Dr. Sai Shankar Prathap holds an MD in Community Medicine. from Guntur Medical College , Guntur . He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Medicine. Earlier he has worked with Worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) as Surveillance Medical Officer in the National Polio Surveillance Project; Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS) as Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for PPTCT (Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS) Programme under the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria - Round II (GFATM-Round II); and Byrraju Foundation led Andhra Pradesh Initiative as a Research Manager. He has carried out research studies on verbal autopsy and rational use of drugs. He also served as a resource person for building capacity in PSBH (Problem Solving for Better Health), safe injection and waste disposal practices and verbal autopsy. He is currently involved in cause of death studies at the Institute.

Dr. Vijay Kumar holds an MD in Community Medicine from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Sewagram and an MPH in International Health Development from Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG), Antwerp , Belgium . He was also a Fogarty International Fellow in AIDS International Training and Research Program, at School of Public Health University California , Los Angeles . He is currently State Epidemiologist of Andhra Pradesh under the National AIDS Control Program. He has rich experience in STI/HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, Verbal Autopsy, Enhanced Syndromic Case Management, Epidemiological investigation, Surveillance, Essential AIDS Care, Data Triangulation, Sexual and Reproductive Health issues and Maternal and Child Health. He is currently involved in cause of death studies at the Institute.