1. PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
“Falling through the gaps: Women accessing care under health insurance schemes in Karnataka”
- Akhila Vasan, Sylvia Karpagam, Vijayakumar Seethappa, Indian Journal of gender studies. 23(1) 1
– 18, 2015
“Design, implementation and patient experiences of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bhima Yojana and
Vajpayee Arogya Scheme: A qualitative study from Bangalore district, Karnataka. Akhila Vasan,
Sylvia Karpagam, Vijayakumar Seethappa,. INDIA: Social Development Report 2014: Challenges of
Public Health, Oxford University Press, July 2014. Supported by Council for Social Development.
https://india.oup.com/
“National Family Health Survey-4 – Serious violations of worker’s rights” Sylvia Karpagam and C
Sathyamala, Economic and Political Weekly Vol - L No. 25, June 20, 2015
http://www.epw.in/authors/sylvia-karpagam
“How demolitions and forced eviction affect the social determinants of health: Economically
Weaker Sections (EWS) quarters, Ejipura, Bangalore” Dr Sylvia Karpagam, Siddharth,
Samyukta Journal of gender studies, (July 2014) Vol. XIV. No. 2.
http://samyukta.info/site/abstract
‘Medical education and its discontents’, Book Chapter, Higher education in India, Edited by Jacob
Chacko, February 2014
“Evidence-based Planning--A Myth or Reality: Use of Evidence by the Planning Commission
on Public -Private Partnership (PPP)’ Sylvia Karpagam, Bijoya Roy, Vijaya Kumar Seethappa
and Imrana Qadeer Social Change 2013 43: 213
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/258185699_Evidence-
based_PlanningA_Myth_or_Reality_Use_of_Evidence_by_the_Planning_Commission_on_Pub
licPrivate_Partnership_%28PPP%29
‘Adolescent living with HIV in India – the clock is ticking’ Mothi SN, VHT Swamy, Karpagam S,
Indian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 Dec;79(12):1642-7
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23150229
‘Pediatric HIV – trends and challenges’, Mothi SN, Karpagam S, VHT Swamy, Mamatha Lala,
Sarvodey S, Indian Journal of Medical Research, Vol 134, Issue 6, 912-919, 2011
http://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2011/december/1214.pdf
‘Failure to disclose conflict of interest – Karuna trust ” Letter to the Editor The Lancet,
Volume 379, Issue 9822, Pages 1195 - 1196, 31 March 2012
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2960507-8/fulltext
‘Changing terminology for schizophrenia influencing stigma perception’ Kingdon D, Sylvia,
British Journal of Psychiatry, University of Southampton 2009
http://pb.rcpsych.org/content/32/11/419.full
Good governance and corruption in the Health sector: lessons from the Karnataka experience.
R. Huss, A, Green, H Sudarshan, S Karpagam, KV Ramani, G Tomson, N Gerein, Health Policy and
Planning 2010:1-14
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/12/17/heapol.czq080.abstract

2. EXPERIENCE WITH MONITORING AND EVALUATION
1. Participatory review of the Comprehensive Health & Community Development Programs in
Jawadhi Hills & Kalrayan Hills Community Health Department of Christian Medical College,
Vellore ( CHAD and RUHSA) in collaboration with the Arcot Lutheran Church (ALC), January
2014 – March 2014
2. Principal investigator – December 2013 – ongoing. Makkala Gram Sabha – successes,
challenges and the way forward, supported by Actionaid India.
3. Participatory review of Jagruti Mahila Sangha – a dalit women’s empowerment group at
Potnal, Raichur, Karnataka – January 2013
4. Technical review of Karuna trust, Bangalore for two research projects under the Pan Asian
Collaboration for eHealth Application and Adoption (PANACeA) - 2011
5. Organisational structure of a district, Karnataka Health Systems Development and Reforms
Project (KHSDRP), Karnataka . Part of district health management team in Tumkur - 2010
6. Utilisation Focused Evaluation (UFE) for PANACeA (Pan Asian Collaboration for Evidence based
ehealth adoption and action) under Aga Khan University, Pakistan and International
Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada – 2011
http://www.aku.edu/CHS/panacea/pdfs/Framework_Primary_health_care.pdf
7. Qualitative study on corruption in Karnataka Health care systems – role of Lokayukta.
Collaborative study with University of Leeds and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad.
– January2009 http://www.governancenow.com/views/think-tanks/lokayukta-can-check-
systematic-corruption-study
8. Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey, Karnataka, St. John’s Medical college, UNICEF for Wadi,
Gulbarga and North Karnataka - 1999
9. Mid-term Participatory evaluation of State led project on AIDS Prevention and Control.
Prevention Along the Highway (PATH) project, for Tamil Nadu from St. John’s Medical college,
Bangalore – 1999
TRAINING MANUAL DEVELOPMENT
Training Manual on Health Insurance – sections on functions of health financing systems,
strategies to cover uninsured populations, benefit packages, premium calculations,
monitoring, negotiation and contracting, Institute of Public Health in collaboration with the
Central Government and World Health Organization, 2009 http://www.iphindia.org/training-
manual-in-health-insurance/
ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Manual for Trainers under NRHM (National Rural
Health Mission) 2008
Manual on Community based monitoring under NRHM, Centre for Health and Social Justice
www.nrhmcommunityaction.org/media/reports/KN/Progress%20Report%20August%2008.p
df http://www.chsj.org/media/Publications/Monitoring_Manualforweb.pdf
Module for Village Health and Sanitation Committee (VHSC) training, Karnataka under NRHM
(National Rural Health Mission) 2008
Manual for Community Health Workers- Rural Education Development Society, Tamil Nadu,

3. India 1998
Manual for NGOS on Reproductive and Child Health –Mother NGO Project, Government of
Karnataka, India, 1999
Training Manual for Urban Health care workers – Swasth India, 2009
OTHER RESEARCH WORK
“Makkala Gram Sabha – experiences from Karnataka”, Dr. Sylvia Karpagam, Child Rights Knowledge
Hub/Actionaid India, March 2014
Functioning of Village Health and Sanitation Committees (VHSC) and Arogya Raksha Samhitis
(ARS) in Karnataka – a participatory review, Collaboration between Jana Arogya Andolana
Karnataka (JA-AK) and Karnataka State Health Systems Resource Centre (KSHSRC), Karnataka
Review of incentive schemes for government health personnel in Karnataka – a qualitative
study, Collaboration between Jana Arogya Andolana Karnataka (JA-AK) and Karnataka State
Health Systems Resource Centre (KSHSRC), Karnataka - 2013
Program evaluation of Janani Suraksha Yojana In Karnataka – a qualitative study, Collaboration
between Jana Arogya Andolana Karnataka (JA-AK) and Karnataka State Health Systems
Resource Centre (KSHSRC), Karnataka - 2013
Critical review of the Audit Commission Report for Black water Valley and Hart PCT, South
England, United Kingdom 2006