Present Designation:

Principal, Professor & Head of Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College Kottayam Kerala

Present positions:

• Secretary General, Indian Association of Social Psychiatry
• Convener, SAARC subcommittee of Indian Psychiatric Society
• General Secretary, National Alliance of Mental Health India
• Member- Kerala State Mental Health Authority
• Member- PG Board of Studies Kerala University of Health Sciences
• Member – Board of Disability Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
• Mentor, ICMR PR-III Research Initiative

Previous positions:

• Past President IPS Kerala Chapter
• Past Assistant Secretary IPS
• Past Hon Editor of Kerala Journal of Psychiatry
• Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
• Convenor of awards committee of IPS
• Member – Ethics Committee, Indian Medical Association, Kerala Chapter

Education:

MBBS from Government Medical College Kottayam Kerala and MD (Psychiatry) from Government Medical College Calicut

Career:

In Govt of Kerala Medical Education service since 1997 – worked in Govt MC Thrissur, Alappuzha and Kottayam.
MD Examiner, Thesis Evaluator, PhD Evaluator and Co-Guide in different universities of South India.

Awards and Honours:

• Fellowship for young psychiatrists by World Psychiatric Association (Cairo 2005)
• Prof J S Satyadas Oration Award for excellence in medical teaching (2011)
• Catholicate award for University Faculty (2017)
• Marfatia Award of Indian Psychiatric Society 2013.

Publications:

Thirty publications in international and national journals.
Co- Authored Handbook on Suicide Prevention, contributed chapter on Psychopharmacology in IPS Undergraduate Textbook of Psychiatry (2020), contributed chapter in Intellectual Disability Across Cultures ; Oxford University Publication (2021).
Authored a book “ Manorogangal” published by Kerala Bhasha Institute, and co-authored two books “ MaanasikaRogangalumPunaradhivasaum” and “ YogayumMaansikarogyavum” by Manorama Publications

Areas of interest:

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Public and Community Mental Health, Consultation – Liaison Psychiatry, Transgender psychiatry

Email: varghese.p.punnoose@gmail.com

Medical Council Registration Number: 18801 Travancore-Cochin Medical Council