Dr Deepa Austin

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Dr Deepa Austin heads the dedicated PSPH Satellite Office at the MAHE Bengaluru campus. She brings together academic leadership, technical expertise, and collaborative engagement to strengthen PSPH’s growing work in health technology assessment (HTA), health informatics, and health systems strengthening.

Dr Austin plays a pivotal role as PSPH’s liaison with government bodies, public institutions, and other strategic agencies engaged in health technology assessment (HTA), health systems strengthening, and digital innovation. Prior to joining PSPH, she has engaged with collaborative projects of World Economic Forum (WEF), International Labour Organisation(ILO), and Government of Karnataka [Department of IT and BT, Department of EHealth, Department of Nutrition]. She has to her credit an Indian Copyright on a Diet Quality Assessment Questionnaire. She works towards building and sustaining institutional partnerships, facilitate technical dialogues, and coordinate collaborative initiatives that advance the School’s academic, research, and policy engagement. She is instrumental in organizing events, expert consultations, and sectoral engagements at the Bengaluru campus, and represent PSPH in key institutional, professional, and government forums as required, thereby strengthening the School’s visibility, influence, and collaborative reach.

At PSPH, Dr Austin offers teaching, training, and academic mentorship to the MSc HTA programme. She provides guidance to Master’s and PhD students in related areas, support online learning and capacity-building programmes. She contributes to the HTA activities of the HTA Regional Resource Centre of the Department of Health Research, Government of India, housed at PSPH. She engages with a focused programme of work in Health Informatics, while advancing collaborative projects that integrate health technology, data systems, and digital solutions.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject	Semester / Year
Essentials of Project Management and Leadership in HTA	Year II
Principles of HTA and Health systems	Year I
Ethics and Governance in HTA	Year I
Technology and Innovation in healthcare	Year I

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	Year of passing
Post-doctoral fellow	Emerging Technologies, Ethics and Governance	International Institute of Information Technology- Bangalore (IIIT-B)
PhD	IT and Health Systems	IIIT-B
MDS	Public Health Dentistry	RGUHS, Karnataka
MHA	Hospital planning & Administration	ICFAI, Tripura
BDS		Govt. Dental College, Calicut, Kerala

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
PSPH	Assistant Professor (Senior Scale)		From April 2026
IIIT-B	Post-doctoral fellow		2024-2026
IIIT-B	Phd Scholar		2018-2024
RGUHS	Post-graduate Scholar		2014-2017
MARC, Bangalore	Visiting Faculty		2012-2013
ISIS medicare, Bangalore (current Hosmat Hospital)	NABH coordinator		2011-2012
Marian Institute of Healthcare Management, Goa(Current GIMS)	Teaching Faculty		2010
Clinical Practice	Dentist		2007-2010
Mar Baseleios Dental College, Kerala	Lecturer		2004-2006
Clinical practice	Dentist		2001-2006