Departments > pediatrics > FacultiesFaculty Profile - Dr. Nisha Narendran

• Pursuing PhD
• In Medical Education Service since 02.09.2008
• MO in charge , Pediatric Asthma Clinic from Sept 2008 onwards,
• MO in charge , Immunisation clinic from 2020 March
• Postgraduates Academics Pediatrics Coordinator since July 2020
• Coordinator of IGRA from Pediatrics since June 2021
• Member of district panel on difficult to treat TB cases
• Chief Editor of IAP Today , the official bulletin of Kerala state Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2020 & 2021 , EB member Kerala IAP
• State Chairperson IAP Presidential action plan - Gender Equality 2022
• State Co-convenor - Hearing screening for newborns - IAP Presidential action plan 2022
• IAP Calicut Divisional PG Quiz Coordinator - 2018 till date
• National IAP PG Quiz - Quiz master - 2021, 2022
• Organised department annual CMEs and various departmental academic activities.

Invited talks:

• National Pedicon 2022 on Antihistamines in Pediatric practice
• State Respicon 2017 on Environment & Pediatric asthma
• Talks in Nutrition week valedictory ceremony on picky eaters ( online)
• State nutrition conference online 2021 - talk on picky eating in children
• Many district , interdepartmental IAP and institutional CMEs on asthma , Pediatric Tuberculosis Community health activities:
• Talk on child marriage and prevention in awareness sessions organised by WCD
• Talks on parenting arranged by WCD and in various schools on reproductive health in adolescents etc
• Sessions for doctors and anganwadi workers on brestfeeding , Dengue and monsoon illnesses
• Trainer of trainers in SAM 2012, Dengue 2015 , SAANS 2023,NSSK 2012 -conducted district level training for many batches of pediatricians and nurses on the topics. 5 .Introduction of module (chief contributor) on gender equality prepared as part of IAP Presidential Action Plan in 2022
• Gives awareness talks , interviews and write-ups in AIR , media channels and leading magazines in Malayalam

• Second prize - faculty catergory -poster Pedicon 2015 - case report on Indian Tick Typhus
• Pilot project of SBMR project won first in oral paper presentation in state Respicon 2018
• SBMR project final data presented as oral paper in national Respicon 2020 won third prize

• Narendran N, Lally MS, Jose R. Perception of live lectures by medical students. J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2017;6(23):1877-1881, DOI: 10.14260/Jemds/2017/412
• Narendran N, Lally MS, Jose R. Social media use and perception of live lectures by medical students. J. Evid. Based Med. Healthc. 2017; 4(16), 921-924. DOI: 10.18410/jebmh/2017/178
• Narendran N, Ravi M, Jose R. Clinical and karyotypic profile of children with dysmorphology. J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2019;8(04):248-253, DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2019/54
• Ravi M, Narendran N, Jose R. Predictors of risk for abnormal karyotype in dysmorphic children. J. Evid. Based Med. Healthc. 2019; 6(0), 0000-0000. DOI: 10.18410/jebmh/2019/000
• Standard Treatment Guidelines in Pediatrics panel member , Govt of Kerala
• Latent TB guidelines - Akshaya Keralam - by IAP Kerala& Govt of Kerala panel member
• Chapter on Long term management of pediatric asthma in Text book of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
• IAP Kerala Presidential Action Plan module on Gender Equality - Chief contributor
• Narendran N, Divya M, Jose R. Disposal Methods of Used Pressurized Metered Dose Inhalers and Spacers by Families of Children With Asthma. Indian Pediatr. 2023;60(3):233-234. doi:10.1007/s13312-023-2842-1 (Accepted Dec 2022)
• Muraleedharan S, Narendran N, Jose R. Profile of Aeroallergen Sensitization in Childhood Asthmatics Aged 4-14 y at a Tertiary Care Hospital [published online ahead of print, 2023 Aug 24]. Indian J Pediatr. 2023;10.1007/s12098-023-04813-4. doi:10.1007/s12098-023-04813-4
• IAP NRC Text book of Pediatric Pulmonology - authored 4 chapters - Allergic Rhinitis , Food allergy , Urticaria , Angioedema