MBBS, MD (Community Medicine)
SCIENTIST-E (Medical)  
CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY


Email:  reddy.samarasimha@icmr.gov.in
Email:  drsamarareddy@gmail.com
Contact:  +91-40-27197297

Brief Profile

He is a physician with training in Public Health and Epidemiology. He is currently working as a medical scientist in clinical epidemiology division at ICMR- National institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India. His research interests are to build a platform to facilitate clinical, epidemiological, socio-behavioral, and interventional health research related to nutrition. He has built a Health, Nutrition and Demographic surveillance system (HNDSS) in the Addagutta area of Hyderabad with 15,000 population under surveillance. He is interested in evaluation of nutrition-related public health interventions and generating evidence for informed health decisions through primary or secondary data analysis. He is currently evaluating the impact of Iron fortified rice supplied through public distribution system and other social welfare schemes in India. He is also familiar with advanced data analysis techniques using different statistical analysis tools.

Publications: 28
  1. Nandeep ER, Mahajan H, Mummadi MK, Sairam C, K V, Kadiyam J, 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 Glob Public Health. 2024;4:e0003533. (Corresponding author)
  2. Nandeep ER, Mamidi RS, Pagidoju S, Pamidi S, Mummadi MK, Reddy G VR, et al. Comparison of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and augmented Arogya Laxmi scheme (ALS) in improving maternal and child health outcomes in urban settlements of Hyderabad, South India. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024;24:188.
  3. Nandeep ER, Jaleel A, Reddy PB, Geddam JJB, Reddy SN, Hemalatha R. Developing and demonstrating an atomistic and holistic model of anthropometric failure among children under five years of age using the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 data from India. Front Nutr. 2024;10. (Corresponding author)
  4. Reddy N S, Dharmaraj A, Jacob J, Sindhu KN. Exclusive breastfeeding practices and its determinants in Indian infants: findings from the National Family Health Surveys-4 and 5. Int Breastfeed J. 2023;18:69
  5. Hemalatha R, Samarasimha RN, Sairam C, Venkatesh K, Nandeep E, Teena D, et al. Efficacy and safety of Iron fortified rice in India - A white paper. 2023.
  6. Ramanujam K, Mergu N, Kondeth H, Reddy GVR, Venkata Prasad U, Sadasivuni R, Hemalatha R, Geddam Babu JJ, Reddy NS et al. Chronic Illness, Nutritional Status, and Factors Associated with Malnutrition among Various Age Groups Residing in Urban Areas of Telangana and Rural Areas of Andhra Pradesh. Nutrients. 2023;15:4470. (Corresponding author)
  7. Pandurangi R, Mummadi MK, Challa S, Reddy NS, Kaliaperumal V, Khadar Babu C, et al. Burden and Predictors of Malnutrition Among Indian Adolescents (10–19 Years): Insights From Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey Data. Front Public Health. 2022;10:877073. (Corresponding author)
  8. Reddy SN, Nair NP, Tate JE, Thiyagarajan V, Giri S, Paraharaj I, et al. Intussusception after Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in India. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 12;383(20):1932–40.
  9. Reddy N. S, Sindhu KN, Ramanujam K, Bose A, Kang G, Mohan VR. Exclusive breastfeeding practices in an urban settlement of Vellore, southern India: findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort. Int Breastfeed J. 2019 Jun 27;14(1):29.
  10. Bhandari N, Antony K, Balraj V, Rongsen-Chandola T, Kumar T, Sinha B, Reddy SN et al. Assessment of risk of intussusception after pilot rollout of rotavirus vaccine in the Indian public health system. Vaccine. 2020 Jun 16;
  11. Choudhary TS, Reddy NS, Apte A, Sinha B, Roy S, Nair NP, et al. Delayed vaccination and its predictors among children under 2 years in India: Insights from the national family health survey–4. Vaccine. 2019 Apr 17;37(17):2331–9.
  12. Shrivastava AK, Reddy NS, Giri S, Sahu PS, Das M, Mohakud NK, et al. Burden and Molecular Epidemiology of Rotavirus Causing Diarrhea among Under-Five Children: A Hospital-based Study from Eastern India. J Glob Infect Dis. 2019 Dec;11(4):147–52.
  13. Nair NP, Reddy SN, Giri S, Mohan VR, Parashar U, Tate J, et al. Rotavirus vaccine impact assessment surveillance in India: protocol and methods. BMJ Open. 2019 Apr 1;9(4):e024840.
  14. Reddy S, Nair NP, Giri S, Mohan VR, Tate JE, Parashar UD, et al. Safety monitoring of ROTAVAC vaccine and etiological investigation of intussusception in India: study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:898
  15. Sharma SL, Reddy N S, Ramanujam K, Jennifer MS, Gunasekaran A, Rose A, et al. Unintentional injuries among children aged 1–5 years: understanding the burden, risk factors and severity in urban slums of southern India. Inj Epidemiol. 2018;5:41.
  16. Ghoshal V, Nayak MK, Misra N, Kumar R, Reddy N S, Mohakud NK. Surveillance and Molecular Characterization of Rotavirus Strains Circulating in Odisha, India after Introduction of Rotavac. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar 1;88(1):41–6.
  17. Pradhan SK, Dash M, Ray RK, Mohakud NK, Das RR, Satpathy SK, Reddy SN et al. Childhood Intussusception after Introduction of Indigenous Rotavirus Vaccine: Hospital-Based Surveillance Study from Odisha, India. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;88(Suppl 1):112–7.
  18. Badur M, Pidugu VKR, Kasala L, Samarasimha Reddy N , Thiyagarajan V. Acute Gastroenteritis in Children Below 5 Years of Age at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India Post Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine into National Immunization Programme. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;88(Suppl 1):4–9.
  19. Kumar CPG, Reddy SN, Subramanian S, Shenoy A, Maniam R, Dorairaj P, et al. Epidemiology of Intussusception Hospitalizations in Children Under 2 Years of Age Post Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;88(Suppl 1):124–30.
  20. Goru KB, D M, Muppidi VP, Nadipena J, Ravula M, K B, Reddy SN et al. Two-Year Prevalence of Rotavirus Among Under-Five Children Admitted with Acute Gastroenteritis in Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar 1;88(1):72–7.
  21. Mohanty P, Kumar D, Mansingh A, Thiyagarajan V, Reddy SN, Ray RK. Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Hospitalizations Among Under-Five Children in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;88(Suppl 1):53–8.
  22. Pradhan SK, Panigrahi S, Padhi PS, Sajeev A, Dharmaraj A, Reddy N S, et al. Clinical Profile, Risk-Factors, and Outcome of Rotaviral Diarrhea and Non-rotaviral Diarrhea Among Under-Five Children at Cuttack, Odisha, India. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;88(Suppl 1):84–9.
  23. Ghosh S, Sarkar S, Simhareddy S, Kotne S, Rao PBA, Turlapati SPV. Clinico-morphological profile and receptor status in breast cancer patients in a South Indian Institution. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15:7839–42.
  24. Reddy N. A Randomized Control Trial of Partial Middle Turbinate Resection in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Indian J Public Health Res Dev. 2015;6.
  25. Amarnath M, VV DP, Reddy N, Simha S. Pre-diabetes among Medical students in a Medical College, Andhra Pradesh. Indian J Public Health Res Dev. 2014;5.
  26. Sree MS, Mishra S, Jena S, Patnaik S, Begum J, Reddy NSS. Study on Spiritual Dimension of Health among Medical Students in Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Int J Health Sci Res. 2014;4:16–20.
  27. Lavanya S, Chandra GK, Reddy N. A Study on Role of Estrogen in Pathogenesis of Pregnancy Tumor in Andhra Pradesh. Indian J Contemp Dent. 2015;3:69–72.
  28. Santosh KB, Reddy SSN. Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopic findings (DNE) of a partial middle turbinate resection in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS). J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2013;2:5641–8.


Conference Proceedings
  1. Samarasimha Reddy N, Aravind Dharmaraj, KN Sindhu. Effects of exclusive breastfeeding for six months compared to four months on growth and infection among Indian Children using the HBGDKi dataverse at 22 nd IUNS-International Congress of Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan from December 6-12, 2022 (Poster Presentation)
  2. Poster presentation titled “Malnutrition among residents of Vellore Health and Demographic surveillance system” at 67 th Annual meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA from October 28, 2018, to November 01, 2018.
  3. Poster presentation titled “Epidemiology of G12 rotavirus among Indian children in a multi-centric hospital-based surveillance from 2005 to 2016” at at 67 th Annual meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA from October 28, 2018, to November 01, 2018.
  4. Sharma SL, N SR, Ramanujam K, Jennifer MS, Gunasekaran A, Rose A, et al. PW 2288 Prevalence and risk factors of unintentional injuries among children aged 1–5 years in urban slums of Vellore, south india. Inj Prev. 2018;24 Suppl 2: A139–A139 at Bangkok, Thailand (Poster Presentation)
  5. Oral presentation titled “Coverage and timeliness of vaccines given in the universal immunization programme of India among children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis over a period of two years (2016-2018)” at 9 th Annual research day, Centenary year of medical education at Christian Medical college, Vellore from 12-13 October 2018
  6. Dr E R Nandeep, Dr Abdul Jaleel, Bhaskar Reddy, Dr Samarasimha Reddy N. A model to capture all forms of nutritional status among children under five years of age using the NFHS-5 data at 54 th Nutritional Society of India Annual Conference, Hyderabad, Telangana India from December 22-23, 2022 (Best poster award)
  7. Jovis Jacob, Dr. Samarasimha Reddy N, Dr. K. Venkatesh. Assessment of urinary indican in normal, underweight and obese children as an indicator of gut dysbiosis: A case-control study at 55 th Nutritional Society of India Annual Conference, Hyderabad, Telangana India from November 25-26, 2023 (Best poster award)

Awards and Honours/Recognitions
  1. Best Poster award at 54th Nutritional Society of India Annual Conference, Hyderabad, Telangana India from December 22-23, 2022 Dr E R Nandeep, Dr Abdul Jaleel, Bhaskar Reddy, Dr Samarasimha Reddy N. A model to capture all forms of nutritional status among children under five years of age using the NFHS-5 data.
  2. Best poster award at 55th Nutritional Society of India Annual Conference, Hyderabad, Telangana India from November 25-26, 2023. Jovis Jacob, Dr. Samarasimha Reddy N, Dr. K. Venkatesh. Assessment of urinary indican in normal, underweight and obese children as an indicator of gut dysbiosis: A case-control study.
  3. Life Member of Epidemiology Foundation of India (03923)
  4. Life member of Nutrition Society of India (NSI-LM-2022-0079)
  5. Life member of Indian Public Health Association (IPHA)
  6. Life member of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine (IAPSM-L-6887/2022)