Dr V Raman Kutty

Dr V. Raman Kutty is a public health expert, health economist, and researcher with extensive experience in health policy and health systems research. Trained as a paediatrician, he earned his MD from Kerala University, an M.Phil. in Applied Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University. He served as Senior Professor and Head of the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, where he established the Health Technology Assessment unit. He has advised successive Kerala governments on health policy and contributed significantly to research on health economics, chronic diseases, healthcare financing, and equity. The author of A Primer of Health Systems Economics, he has published over 150 research papers and mentored numerous postgraduate students and doctoral scholars. Currently, he serves as Research Director at Amala Institute of Medical Sciences and Amala Cancer Research Centre, Thrissur.