Dr Vijay Kumar Manda - Royal Care Hospitals

He conceptualised, planned and created the blended learning rehabilitation medicine course run by the Distance Education Unit at CMC Vellore called the Post Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Medicine (PGDRM), since 2021. This 1-year blended learning program for general practitioners consists of online interactive self-learning modules along with face-to-face contact sessions at CMC Vellore as well as selected mission hospitals with rehabilitation care services.
Was involved with the editing and reviewing of the material for the Integrated Covid-19 Management Course run by the department of Distance Education at CMC Vellore.
Was involved in the editing and reviewing of the module - Emergencies in Family Medicine practice in the PGDFM course.
Was involved in making summative assessment questions for PGDFM course
Reviewing the disability module for the Community Lay-Leaders Training Certificate (CLHTC) course.

The TN Dr MGR University Medal in PM&R section in 2015
Started the pioneering rehabilitation course in India for developing the low resource rehab teams for MBBS doctors and non- MBBS graduates

Role of biomarkers in early detection of Heterotopic Ossification following spinal cord injury at CMC Vellore 2012-2014.
Site Principal Investigator at Duncan Hospital, Raxaul- Organised Stroke Care Across Income Levels(OSCAIL) Multicentric International study
Rehabilitative challenges of a Paraplegic transfemoral amputee with unilateral hand crush injury - A case report. (Published in e journal, Dr MGR University, 2015)
Classification of wrist movements through EMG signals with fuzzy logic algorithm (IEExplore,2018)
Paper presentation- Role of biomarkers in early detection of Heterotopic Ossification following spinal cord injury Indian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (IAPMR) conference, 2015.
Book- Wrote a chapter on “Voluntariness in the Indian context” in Practical Bioethics, An Indian perspective.

Role of biomarkers in early detection of Heterotopic Ossification following spinal cord injury at CMC Vellore 2012-2014.
Mini rehab setups for common disabilities in primary care workshop at Family Medicine and Primary Care Conference (FMPC) 2019.
Blended learning in rehabilitation as a tool for the inclusion of the persons with disabilities at Engage Disability conference 2022.

Name	Dr Vijay Kumar Manda Consultant Physiatrists
Department	Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Degree	MBBS, MD(PMR).,