Dr Dudekula Anwar Basha joined this premier nutrition research institute, ICMR – National Institute of Nutrition, as Scientist ‘B’ in February 2018. He obtained an MSc (2007) and a PhD (2014) in Anthropology from Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He has been involved in various scientific projects that included the Establishment of Nutrition Surveillance Systems – NSS (Odisha), the Development of Evidence-Based Food Models for Children (Gujarat), AES outbreak investigations in Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Diet and Biomarkers Survey in India – DABS-I (Tripura). He participated in four national & two state-level surveys of the Sero surveillance regarding COVID-19. He is registered as a Research Guide in the Dept. of Anthropology, SVU, Tirupati, and the Dept. of Food, Nutrition & Dietetics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. He has an effort in Epidemiology, Nutritional Surveillance, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Metabolic Syndromes (MetS). He is concerned with Nutritional Anthropology, Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health Nutrition.

1. Avula Laxmaiah, Nalam Madhusudhan Rao, N Arlappa, Jagjeevan Babu P Uday Kumar, Priya Singh, Deepak Sharma, V Mahesh Anumalla , T Santhosh Kumar, R Sabarinathan, M Santhos Kumar, R Ananthan, D Anwar Basha, et al. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in the city of Hyderabad, India in early 2021. IJID Regions, 2 (2022), 1-7.
2. DA Basha, KSN Reddy, JL Naik (2018). Association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome in an urban adult population of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh. Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing 9 (2) 178-183.
3. Lalu Naik J, Reddy KSN, Reddy BKC & Anwar Basha D. (2016). Prevalence and risk factors for metabolic syndrome in urban elderly: a community study from Tirupati, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Int. J. Community Med. Public Health, 3(8), 2106-2111.
4. KSN Reddy, K Sivaprasad, J Lalu Naik,D Anwar Basha and KK Reddy (2016). Assessment of Metabolic Profile in Type 2 Diabetic Patients of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh. European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research 3 (8), 641-646.
5. Hareesha E, Anwar Basha D, Lalu Naik J & Reddy KSN. (2016). Association between body mass index and blood pressure among housewives of Tirupati town, Andhra Pradesh. European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research, 3(8), 641-646.
6. Anwar Basha D, Lalu Naik J, Reddy, KK, Reddy BKC & Reddy KSN. (2015). Physical activity and its effects on blood glucose levels among the urban adults. Journal of Science, 5(9), 801-806.
7. Anwar Basha D, Lalu Naik J, Reddy KK, Reddy BKC & Reddy KSN. (2014). Association between body composition, blood pressure and socioeconomic status in Adult Population. AARJSH, 1(21), 128-137.
8. Lalu Naik J,Anwar Basha D & Reddy KSN. (2014). Effect of alcohol consumption on body composition and blood pressure. Journal of Science, 4(9), 551-556.
9. Reddy TM, Reddy KSN, Reddy KK,Anwar Basha D & Lalu Naik J. (2013). Metabolic profile and body fat distribution in diabetic hypertensives and normotensives. J. Life Sci., 5(1), 23-28.
10. Anwar Basha D, Lalu Naik J, Reddy KSN & Pap Rao A. (2013). Prevalence and associates of hypertension among Tirupati urban adults, Andhra Pradesh. Indian J. of Health and Wellbeing, 4(1), 72-75.