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Ph.D, Public Health (Health Economics), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

Master of Health Administration, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Himachal Pradesh University

Prof. (Dr.) Neha Purohit

Assistant Professor

Email neha.purohit@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-8145-2206
Key Expertise Primary healthcare, Health financing and governance, Health policy and systems research, Community engagement, Digital health, Mental health, and Implementation research.

Ph.D, Public Health (Health Economics), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

Master of Health Administration, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Himachal Pradesh University

Biography

Dr. Neha Purohit is a public health researcher, academician, and health systems professional. She holds a Master of Health Administration from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and a PhD in Public Health (Health Economics) from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, where her doctoral research focused on the economics of primary healthcare delivery in India. Her academic contributions have been recognised through honours and fellowships, including the TISS Institute Gold Medal, National Junior Research Fellowship, and HTAsiaLink Early Career Researcher Fellowship.

Dr. Purohit’s research and professional experience span health systems and service delivery, health financing, workforce efficiency, strategic purchasing, economic evaluation, quality of life, out-of-pocket expenditure, and programme evaluation. Through her work with national and international agencies, she has contributed to initiatives at the intersection of evidence, policy, and programme implementation.

Her areas of interest include primary healthcare, health financing and governance, health policy and systems research, community engagement, digital health, mental health, and implementation research. She has published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet Global Health, Bulletin of the WHO, Health Policy and Planning, and BMJ journals. She is committed to interdisciplinary teaching, policy-relevant research, and mentoring students to understand and address contemporary public health and health systems challenges.
 

  • Leadership and Communication in Public Health
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Global Burden of Disease
  • HTAsiaLink Early Career Researcher Fellowship, 2025
  • AIIMS Jodhpur Young Scientist Award in Epidemiology, 2022
  • Institute Gold Medal, Master of Health Administration, 2019
  • Alumni Association of Health Administrator’s Chapter Shield and Prize, 2019
  • Ninth position in H.P. state merit list for Higher Secondary Certificate examination, 2006
  • Access versus excess: Cost-effectiveness of open access versus regulated access for bedaquiline in the treatment of tuberculosis in India, HTAsiaLink, 2025
  • Health System Global
  • International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
  • Indian Health Economics and Policy Association

Purohit N, Goyal A, Jyani G, et al. Do publicly supported generic pharmacies improve financial risk protection? Findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey in India. BMJ Open 2026;16:e113839.

Purohit N, Singh S, Ambekar A, Duseja A, Mishra AK, Rao GN, Soundappan K, Kotwal A, Prinja S. Health and economic impact of universal screening and management of alcohol use disorders in India: An economic modelling study. Addiction. 2026 Sep;121(9):2341-2352.

Purohit N, Prinja S. Strengthening kidney care through evidence-informed participatory policymaking. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 2026;22(4):249-251.

Purohit N, Goyal A, Gupta PC, Thattaruthody F, Gupta A, Soundappan K, Prinja S. Assessing quality of life of patients with cataract and glaucoma using generic and vision-specific instruments in India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 2026;51(Suppl 2):S307-S316.

Kocher EL, Uppal T, Purohit N, Sharma H, Mohan S, Sharma R, Jarhyan P, Ali M, Ali MK, Tandon N, Prinja S, Patel SA. Cost of diabetes and hypertension services delivered in primary and secondary-level government facilities in Punjab, India. BMC Health Serv Res. 2026;26(1):244.

Prakash WD, Khanna RC, Marmamula S, Mettla AL, Giridhar P, Purohit N, et al. Cumulative incidence of myopia and risk factors in rural south India: results from the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study III. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 2026;109(7):1500-1508

Singh A, Dhillon HS, Purohit N, Ghosh A, Naik S, Subodh BN, Basu D, Shankar P. A cost-minimization analysis of telemedicine vs standard induction for buprenorphine: Evidence from a randomized clinical trial in India. Indian J Psychiatry. 2026;68(7):609-615.

Purohit N, Singh SM, Rao GN, Soundappan K, Kotwal A, Prinja S. Comprehensive primary health care for cost-effective scale-up of depression screening in India: an economic modelling study. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2025 Dec 2;43:100701.

Purohit N, Muraleedharan VR. In: Prinja, S. (eds) Healthcare Financing and Insurance. Springer, Singapore. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3513-2_2.

Purohit N, Prinja S. Reply to Letter to Editor: Is universal depression screening cost-effective across all Indian states? Addressing parameter uncertainty. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2026,12:100717.

Purohit N, Goyal A, Singh SM, Grover S, Prinja S. Quality of life and financial implications of depression in India. Indian J Psychiatry. 2025;67(7):675-684

Purohit N, Buttan S, Gupta PC, Choudhury R, Soundappan K, Kotwal A, Prinja S. Seizing the silent vision loss: Cost-Utility Analysis of Population-Based Glaucoma Screening in India. BMJ Open. 2025 3;15(4):e098113.

Purohit N, Goyal A, Gupta V, Gupta PC, Singh P, Prinja S. Measuring quality of life of patients with diabetic retinopathy in India: A comparison of generic and vision specific instruments. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2025;23(1):17.

Purohit N, Gupta PC, Buttan S, Chauhan AS, Choudhury RK, Kotwal A, Prinja S. Optimizing diabetic retinopathy screening at Primary Health Centres in India: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Pharmacoecon Open. 2025;9(4):627-638.

Purohit N, Goyal A, Gupta PC, Thattaruthody F, Prinja S. Assessing quality of life in patients with cataract and glaucoma: Insights from north India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2025;73(1):152-153.

Purohit N, Avasthi K, Rairker A, Kumari S, Kotwal A, Prinja S. Exploring community participation through local health facility committees in Punjab: Extent of decision space, capacity, and accountability. Indian J Public Health. 2025;69(4):521-527.

Purohit N, Kaur M, Kshirsagar S, Balasubramanya MA, Kotwal A, Prinja S. Work performance at Ayushman Bharat- Health and Wellness Centres: A mixed methods assessment in Punjab. Journal of Health Management. 2025:1-10.

Ruben JP, Balhara YPS, Chauhan A, Ghosh A, Jamir L, Majumdar A, Parmar A, Basu D, Mohapatra D, Mony P, Parmar C, Philip S, Pillai RR, Prinja S, Purohit N, Sarkar S, Sutar RF, Verma P, Dahiya N, Grover A; ICMR MINDS Study Group. ICMR's multistate implementation research study on integration of screening and management of mental and substance use disorders with other noncommunicable diseases (ICMR-MINDS) - An implementation research study protocol. PLoS One. 2025;20(10):e0332359.

Purohit N, Kaur N, Zaidi R, Rajapaksa L, Sarker M, Adhikari SR, Prinja S. Assessing the applicability of WHO-UNICEF Primary Healthcare Measurement Framework in five Asian countries. Bull World Health Organ. 2024; 102:476-485.

Prinja S, Purohit N, Kaur N, Rajapaksa L, Sarker M, Zaidi R, Bennett S, Rao KD. The state of primary health care in south Asia. Lancet Glob Health. 2024:S2214-109X(24)00119-0.

Purohit N, Goyal A, Gupta PC, Soundappan K, Kotawal A, Prinja S. Seeing beyond the lens: Exploring Quality of life of patients with refractive errors in India. Journal of Healthcare Quality Research. 2024;40(1).

Anand K, Purohit N, Jyani G, Kaur N, Monga D, Rengarajan A, Menon J, Kumar A, K M, Pramanik S, Tandon S, Dorairaj P, Swaminathan S, Prinja S, Prabhakaran P. Developing an Investment Case for Ambient Air Pollution in two cities of India. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2024. 10.1289/isee.2024.1030.

Purohit N, Goyal A, Rairker A, Kotwal A, Balasubramanya MA, Prinja S. Strengthening comprehensive primary healthcare through Ayushman Bharat: Role of demand and supply side interventions. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2023;67:568-74.

Purohit N, Prinja S. The dynamics of health, productivity, and development: A policy prescription. Productivity. 2022;62(4):341-354

Purohit N, Chugh Y, Bahuguna P, Prinja S. COVID-19 management: The Vaccination Drive in India. Health Policy and Technology. 2022; 11(2):100636

Brar S, Purohit N, Prinja S, Singh G, Lakshmi PVM. Health system readiness for roll out of the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres-Early experiences from Punjab. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2022; 11(4): 1354-1360

Brar S, Purohit N, Prinja S, Singh G, Bahuguna P, Kaur M. What and how much do the Community Health Officers and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife do in Health and Wellness Centres in Punjab? A Time Motion Study. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2021;65(3):275-279.

Purohit N, Gupta R, Prinja S. A hope to address the skewed sex ratio at birth: An Indian case study. Health Policy and Planning. 2021.

Gupta R, Singhal GL, Goyal A, Kaur G, Purohit N, Prinja S. Saving Girl Child in the womb: Medium term impact of India’s National Program of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao in Haryana state of India. Health Policy and Planning. 2021. 36;1499-1507.

Purohit N. Utilization of antenatal care services in remote, hilly, tribal district of Himachal Pradesh: Challenges to access. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2021;10(9):3374-3380.

Purohit N. Utilization of delivery and postnatal health services by indigenous women of a hilly, remote, and tribal district in India: A struggle for safe motherhood. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2021;8(2):694- 700.

Purohit N. Qualitative exploration of experiences of tribal patients with sickle cell anemia in a southern state of India. IJSRM. Human, 2021;17(3):119-128.

Sharma D, Jhingta P, Bhardwaj VK, Purohit N. Bisphosphonate related osteoradionecrosis of the jaw: A review. Asian J Pharma Res. 2015; 5(2):93-102.
Email neha.purohit@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-8145-2206
Key Expertise Primary healthcare, Health financing and governance, Health policy and systems research, Community engagement, Digital health, Mental health, and Implementation research.