Statement of Intent

I am a qualified, dedicated and experienced researcher, specializing in qualitative and quantitative

research methodologies and wish to apply for integration of Health Impact Assessment (HIA),
sustainability appraisal and environmental impact evaluations with development planning
emphasizing the role of Human Biomonitoring in ex-ante HIA” at Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,
Slovenia. My adept education related to the medical sciences and research methodologies, and
work experience, related to conducting the various research projects independently, gives me the
confidence to apply for the above position. These education and work experiences were explained
below.

I have a strong academic grounding in international aid, research and project management, having
completed a Bachelors of Ayurvedic Medicine and Sciences and a MSc in Risk and Emergency
Management from IUSS University, Italy and MSc in Disaster Management from Tata Institute of
Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.

I feel confident to apply for My most recent research project was ‘Post-Emergency, Multi-Hazard
Health Risk Assessment in Chemical Disasters (PEC)’ under which, a) I have modelled the dispersion
of toxic compounds in South Italy using Aloha, R and Integra software, b) wrote policy draft about
the chemical safety in Europe, c) prepared the health risk prioritization matrix etc.

My time in Thane Collector Office, India has gained experienced for me conceived, plan, implement,
evaluate and report on research based programs: Hazard Vulnerability assessment focusing more
on health systems (6-month duration), ways to resilient the city (6 month duration), Health Impact
system and disaster resiliency (6 month duration), strengthening of the Health Impact systems to
curb the environmental disasters (6 month duration) etc. In all mentioned and undertaken projects,
I have collected and analyzed in SPSS software using chi-square test, PCA, etc. and wrote the
technical chapters. These research projects, directly or indirectly, were focused on the
environmental disasters and specifically on Health Impact system i.e. mainly on monitoring phase.
The role of Health Impact systems in environmental disasters were focused and not only, policies
were drafted but, same, included into development plan of the state government. This experience
has given me an opportunity to learn and implement the research methodologies, and research
activities overall.

The the job in Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, India, has given me the more research
and program management experience adding to the previous research experience. I have
conducted research projects such as, current status of Health Impact system in municipal and
government hospitals (3 month), capacity of hospitals to respond to Health Impact hazard (4
month), etc. This experience has given me the team management, intra-cultural experience.

While working as Research Officer at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, under “Vidarbha
Baseline Survey” project (2 ½ years), I have conducted this research more or less independently.
This includes the preparing the questionnaires, deciding the research methodologies, sampling,
writing technical reports etc. Beside this, I have actually responded to the Health Impact hazard
called “leptospirosis” in Kalyan district. I have planned response and managed the resources at
hospitals. These all above stated experiences in different jobs has given me enough confidence
and ability to conduct the research projects independently.

The PhD in “integration of Health Impact Assessment (HIA), sustainability appraisal and
environmental impact evaluations with development planning emphasizing the role of Human
Biomonitoring in ex-ante HIA” at Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, will help me to fill this
gaps by producing new policies which will be really targeted for reducing health risks related to
environmental disasters and creating resilient communities. This knowledge to fill this gaps, will
give me necessary sets of skills to work exactly on the field and transfer this knowledge into solid
actions. In this way, I will be in far better position to reduce the human lives loss in any disasters,
which is also in-line with my personal values, which is to serve people.

After the successful completion of PhD, I would like to take, at least, 1 year of experience in abroad
and then return back to India. I completely believe, that, taking some experience abroad is required
because it will give me, the confidence and hands-on experience on field which will largely help me
in implementing this knowledge in India.
Jaideep Visave