Health. March 2021, 9; E257-66 https://doi.org/10.1016 , IF 21.597
34. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S., Thangaraj JWV, …………..; ICMR Serosurveillance Group. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India: Findings from the national sero-survey, May-June 2020. IJMR 2020, 152; 48-60, 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3290_20.  IF 1.530
35. NCD Risk factor collaboration (NCD-RisC). Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants Lancet 2020; 396: 1511–24. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6. PMID: 33160572; PMCID: PMC7658740.
36. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)* Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. Nature. 2020 Jun;582(7810):73-77. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020- 2338-1. Epub 2020 Jun 3. PMID: 32494083; PMCID: PMC7332422. IF24.36
37. Meshram II, Kumar BN, Venkaiah K, Longvah T. Subclinical Vitamin A Deficiency and Anemia among Women and Preschool Children from Northeast India. Indian J Community Med. 2020 Jul-Sep;45(3):371-374. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_356_19. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PMID: 33354022; PMCID: PMC7745803. IF 1.07
38. Meshram Indrapal Ishwarji, Kodavanti Mallikharjun Rao, Kakani Sree Ramakrishna, Rachkulla Hari Kumar, Kodavalla Venkaiah, Avula Laxmaiah Regional variation in the prevalence of undernutrition and its correlates among under 5-year children in Western India. IJCH 2019:31:521-31. IF 0.22
39. India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Malnutrition Collaborators. The burden of child and maternal malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017. Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2019. 3:855- 870. Published Online September 18, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2352- 4642(19)30273-1, IF 11.85
40. R. Hari Kumar, Arjun Khandare, A. Laxmaiah, I. Meshram, N. Arlappa, Vakdevi Validandi, K. Venkaiah, P. Amrutha Rao, P. V. Sunu, V. Bhaskar and G. S. Toteja. Prolonged consumption of grass pea (64 g/Cu/day) along with millets and other cereals causes no neurolathyrism. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2019, July 22; 1-8, IF 3.27  DOI:  10.1080/1028415X.2019.1642641
41. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC): Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. NATURE 2019; 569:260-264, IF24.36
42. Joe W, Rajpal S, Kim R, Laxmaiah A, Harikumar R, Arlappa N, Meshram I, Balakrishna N, Radhika M, Swaminathan S, Subramanian SV. Association between anthropometric-based and food-based nutritional failure among children in India, 2015. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 Oct;15(4):e12830. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12830. Epub 2019 May 23. PMID: 30989801; PMCID: PMC6860073.IF 3.350
43. Meshram II, Mallikharjun Rao K, Balakrishna N, Harikumar R, Arlappa N, Sreeramakrishna K, Laxmaiah A. Infant and young child feeding practices, sociodemographic factors and their association with nutritional status of children aged <3 years in India: findings of the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau survey, 2011- 2012. Public Health Nutr. 2019 Jan;22(1):104-114. doi: 10.1017/S136898001800294X. Epub 2018 Nov 6. PMID: 30398133; PMCID: PMC10260507., IF 3.4
44. Meshram II, Mallikharjun Rao K, Sree Ramakrishna K, Hari Kumar R, Venkaiah K, Laxmaiah A. Care practices during pregnancy, infant feeding practices and their association with nutritional status of infants in Gujarat, India. Indian J Comm Health. 2018; 30, 3: 202-212. IF 0.22
45. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants. Int J Epidemiol. 2018: 47 (3), 872-883i, IF 7.33
46. Khandare AL, Hari Kumar R, Meshram I I, Arlappa N., , Laxmaiah A., Venkaiah K., P. Amruth Rao, Validandi V, Toteja GS. Current scenario of consumption of Lathyrus sativus and Lathyrism in three districts of Chhattisgarh state. Toxicon; 2018: 228-34. IF 2.276 PMID: 29908260
47. Meshram II, Naveen Kumar Boiroju, Venkaiah K. Ranking of the districts in Andhra Pradesh using women and children nutrition and health indicators by TOPSIS method. IJCH 2017; 29: 350-56. IF:0.36
48. Chyne DAL, Meshram II, Rajendran A, Kodali V, Getti N, Roy P, Kuhnlein HV, Longvah T. Nutritional status, food insecurity, and biodiversity among the Khasi in Meghalaya, North-East India. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Nov;13 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):e12557. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12557. PMID: 29359437; PMCID: PMC6866081.. IF:2.528
49. Longvah T, Khutsoh B, Meshram II, Krishna S, Kodali V, Roy P, Kuhnlein HV. Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe in the state of Nagaland, North- East India. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Nov;13 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):e12558. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12558. PMID: 29359431; PMCID: PMC6866219.. IF:2.528
50. Meshram II, Kodavanti MR, Rachkulla HK, Nagalla B, Kakani SR; National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau Study Group. Trends in nutrient intakes, nutritional status, and correlates of undernutrition among rural children below 5 years of age: The National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau Survey 2012. J Postgrad Med. 2017 Apr-Jun;63(2):84- 91. doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.201426. PMID: 28272078; PMCID: PMC5414433.IF:0.912
51. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants. Lancet 2017:389;37-55.
52. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet 2017, 390; 2627-42.
53. Anderson I, Robson B, Connoly M, Al-Yaman F, Bjertness E, King A et al. Indigenous and Tribal Health – (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study. The Lancet 2016;388:131-57. PMID: 27108232
54. Naveen Kumar Boiroju, Meshram II, Vijayabhaskara Rao D., Radhika M.S., Venkaiah K. Ranking of the districts using a composite index based on the nutritional status of under 5 year children in Telangana State. International Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2016, 4: 71-83
55. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants. The Lancet 2016; 387: 1377–96.
56. Meshram II, Mallikharjun Rao K. Ch Gal Reddy, Ravindranath M, Sharad Kumar, Sreeramakrishna K, Harikumar R, Venkaiah K, Laxmaiah A. prevalence of undernutrition and its predictors among under 5 year children in Surat region, Gujarat, India . J Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics 2016;2:1-6 DOI10.4172/2472-1921.100009
57. Meshram II, Vishnu Vardhana Rao M, Sudershan Rao V, Laxmaiah A, Polasa K. Regional variation in the prevalence of overweight/obesity, hypertension and diabetes and their correlates among the adult rural population in India. Br J Nutr. 2016 Apr 14;115(7):1265-72. doi: 10.1017/S0007114516000039. Epub 2016 Feb 12. PMID: 26867590. IF:3.0
58. Meshram II, Balakrishna N, Sreeramakrishna K, Rao KM, Kumar RH, Arlappa N, Manohar G, Reddy ChG, Ravindranath M, Kumar SS, Brahmam GN, Laxmaiah A. Trends in nutritional status and nutrient intakes and correlates of overweight/obesity among rural adult women (≥18-60 years) in India: National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) national surveys. Public Health Nutr. 2016 Apr;19(5):767-76. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015002268. Epub 2015 Aug 7. PMID: 26250989; PMCID: PMC10270856. IF 1.67
59. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants. Lancet 2016; 387: 1513–30.: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00618-8
60. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). A century trends in adult human height. eLife 2016;5:e13410.
61. Jeemon P, Narayanan G, Kondal D, Kahol K, Bharadwaj A, Purty A, Negi P, , Laxmaiah A, Rao M, Meshram II, DISHA Study Investigators.  Task shifting of frontline community health workers for cardiovascular risk reduction: design and rationale of a cluster randomized controlled trial (DISHA study) in India. BMC Public Health. 2016; 15:16:264. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2891-6. PMID: 26975187; PMCID: PMC4791774.
62. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: a pooled analysis of 96 population- based studies with 331 288 participants. Lancet diabetes endocrinology 2015;3:624-37
63. Meshram II, Stephen G, PothuRaju B. Nutritional status and substance abuse among street children in South India, Indian J Comm Health 2015. 27:52-59, IF 1.09
64. Meshram II, Vishnu vardhan Rao V, Sudershan Rao V, Laxmaiah A, Polasa K. Prevalence and correlates of hypertension and diabetes among ≥18 years urban population in India. British Biomed Bull. 2015; 3:176-189
65. Meshram II, Kodavanti MR, Chitty GR, Manchala R, Kumar S, Kakani SK, Kodavalla V, Avula L, Narsimhachary Veera BG. Influence of feeding practices and associated factors on the nutritional status of infants in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh state, India. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2015 Mar;27(2):NP1345-61. doi: 10.1177/1010539513486174. Epub 2013 May 10. PMID: 23666834. IF 1.459
66. Venkaiah K, Meshram II, Manohar G, Mallikharjun Rao K, Ramakrisha K, & Laxmaiah A. Development of composite index and ranking the districts using nutrition survey data in Madhya Pradesh, India. Indian J Comm Health, 2015;27,2:204-10, As corresponding author, IF 1.09
67. Laxmaiah A, Meshram II, Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Rao KM, Reddy ChG, Ravindranath M, Kumar S, Kumar H, Brahmam GN. Socio-economic & demographic determinants of hypertension & knowledge, practices & risk behaviour of tribals in India. Indian J Med Res. 2015 May;141(5):697-708. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.159592. PMID: 26139790; PMCID: PMC4510771.IF-1.67
68. Venkaiah K, Meshram II, Mallikharjun Rao K, Chitty Gal Reddy, Ravindranath M, Sharad Kumar, Sree Ramakrishna K, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Nutrition profile of under-five year rural children and correlates of undernutrition in central India. IJCH 2015, 27:485-91, IF 1.09 As corresponding author
69. Meshram II, Balakrishna N, Arlappa N, Mallikarjun Rao K, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GN. Prevalence of undernutrition, its determinants, and seasonal variation among tribal preschool children of Odisha state, India. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2014 Sep;26(5):470-80. doi: 10.1177/1010539512441492. Epub 2012 Apr 11. PMID: 22500042.IF-1.459
70. Meshram I. I., Laxmaiah A., Mallikharjun Rao K., Arlappa N. , Balkrishna N., Ch. Gal Reddy, Ravindranath M., Sharad Kumar S., Brahmam G.N.V. Prevalence of hypertension and its correlates among adult tribal population (≥20 years) of Maharashtra State, India. Int. J Health Science & Research 2014; 4:130-38.
71. Meshram II., Mallikharjun Rao K., Gal Reddy, Sreeramakrishna K, Venkaiah K, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Predictors of ante-natal care, delivery and infant feeding practices in rural women in Madhya Pradesh state, India. Int J Med Public Health 2014, 4:385-91.
72. Laxmaiah A, Balakrishna N, Arlappa N, Meshram II, Harikumar R, Rao KM. Trends in consumption of fats and oils among Indian tribal and rural population over a period of 40 years: Findings of National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau surveys. Indian J Comm Health 2014;26, Suppl S1:75-82
73. Arlappa N, Meshram II, Balakrishna N, Harikumar R, Rao KM, Laxmaiah A. Prevalence of anaemia among different physiological groups in the rural areas of Maharashtra. Ind J Comm Health 2014;26(3): 278-84. As corresponding author
74. Meshram II, Arlappa N, Balakrishna N., Laxmaiah A, Mallikharjun Rao K, Gal Reddy CH, Ravindranath M, Sharad Kumar S, Brahmam GN. Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition and its Trends among Pre-School Tribal Children of Maharashtra State, India. J Trop Pediatrics, 2012; 58(2):125-32. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmr035. Epub 2011 May 4. PMID: 21543411. IF 1.38
75. Meshram II, Laxmaiah A, Venkaiah K, Brahmam GNV. Impact of Feeding and breastfeeding practices on nutritional status of infants in the district of Andhra Pradesh, India. National Medical Journal of India, 2012; 25:201-6. PMID: 23278776. IF-0.908
76. Meshram II, Arlappa N, Balkrishna N, Rao KM, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GN. Prevalence of hypertension, its correlates and awareness among adult tribal population of Kerala state, India. J Postgrad Med. 2012 Oct-Dec;58(4):255-61. doi: 10.4103/0022- 3859.105444. PMID: 23298919.. IF-1.263
77. Meshram II, Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Mallikharjuna Rao K, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GN. Trends in the prevalence of undernutrition, nutrient and food intake and predictors of undernutrition among under five year tribal children in India. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2012;21(4):568-76. PMID: 23017315.. IF-1.36
78. Meshram II, Laxmaiah A, Gal Reddy Ch, Ravindranath M, Venkaiah K, Brahmam GN. Prevalence of under-nutrition and its correlates among under 3 year-old children in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, India. Ann Hum Biol. 2011 Jan;38(1):93-101. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2010.498387. Epub 2010 Sep 3. PMID: 20812881.IF-1.975
79. Khandare AL, Rasputra K, Meshram II, Rao S. Effects of smoking, Use of Aluminium Utensils, and Tamarind consumption on Fluorosis in a fluorotic village of Andhra Pradesh. Fluoride 2010; 43:128-33. IF-1.60
80. Meshram II, Hiwarkar PA, Kulkarni PN. Reproductive and other Risk factors for breast cancer. Online J Health Allied Scs,  2009;8(3):5