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== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Abhaya Indrayan was born on 11 November 1945, in Meerut, {{wipe|India}}. He was born during the time that India was fighting for its freedom from the British rule. That was the reason why his father, who was a freedom fighter, was jailed repeatedly for long periods.
Abhaya Indrayan was born on 11 November 1945, in Meerut, [[Place:India|India]]. He was born during the time that India was fighting for its freedom from the British rule. That was the reason why his father, who was a freedom fighter, was jailed repeatedly for long periods.


Abhaya took his early education in Meerut from N.A.S. Inter. College and Meerut College. In 1977, he received his master's degree and Doctoral degree<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.osu.edu/people/alumni/1975-1979 |title=Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, Graduation Year: 1975–1979 |accessdate=26 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216131011/https://www.stat.osu.edu/people/alumni/1975-1979 |archive-date=16 December 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> from [[Organization:Ohio State University|Ohio State University]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.--> in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Abhaya took his early education in Meerut from N.A.S. Inter. College and Meerut College. In 1977, he received his master's degree and Doctoral degree<ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, Graduation Year: 1975–1979 |url=http://www.stat.osu.edu/people/alumni/1975-1979 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216131011/https://www.stat.osu.edu/people/alumni/1975-1979 |archive-date=16 December 2016 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> from [[Organization:Ohio State University|Ohio State University]] in Columbus, Ohio, USA.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Abhaya Indrayan was the founding Professor and Head of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics<ref name="ucms">{{cite web |url=http://www.ucms.ac.in/d_biostatistics.htm |title=Department of Biostatistics, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi |accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> in Delhi University College of Medical Sciences. In 1995, his department was set up as an independent division, and was upgraded to a full department in 2005.<ref name="ucms" />
Abhaya Indrayan was the founding Professor and Head of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=UCMS - BMI |url=https://www.ucms.ac.in/departments/bmi |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=www.ucms.ac.in}}</ref> in Delhi University College of Medical Sciences. In 1995, his department was set up as an independent division, and was upgraded to a full department in 2005.<ref name=":0" />


During his tenure in the college since 1979, he had been the Sports Adviser, Coordinator of Medical Education Unit,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://medicaleducationunit.yolasite.com/ |title= University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University, Medical Education Unit |accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> Chairman Computer Committee, Convenor Souvenir Committee, Incharge Annual Reports and held several other important assignments. He also taught online courses for the students of Institute of Statistics Education in Arlington County, Virginia.
During his tenure in the college since 1979, he had been the Sports Adviser, Coordinator of Medical Education Unit, Chairman Computer Committee, Convenor Souvenir Committee, Incharge Annual Reports and held several other important assignments. He also taught online courses for the students of Institute of Statistics Education<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Abhaya Indrayan |url=https://www.statistics.com/instructor/dr-abhaya-indrayan/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Statistics.com: Data Science, Analytics & Statistics Courses |language=en-US}}</ref> in Arlington County, Virginia.


He has more than 200 publications to his credit,<ref>[http://indrayan.weebly.com/publications.html "Publications"]. ''Indrayan personal website''. Retrieved 27 October 2017.</ref> including the books ''Medical Biostatistics''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crcpress.com/Medical-Biostatistics-Fourth-Edition/Indrayan-Malhotra/p/book/9781498799539 |title=Medical Biostatistics, CRC Press |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> and ''Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals.''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crcpress.com/Concise-Encyclopedia-of-Biostatistics-for-Medical-Professionals/Indrayan-Holt/p/book/9781482243871 |title=Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals, CRC Press |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> A partial list of his publications appears at the website of Indian Academy of Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Indrayan=3AAbhaya=3A=3A.html |title= Publication of Fellows, Indian Academy of Sciences |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> Among his other significant works are: smoking index<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://biostats.bepress.com/cobra/art40/|title=A simple index of smoking |journal=Cobra Preprint Series |date=6 November 2008 |accessdate=27 October 2017|last1=Indrayan |first1=Abhaya }}</ref> at Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive of Berkeley Electronic Press, which is among the top 5 downloads;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://readership.works.bepress.com/?.authP=authdash%2Cuserid%2C.authTX&authdash=1&userid=1107238&.authTX=1525030722&.authT=gcivq6z0xo6C37vHLhA0oyzKvHEdbI |title=Author Dashboard, Berkeley Electronic Press |accessdate=2 March 2013}}</ref> and estimates and projections of cardiovascular and diabetes cases in India,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://origin.searo.who.int/india/topics/cardiovascular_diseases/Commision_on_Macroeconomic_and_Health_Bg_P2_Forecasting_vascular_disease_cases_and_associated_mortality_in_India.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20200403073310/http://origin.searo.who.int/india/topics/cardiovascular_diseases/Commision_on_Macroeconomic_and_Health_Bg_P2_Forecasting_vascular_disease_cases_and_associated_mortality_in_India.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 April 2020 |title=Forecasting vascular disease cases and associated mortality in India, Background Papers, Burden of Disease in India, National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, Government of India, 2005 |accessdate=27 October 2017 }}</ref> which are quoted in the Government of India's official estimates at National Health Profile.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/08%20Health%20Status%20%20Indicators%20%202011.pdf |title=Health Status Indicators, National Health Profile of India 2011, Government of India, pages 97 and 100 |accessdate=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927114556/http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/08%20Health%20Status%20%20Indicators%20%202011.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
He has more than 290 publications to his credit,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications |url=https://indrayan.weebly.com/publications.html |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Abhaya INDRAYAN |language=en}}</ref> including the books ''Medical Biostatistics''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Medical Biostatistics |url=https://www.routledge.com/Medical-Biostatistics/Indrayan-Malhotra/p/book/9781498799539 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}</ref> and ''Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals |url=https://www.routledge.com/Concise-Encyclopedia-of-Biostatistics-for-Medical-Professionals/Indrayan-Holt/p/book/9781482243871 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}</ref> A partial list of his publications appears at the website of Indian Academy of Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Browse by Fellow - Publications of the IAS Fellows |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Indrayan=3AAbhaya=3A=3A.html |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=repository.ias.ac.in}}</ref> Among his other significant works are: smoking index<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Indrayan |first1=Abhaya |last2=Kumar |first2=Rajeev |last3=Dwivedi |first3=Shridhar |date=2008-11-06 |title=A SIMPLE INDEX OF SMOKING |url=https://biostats.bepress.com/cobra/art40 |journal=COBRA Preprint Series}}</ref> at Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive of Berkeley Electronic Press, which was among the top 5 downloads;<ref>{{Cite web |title=bepress.com - Log In Required |url=https://login.bepress.com/login/?next=/auth/authorize/%3Fresponse_type%3Dcode%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fresources.bepress.com%252Fcgi%252Flogin.cgi%253Freturn_to%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Freadership.works.bepress.com%25252F%25253F.authP%25253Dauthdash%25252Cuserid%25252C.authTX%26client_id%3D673F58F2VPQ9P4MN7DA3577MFKPAYE279K9VWJZ2%26state%3DD6aCmQNZBwK2zumH2qScBkr6NKvNfeRe%26scope%3Dopenid%2520profile#/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=login.bepress.com}}</ref> and estimates and projections of cardiovascular and diabetes cases in India,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Indrayan |first=Abhaya |title=Forecasting vascular disease cases and associated mortality in India, Background Papers, Burden of Disease in India, National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, Government of India, 2005 |url=http://origin.searo.who.int/india/topics/cardiovascular_diseases/Commision_on_Macroeconomic_and_Health_Bg_P2_Forecasting_vascular_disease_cases_and_associated_mortality_in_India.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20200403073310/http://origin.searo.who.int/india/topics/cardiovascular_diseases/Commision_on_Macroeconomic_and_Health_Bg_P2_Forecasting_vascular_disease_cases_and_associated_mortality_in_India.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2020 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> which were quoted in the Government of India's official estimates at National Health Profile.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Indrayan |first=Abhaya |title=Health Status Indicators, National Health Profile of India 2011, Government of India, pages 97 and 100 |url=http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/08%20Health%20Status%20%20Indicators%20%202011.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927114556/http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/08%20Health%20Status%20%20Indicators%20%202011.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>


He stayed in the institution until retiring in 2010, wherein he attained the age of 65.
He stayed in the institution until retiring in 2010, wherein he attained the age of 65.


== Achievements ==
== Achievements ==
Abhaya Indrayan collaborated with the World Health Organization for several projects including ''National Burden of Disease Studies: a Practical Guide'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/healthinfo/nationalburdenofdiseasemanual.pdf |title=National Burden of Disease Studies: A Practical Guide, Edition 2.0, World Health Organization, 2001, page iii |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> ''Teaching Health Statistics'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/42079/1/9241545186_eng_part1.pdf |title=Teaching Health Statistics: Lesson and Seminar Outlines, World Health Organization, 1999, page viii |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> and ''11 Health Questions about the 11 SEAR Countries'',<ref>{{cite book |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/204719|title=11 Health Questions about 11 SEAR Countries, World Health Organization, SEARO, 1999 |year=2007 |publisher=WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia |hdl=10665/204719 |isbn=9789290222477 |accessdate=24 October 2017}}</ref> and served as Temporary Adviser to their Bi-Regional Consultation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562455.pdf |title=Report on Regional Consultation and Technical Workshop on Health Systems Performance Assessment, WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 18–21 June 2001 |accessdate=27 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927125204/http://www.who.int/health-systems-performance/regional_consultations/searo_report.pdf |archivedate=27 September 2013 }}</ref> He was a technical editor of their biregional report ''Health in Asia and the Pacific''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wpro.who.int/health_information_evidence/documents/Health_in_Asia_Pacific.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810145659/http://www.wpro.who.int/health_information_evidence/documents/Health_in_Asia_Pacific.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 August 2017|title=Health in Asia and the Pacific, World Health Organization, South East Asia Region and Western Pacific Region, 2008 |accessdate=24 October 2017}}</ref> and participated in their debate on ''Health Systems Performance Assessment.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/42735|title=Health Systems Performance Assessment: Debates, Methods and Empiricism (eds. CJL Murray and DB Evans), World Health Organization, SEARO, 1999 |year=2003 |hdl=10665/42735 |accessdate=24 October 2017|last1=Murray |first1=Christopher J. L. }}</ref> He has completed 32 assignments for the World Health Organization, 3 for the World Bank, 3 for UNAIDS and 2 for Danish Assistance to the National Program for Prevention and Control of Blindness. He has proposed Statistical Medicine <ref>{{cite journal |title=Statistical Medicine |journal=Journal of Postgraduate Medicine |date=October 2017 |volume=63 |issue=4 |doi=10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_189_17 |last1=Indrayan |first1=A. |pages=252–256 |pmid=29022563 |pmc=5664870 |s2cid=5395045 |doi-access=free }}</ref> as a new emerging medical specialty.
Abhaya Indrayan collaborated with the [[Organization:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] for several projects including ''National Burden of Disease Studies: a Practical Guide'',<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mathers |first1=C. |last2=Vos |first2=T. |last3=Lopez |first3=Alan D. |last4=Salomon |first4=J. |date=2001 |title=National burden of disease Studies: a practical guide. Global Program on Evidence for Health Policy |journal=Semantics Scholar|s2cid=79169108 }}</ref> ''Teaching Health Statistics'',<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lwanga |first1=Stephen Kaggwa |url=https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/42079 |title=Teaching health statistics : lesson and seminar outlines |last2=Tye |first2=Cho-Yook |last3=Ayeni |first3=O. |last4=Organization |first4=World Health |date=1999 |publisher=World Health Organization |isbn=978-92-4-154518-1 |language=tr}}</ref> and ''11 Health Questions about the 11 SEAR Countries'',<ref>{{Cite journal |title=11 Health Questions about 11 SEAR Countries, World Health Organization, SEARO, 1999 |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/204719 |journal=International Repository for Information Sharing|date=2007 |hdl=10665/204719 |isbn=978-92-9022-247-7 }}</ref> and served as Temporary Adviser to their Bi-Regional Consultation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report on Regional Consultation and Technical Workshop on Health Systems Performance Assessment, WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 18–21 June 2001 |url=http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562455.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927125204/http://www.who.int/health-systems-performance/regional_consultations/searo_report.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> He was a technical editor of their biregional report ''Health in Asia and the Pacific''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Health in Asia and the Pacific, World Health Organization, South East Asia Region and Western Pacific Region, 2008 |url=http://www.wpro.who.int/health_information_evidence/documents/Health_in_Asia_Pacific.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810145659/http://www.wpro.who.int/health_information_evidence/documents/Health_in_Asia_Pacific.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2017 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> and participated in their debate on ''Health Systems Performance Assessment.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Murray |first=Christopher J. L. |title=Health Systems Performance Assessment: Debates, Methods and Empiricism (eds. CJL Murray and DB Evans), World Health Organization, SEARO, 1999 |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/42735 |journal=Institutional Repository for Information Sharing|date=2003 |hdl=10665/42735 |isbn=978-92-4-156245-4 }}</ref> He has completed 32 assignments for the World Health Organization, 3 for the World Bank, 3 for UNAIDS and 2 for Danish Assistance to the National Program for Prevention and Control of Blindness. He has proposed Statistical Medicine<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Indrayan |first=Abhaya |date=October 2017 |title=Statistical Medicine |journal=Journal of Postgraduate Medicine |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=252–256 |doi=10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_189_17 |pmc=5664870 |pmid=29022563 |s2cid=5395045 |doi-access=free}}</ref> as a new emerging medical specialty, proposed biomarkers for quantitatively measuring positive health,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Indrayan |first1=Abhaya |last2=Vishwakarma |first2=Gayatri |last3=Verma |first3=Saumya |last4=Sarmukaddam |first4=Sanjeev |last5=Tyagi |first5=Asha |date=2023 |title=Quest for Biomarkers of Positive Health: A Review |journal=Indian Journal of Community Medicine |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=382–389 |doi=10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_480_22 |doi-access=free |issn=0970-0218 |pmid=37469906|pmc=10353687 }}</ref> and a simple method to measure quantitative agreement.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Indrayan |first=Abhaya |date=May 2023 |title=Direct Use of Clinical Tolerance Limits for Assessing the Degree of Agreement between Two Methods of Measuring Blood Pressure |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37137481/ |journal=Southern Medical Journal |volume=116 |issue=5 |pages=435–439 |doi=10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001551 |issn=1541-8243 |pmid=37137481}}</ref>


== Honors and awards ==
== Honors and awards ==
* Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2011).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/search/fellow |title=Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref>
* Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/search/fellow |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> (2010).
* Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rss.org.uk/site/mysite/viewhosted.asp?id=27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505153554/https://www.rss.org.uk/site/mysite/viewhosted.asp?id=27 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=Fellowship, Royal Statistical Society, login required |accessdate=28 October 2017 }}</ref> (2002)
* Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellowship, Royal Statistical Society, login required |url=https://www.rss.org.uk/site/mysite/viewhosted.asp?id=27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505153554/https://www.rss.org.uk/site/mysite/viewhosted.asp?id=27 |archive-date=5 May 2013 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> (2002)
* Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) – a rare distinction for a non-medical scientist to be so honoured at that time (1998)<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref>
* Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) – a rare distinction for a non-medical scientist to be so honoured at that time<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=List of Fellows - NAMS |url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref> (1999)
* Elected Fellow of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (1996)
* Elected Fellow of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (1996)
* WHO Fellow and Visiting Research Scientist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (1995)
* WHO Fellow and Visiting Research Scientist at the [[Organization:University of Massachusetts Amherst|University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA]] (1995)
* Convenor, Special Interest Group on Medical Informatics, Computer Society of India (1994–1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nplindia.org/sisnissat/nnl9402/nnl9402.pdf|title=Medical Informatics: Special Interest Group Set up by CSI appearing in NISSAT Newsletter No 2, 1994, pages 39–40|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref>
* Chairman, Silver Jubilee Committee, Indian Society for Medical Statistics (2008–2011)
* Chairman, Silver Jubilee Committee, Indian Society for Medical Statistics (2008–2011)
* President-Elect of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (2012–2014)
* President-Elect of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (2012–2014)
* President, Indian Society for Medical Statistics, 2015
* President, Indian Society for Medical Statistics<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISMS Presidents |url=https://www.isms-ind.org/office-bearers.pdf}}</ref> (2015)


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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*  {{cite book |title=Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals |last=Indrayan |first=A. and Holt, M.P. |year=2016 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4822-4387-1}}
*  {{cite book |title=Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals |last=Indrayan |first=A. and Holt, M.P. |year=2016 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4822-4387-1}}
*  {{cite book |title=Simple Biostatistics for MBBS, PG Entrance and USMLE |edition=4th |last=Indrayan |first=A. |year=2013 |publisher=Academa Publishers |isbn=978-81-88511-74-7}}
*  {{cite book |title=Simple Biostatistics for MBBS, PG Entrance and USMLE |edition=4th |last=Indrayan |first=A. |year=2013 |publisher=Academa Publishers |isbn=978-81-88511-74-7}}
*  {{cite book |title=Fundamentals of Medical Research: For emerging researchers |edition=1st |last=Indrayan |first=A. |year=2012 |publisher=Lap Lambert |isbn=978-3-659-20862-1}}
*  {{cite book |title=Biostatistics for Medical, Nursing and Pharmacy Students |edition=1st |last=Indrayan |first=A. |year=2006 |publisher=PHI Learning |isbn=978-81-203-3054-2}}
*  {{cite book |title=Biostatistics for Medical, Nursing and Pharmacy Students |edition=1st |last=Indrayan |first=A. |year=2006 |publisher=PHI Learning |isbn=978-81-203-3054-2}}
*  {{cite book |title=HIV/AIDS Research in India |last=Indrayan |first=A. |year=1997 |publisher=National AIDS Control Organization |isbn=}}
*  {{cite book |title=HIV/AIDS Research in India |last=Indrayan |first=A. |year=1997 |publisher=National AIDS Control Organization |isbn=}}

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Dr. Abhaya Indrayan
Abhaya Indrayan (2021).jpg
Born (1945-11-11) 11 November 1945 (age 79)
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
India
NationalityIndian
Other namesA. Indrayan
OccupationProfessor
Known forHis work on medical biostatistics
Spouse(s)married
Children2

Abhaya Indrayan (born 11 November 1945) is an Indian professor and researcher of Biostatistics. He had worked with different organizations and universities, including Delhi University College of Medical Sciences and the World Health Organization.

Abhaya resides in Delhi NCR, India after his retirement. He is married and has two children.

Early life and education

Abhaya Indrayan was born on 11 November 1945, in Meerut, India. He was born during the time that India was fighting for its freedom from the British rule. That was the reason why his father, who was a freedom fighter, was jailed repeatedly for long periods.

Abhaya took his early education in Meerut from N.A.S. Inter. College and Meerut College. In 1977, he received his master's degree and Doctoral degree[1] from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Career

Abhaya Indrayan was the founding Professor and Head of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics[2] in Delhi University College of Medical Sciences. In 1995, his department was set up as an independent division, and was upgraded to a full department in 2005.[2]

During his tenure in the college since 1979, he had been the Sports Adviser, Coordinator of Medical Education Unit, Chairman Computer Committee, Convenor Souvenir Committee, Incharge Annual Reports and held several other important assignments. He also taught online courses for the students of Institute of Statistics Education[3] in Arlington County, Virginia.

He has more than 290 publications to his credit,[4] including the books Medical Biostatistics[5] and Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals.[6] A partial list of his publications appears at the website of Indian Academy of Sciences.[7] Among his other significant works are: smoking index[8] at Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive of Berkeley Electronic Press, which was among the top 5 downloads;[9] and estimates and projections of cardiovascular and diabetes cases in India,[10] which were quoted in the Government of India's official estimates at National Health Profile.[11]

He stayed in the institution until retiring in 2010, wherein he attained the age of 65.

Achievements

Abhaya Indrayan collaborated with the World Health Organization for several projects including National Burden of Disease Studies: a Practical Guide,[12] Teaching Health Statistics,[13] and 11 Health Questions about the 11 SEAR Countries,[14] and served as Temporary Adviser to their Bi-Regional Consultation.[15] He was a technical editor of their biregional report Health in Asia and the Pacific[16] and participated in their debate on Health Systems Performance Assessment.[17] He has completed 32 assignments for the World Health Organization, 3 for the World Bank, 3 for UNAIDS and 2 for Danish Assistance to the National Program for Prevention and Control of Blindness. He has proposed Statistical Medicine[18] as a new emerging medical specialty, proposed biomarkers for quantitatively measuring positive health,[19] and a simple method to measure quantitative agreement.[20]

Honors and awards

  • Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences[21] (2010).
  • Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.[22] (2002)
  • Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) – a rare distinction for a non-medical scientist to be so honoured at that time[23] (1999)
  • Elected Fellow of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (1996)
  • WHO Fellow and Visiting Research Scientist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (1995)
  • Chairman, Silver Jubilee Committee, Indian Society for Medical Statistics (2008–2011)
  • President-Elect of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (2012–2014)
  • President, Indian Society for Medical Statistics[24] (2015)

Bibliography

  • Indrayan, A. and Malhotra, RK. (2017). Medical Biostatistics (4th ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4987-9953-9. 
  • Indrayan, A. (2017). Basic Methods of Medical Research (4th ed.). AITBS Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7473-335-1. 
  • Indrayan, A. and Holt, M.P. (2016). Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4822-4387-1. 
  • Indrayan, A. (2013). Simple Biostatistics for MBBS, PG Entrance and USMLE (4th ed.). Academa Publishers. ISBN 978-81-88511-74-7. 
  • Indrayan, A. (2006). Biostatistics for Medical, Nursing and Pharmacy Students (1st ed.). PHI Learning. ISBN 978-81-203-3054-2. 
  • Indrayan, A. (1997). HIV/AIDS Research in India. National AIDS Control Organization. 
  • Indrayan, A. (1986). Solution Manual for Introduction to Statistical Methods, Volume 1. Rowman & Allanheld. 

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, Graduation Year: 1975–1979". http://www.stat.osu.edu/people/alumni/1975-1979. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "UCMS - BMI". https://www.ucms.ac.in/departments/bmi. 
  3. ↑ "Dr. Abhaya Indrayan" (in en-US). https://www.statistics.com/instructor/dr-abhaya-indrayan/. 
  4. ↑ "Publications" (in en). https://indrayan.weebly.com/publications.html. 
  5. ↑ "Medical Biostatistics" (in en). https://www.routledge.com/Medical-Biostatistics/Indrayan-Malhotra/p/book/9781498799539. 
  6. ↑ "Concise Encyclopedia of Biostatistics for Medical Professionals" (in en). https://www.routledge.com/Concise-Encyclopedia-of-Biostatistics-for-Medical-Professionals/Indrayan-Holt/p/book/9781482243871. 
  7. ↑ "Browse by Fellow - Publications of the IAS Fellows". http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Indrayan=3AAbhaya=3A=3A.html. 
  8. ↑ Indrayan, Abhaya; Kumar, Rajeev; Dwivedi, Shridhar (2008-11-06). "A SIMPLE INDEX OF SMOKING". COBRA Preprint Series. https://biostats.bepress.com/cobra/art40. 
  9. ↑ "bepress.com - Log In Required". https://login.bepress.com/login/?next=/auth/authorize/%3Fresponse_type%3Dcode%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fresources.bepress.com%252Fcgi%252Flogin.cgi%253Freturn_to%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Freadership.works.bepress.com%25252F%25253F.authP%25253Dauthdash%25252Cuserid%25252C.authTX%26client_id%3D673F58F2VPQ9P4MN7DA3577MFKPAYE279K9VWJZ2%26state%3DD6aCmQNZBwK2zumH2qScBkr6NKvNfeRe%26scope%3Dopenid%2520profile#/. 
  10. ↑ Indrayan, Abhaya. "Forecasting vascular disease cases and associated mortality in India, Background Papers, Burden of Disease in India, National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, Government of India, 2005". http://origin.searo.who.int/india/topics/cardiovascular_diseases/Commision_on_Macroeconomic_and_Health_Bg_P2_Forecasting_vascular_disease_cases_and_associated_mortality_in_India.pdf. 
  11. ↑ Indrayan, Abhaya. "Health Status Indicators, National Health Profile of India 2011, Government of India, pages 97 and 100". http://cbhidghs.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/08%20Health%20Status%20%20Indicators%20%202011.pdf. 
  12. ↑ Mathers, C.; Vos, T.; Lopez, Alan D.; Salomon, J. (2001). "National burden of disease Studies: a practical guide. Global Program on Evidence for Health Policy". Semantics Scholar. 
  13. ↑ Lwanga, Stephen Kaggwa; Tye, Cho-Yook; Ayeni, O.; Organization, World Health (1999) (in tr). Teaching health statistics : lesson and seminar outlines. World Health Organization. ISBN 978-92-4-154518-1. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/42079. 
  14. ↑ "11 Health Questions about 11 SEAR Countries, World Health Organization, SEARO, 1999". International Repository for Information Sharing. 2007. ISBN 978-92-9022-247-7. http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/204719. 
  15. ↑ "Report on Regional Consultation and Technical Workshop on Health Systems Performance Assessment, WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 18–21 June 2001". http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241562455.pdf. 
  16. ↑ "Health in Asia and the Pacific, World Health Organization, South East Asia Region and Western Pacific Region, 2008". http://www.wpro.who.int/health_information_evidence/documents/Health_in_Asia_Pacific.pdf. 
  17. ↑ Murray, Christopher J. L. (2003). "Health Systems Performance Assessment: Debates, Methods and Empiricism (eds. CJL Murray and DB Evans), World Health Organization, SEARO, 1999". Institutional Repository for Information Sharing. ISBN 978-92-4-156245-4. http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/42735. 
  18. ↑ Indrayan, Abhaya (October 2017). "Statistical Medicine". Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 63 (4): 252–256. doi:10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_189_17. PMID 29022563. 
  19. ↑ Indrayan, Abhaya; Vishwakarma, Gayatri; Verma, Saumya; Sarmukaddam, Sanjeev; Tyagi, Asha (2023). "Quest for Biomarkers of Positive Health: A Review". Indian Journal of Community Medicine 48 (3): 382–389. doi:10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_480_22. ISSN 0970-0218. PMID 37469906. 
  20. ↑ Indrayan, Abhaya (May 2023). "Direct Use of Clinical Tolerance Limits for Assessing the Degree of Agreement between Two Methods of Measuring Blood Pressure". Southern Medical Journal 116 (5): 435–439. doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001551. ISSN 1541-8243. PMID 37137481. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37137481/. 
  21. ↑ "Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences". http://www.ias.ac.in/search/fellow. 
  22. ↑ "Fellowship, Royal Statistical Society, login required". https://www.rss.org.uk/site/mysite/viewhosted.asp?id=27. 
  23. ↑ "List of Fellows - NAMS". 2016. http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf. 
  24. ↑ "ISMS Presidents". https://www.isms-ind.org/office-bearers.pdf. 



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