(1) Snehalatha KS is a female technical officer from Madhavanivas Choorakattukara, Trichur District, Kerala. (2) She has an MA in Sociology and has worked on several community-based disease control programs and vector management projects during her career with the Vector Control Research Centre. (3) Her responsibilities included planning, organizing, and implementing community programs, as well as conducting training programs and publishing papers on topics like filariasis control and integrated vector management strategies.

1. Bio-data
(1) Name Snehalatha KS
(2) Gender Female
(3) Permanent Address Madhavanivas
Choorakattukara
Amalanagar PO
Trichur District, Kerala
(4)Date of Birth 22-08-1955
(5)Religion Hindu
(6)Educational qualification MA Sociology
(7) Designation Technical Officer
Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR)
Ministry of Health &Family Welfare,
Government of India
Pondicherry, India
(8) Telephone Personal- 9496262406
(9) E-mail dassnehadaslatha@yahoo.co.in
(10) Service details:
Technical officer
I was at Vector Control Research Centre (ICMR) as Technical officer and good exposure too many
community based programmes in planning, organizing and implementing it in many disease control .
Many training programmes were conducted by me in our institution. Training given to students
from Department of International Health-George Town University Washington DC ,United
States of America and St.Olaf College, Northfield MN, USA. Good knowledge in computer
operations. Successfully implemented community based IVM at Rubber Research Institute of

2. India, Chethackal, Kottayam. Now working as Relationship Officer in Dreams world Township,
Guruvayur.-
(11) ResearchTraining Experience
Duration & Particulars ofwork done
1987-1992 --- Technologymission projectforthe control of BrugianFilariasisinCherthala,Kerala
1992-1995 --- Studiesonthe current statusof FilariasisinChavakadtaluk,Kerala
1995-1998 --- Preparationof Master planfor MosquitoControl CochinCorporation,Kerala
1998-2005 -- - Developmentandevaluationof Advocacymeasures forthe control of lymphatic
Filariasis.PeoplesKAPandcompliance withAnnual singledose DECMass therapy
In rural areasof SouthIndia,Tamil Nadu
2005 – 2008 --- Formulatingaframe forDengue surveillance &forcasting.Phase1.Assessment
Of Dengue infectioninPondicherry
2008-2013 --- Ecologyand populationdynamicsof Dengue/Chikungunya Vectorstowards
Developmentanddemonstrationof IVMstrategyinplantationsectors
2014-2015 --- Organizing,planningandactive participationinthe study onthe transmissiondynamics
& control of Dengue in Forestfringe areasof Kerala.
2016 --- Executive inOperations andCustomercare - Dreams WorldLivingSpace pvtltd town
Township
12) ResearchSpecialization(major scientific fieldsof interest)
Planning, organizing and implementation of community based programmes
Community based Integrated Vector Management programmes

3. Community based Integrated Disease control Programmes
Morbidity management studies
Public relation and customer care
FieldTraining
Training given to students from Department of International Health-George Town University
Washington DC .United States of America and St.Olaf College, Northfield MN, USA
Project regarding: To students Intermational Health ,USA
1.Integrated Vector Management approach to decrease mosquito and mosquito borne
diseases.
2. Community perception on Brugian Filariasis (a disease under global elimination programme
of WHO) in Cherthala, Alapuzha district .To assess the sustence of the IVM strategy adopted for
control of B.Filariasis in Cherthala
3. Rural Apprehension on the Arbo-viral disease control programme in rubber plantation sector
of Kerala – post IVM Evaluation
4. Study on Polymer based Personal protection DEET &DEPA compounds against mosquito bites
in Plantation areas. KAP study among plantation workers in Central ExperimentStation,
Chethackal (RRII) and Malankara plantation Iduki district
5.Knowledge,Attitude and practices regarding vector borne diseases
(13)Important publications
1.Dhanda,V.,Panicker , KN.,Sabesan S., Krishnamurthy K., Pradeep Kumar ,N., Rajendran
G.,Nanda,B.,Ambilikumar.,Jayasree,M.,Krishnakumarai,A.,Snehalatha,KS.,and Abidha Control of
Brugian filariasis-A community approach. Miscellaneous Publication of VCRC. 19:1-15(1992)
2.Snehalatha,KS.,Krishnakumari, A.,Jayasree ,M.,Sabesan ,S.,and Panicker KN.(1992).An
intersectoral approach for disease vector control and collateral gains accured to the

4. community in Cherthala taluk,Kerala .Proceedings fourth Kerala Science Congress
,Trissur,1992:351.
3.Rajendran,G.,Panicker,KN.,Krishnamoorthy,K.,Sabesan,S.,Snehalatha KS., Radhakrishnan
R.(1997).Current status of filariasis in Chavakad taluk,Trissur district,Kerala.Journal of
Communicable Diseases.29(4):313-323.
4.Snehalatha KS.,Ramiah KD,Vijaya Kumar KN.,Das PK.Th e mosquito problem and type and cost
of personal protection measures used in rural and urban communities in Pondicherry region
South India ,Acta Tropica ,88:3-9.2003(impact factor 2.561)
5. KD Ramiah, KN Vijayakumar, E .Hosein, P.Krishnamoorthy, DJ Augustin, KS .Snehalatha,
B.Nanda and PK.Das .A campaign of “communication for behavioral impact” to improve mass
drug administration against lymphatic filariasis: structure, implementation and impact on
peoples knowledge and treatment coverage. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
.2006 (impact factor 1.43)
6.P.Jambulingam, N.P. Kumar, S.Sabesan, K.Krishnamoorthy, M.Kalyanasudaram, J. Mathew,
V.T.Jose, S.Thankamani, S. raj, R.Joseph, A.kumar, K.S.Snehalatha,S. Abidha ,T.Kamarj.
Entomological and environmental risk factors on the Chikungunya fever epidemic in different
ecological settings of Kerala State. India (in Press)