Dr. Karbhari R Kharat

Goal-driven Healthcare Administration professional well-versed in recruiting, training and managing employees to provide exceptional public health services. Highly organized and hardworking with excellent planning and program management skills. Licensed in Maharashtra.

• Awards and Felicitations
• Lokseva Gaurav Puraskar (30/09/2021) at Rajbhavan Mumbai by Mahamahim Governor of Maharashtra for highly efficient covid control.
• Mahanayak Puraskar (2021) by Rotary Club of Bhiwandi Nijampur City Municipal corporation for admirable Public Service in Covid era.
• Urban Hospitality Award (2021) by Mayor and Urban Body of Bhiwandi Nijampur City municipal corporation for establishing covid Hospitals with donation of medical equipment worth Rs 2 crore from corporate social responsibility funds and saving lives of thousands of citizens in covid.
• Lokseva Gourav Purskar (Nov 2021) by United Buddhist and Ambedkarite Foundation for community orient- ed public health service with excellent results.
• Corona Warrior Felicitation by Health Minister, Govt of Maharashtra (2021)
• Certificate of commitment (2021) by National Human Rights & Humanitarian Federation for work excellence.
• Mahatma Gandhi Humanity Awards (2021) by World Human Rights Councils for Community oriented services (with admirable result) in Bhiwandi NCM Corporation.
• Arogya Seva Ratna Award (2016) by Marathwada Janvikas Parishad, Thane for excellent work in preventing hundreds of deaths in tribal region.
• Manav Seva Ratna Purskar (2012) by LOKDHARA, Times Group of newspapers for preventing infants/child/ maternal deaths in tribal regions, preventing leptospirosis and water borne diseases outbreaks during floods of 26 July 2005.
• WHO fellowship in Mother and child nutrition in 2004.

• Control of Measles and other Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Fully tribal Jawhar subdivision (from 1992 to 1996): - In 1991, large number of measles death were reported from Village Vavar-Wangani in Jawhar block. On this issue offices of Additional. collector, Addl. District Health Officer, and other departments were shifted from Thane district HQ to Jawhar HQ for resolving tribal issues. Dr. Kharat was posted as Additional District Health Officer to Jawhar in December 1992. With various innovations like 'pada volunteer's scheme, involvement of tribal Bhagats, mini Anganwadi concept and IEC in tribal hamlets.' He improved vaccination coverage and halted measles outbreaks and deaths due to measles in Jawhar, Mokhada and Wada tribal blocks.
• District RCH Officer (In charge from July 2001 to June 2003) in Thane district: Improved vaccination coverage and halted outbreaks of VPDS.
• Medical Health officer in Ulhasnagar Municipal corporation (UMC) for 4 years: best implementation of Integrated Population Development Project (IPDP) in Ulhasnagar Municipal corporation from 2003 to 2007. Delegation from Sri Lanka on India tour, visited an appreciated IPDP work in UMC.
• Medical Health officer (MOH), Bhiwandi Nijampur Municipal Corporation (June 2008 to June 2011): In Bhiwandi there was huge resistance for vaccination in of Children and Pregnant women. With the involvement Muslim religious Leaders, and various innovative measures like 'Arogya Sakhi' project with the support of UNICEF, active involvement of Anganwadi workers vaccination improved and V Vaccine Preventable Diseases were halted at almost zero level.
• Medical Health officer (MOH), Bhiwandi Nijampur Municipal Corporation (October 2020 to March 2022) commendable work for covid control and improved vaccination and RCH program implementation.