Dr. G K Mini MSc, MPhil, PhD

Professor & Vice Principal (Research)

Dr. G K Mini, holds a doctorate in Demography from the University of Kerala, has the experience of over a decade as a public health researcher in Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, which is an institute of national importance under the Government of India. She has also served the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in strengthening state plans for human development and contributed to the preparation of human development reports of Kerala. She has worked with the United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) India as a Consultant. Dr. Mini has widely published in public health in both national and international peer reviewed journals. She is a UNFPA research grantee for Building Knowledge Base on Ageing in India and a Public Health Research Initiative (PHRI) grantee in collaboration with Public Health Foundation of India and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Dr Mini is a member of the Excellence in Non-Communicable disease Research (ENCORE), which is a network of noted early and mid-career researchers from Australia and India which aims to undertake advanced research and training aimed at reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases in low and middle-income countries. She is also the Bernard Lown Scholar in Cardiovascular Health at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Contact Address:

Dr. G.K. Mini
Associate Professor
Global Institute of Public Health, Ananthapuri Hospitals,
Trivandrum 695 024, Kerala, India
Tel: +91 - 471 - 257 5087 (office)
Fax: +91 - 471 - 250 69 69
Mob: +91- 9495 376 825
Email:gkmini.2014@gmail.com

Core Areas
Population Health, Non-Communicable Diseases, Reproductive Health, Tobacco Control, Quantitative Research

Journal Articles

Mini GK, Sathish T, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR. Effectiveness of a School-Based Educational Intervention to Improve Hypertension Control Among Schoolteachers: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Jan 18;11(2):e023145. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.023145.
Soji DJ, Lordson J, Mini GK. Multimorbidity patterns among rural adults with Type-2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study in Kerala, India. WHO South East Asia J Public Health. 2021 Jan-Jun;10(1):32-36. doi: 10.4103/WHO-SEAJPH.WHO-SEAJPH_73_21.
Riddell MA, Mini GK, Joshi R, Thrift AG, Guggilla RK, Evans RG, Thankappan KR, Chalmers K, Chow CK, Mahal AS, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Suresh O, Thomas N, Maulik PK, Srikanth VK, Arabshahi S, Varma RP, D'Esposito F, Oldenburg B. ASHA-Led Community-Based Groups to Support Control of Hypertension in Rural India Are Feasible and Potentially Scalable. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Nov 22;8:771822. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.771822.
Mini GK, Mohan M, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR. Multi-morbidity and blood pressure control: Results of a cross-sectional study among school teachers in Kerala, India. Indian J Public Health. 2021 Apr-Jun;65(2):190-193. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_1236_20.
Godara R, Mathews E, Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among adults aged 30 years and above in Barmer district, Rajasthan, India. Indian Heart J. 2021 Mar-Apr;73(2):236-238. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2021.02.007.
GBD 2019 Under-5 Mortality Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2021 Sep 4;398(10303):870-905. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01207-1
Bhattacharjee NV, Schaeffer LE, Hay SI; Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2018. Nat Hum Behav. 2021 Jun 3. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01108-6.
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) (Author: Mini GK). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. Lancet. 2021 Aug 24:S0140-6736(21)01330-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1.
GBD 2019 Chewing Tobacco Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2021 Jul;6(7):e482-e499. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00065-7.
Bahuleyan CG, Namboodiri N, Jabir A, Lip GYH, Koshy A G, Shifas BM, Viswanathan S K, Zachariah G, Venugopal K, Punnose E, Natarajan KU, Mini GK, Joseph J, Nambiar C A, Jayagopal PB, Mohanan PP, George R, Unni G, Sajeev CG, Muhammed S, Syam N, Roby A, Daniel R, Krishnakumar VV, Pillai AM, Joseph S, Jinbert Lordson A. One-year clinical outcome of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: Insights from KERALA-AF registry. Indian Heart J. 2021 Jan-Feb;73(1):56-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.11.152.
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) (Author: Mini GK). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. Elife. 2021 Mar 9;10:e60060. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060.
GBD 2019 Chewing Tobacco Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2021 May 27:S2468-2667(21)00065-7. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00065-7.
Mini GK, Sarma PS, Priya C, Thankappan KR. Control of hypertension among teachers in schools in Kerala (CHATS-K), India. Indian Heart J. 2020 Sep-Oct;72(5):416-420. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.06.005.
Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Reply to letter to the editor titled: Generalizability of hypertension risk factors and achieving blood pressure control in educator populations in India. Indian Heart J. 2021 Mar-Apr;73(2):255. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2021.01.001.
Ravindranath R, Oldenburg B, Balachandran S, Mini GK, Mahat K, Sathish T, Thankappan KR. Scale-up of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program (K-DPP) in Kerala, India: implementation evaluation findings. Translational Behavioural Medicine. 2020 Feb 3;10(1):5-12. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz197.
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) (Author: Mini GK). Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. Lancet. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):1511-1524. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6.
GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2020 Oct 17;396(10258):1223-1249. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30752-2.
Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Aug;8(8):e1038-e1060. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30230-8.
Local Burden of Disease WaSH Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Sep;8(9):e1162-e1185. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30278-3.
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) (Author: Mini GK). Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. Nature. 2020 Jun;582(7810):73-77. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1.
LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017. Nat Med. 2020 May;26(5):750-759. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6.
James SL, Castle CD, Dingels ZV,…Mini GK..Vos T. Estimating global injuries morbidity and mortality: methods and data used in the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study. Inj Prev. 2020 Oct;26(Supp 1):i125-i153. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043531.
Gamage DG, Riddell MA1, Joshi R, Thankappan KR, Chow CK, Oldenburg B, Evans RG, Mahal AS, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Suresh O, Thomas N, Mini GK, Maulik PK, Srikanth VK, Arabshahi S, Varma RP, Guggilla RK, D'Esposito F, Sathish T, Alim M4, Thrift AG. Effectiveness of a scalable group-based education and monitoring program, delivered by health workers, to improve control of hypertension in rural India: A cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2020 Jan 2;17(1):e1002997. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002997.
Nascimento BR, Naserbakht M, Nayak V, Ndwandwe DE, Negoi I, Ngunjiri JW, ... Mini GK, …Sartorius B, Vos T. Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Inj Prev. 2020 Oct;26(Supp 1):i96-i114. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043494.
James SL, Lucchesi LR, Bisignano C, Castle CD, Dingels ZV, Fox JT, …, Mini GK, …, Murray CJL. The global burden of falls: global, regional and national estimates of morbidity and mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Inj Prev. 2020 Oct;26(Supp 1):i3-i11. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043286.
Local Burden of Disease Child Growth Failure Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Mapping child growth failure across low- and middle-income countries. Nature. 2020 Jan;577(7789):231-234. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1878-8.
Haagsma JA, James SL, Castle CD, Dingels ZV, Fox JT, Hamilton EB, …,Mini GK, …, Lopez AD, Mokdad AH, Vos T. Burden of injury along the development spectrum: associations between the Socio-demographic Index and disability-adjusted life year estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Inj Prev. 2020 Oct;26(Supp 1):i12-i26. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043296.
Thrift AG, Ragavan RS, Riddell MA, Joshi R, Thankappan KR, Chow C, Oldenburg B, Mahal AS, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Suresh O, Mini GK, Ismail J, Gamage DG, Hasan A, Srikanth VK, Thomas N, Maulik PK, Guggilla RK, Evans RG. Hypertension in Rural India: The Contribution of Socioeconomic Position. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Apr 7;9(7):e014486. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014486.
GBD 2016 Occupational Chronic Respiratory Risk Factors Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global and regional burden of chronic respiratory disease in 2016 arising from non-infectious airborne occupational exposures: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Occup Environ Med. 2020 Mar;77(3):142-150. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-106013.
Local Burden of Disease Educational Attainment Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries. Nature. 2019 Dec 25. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1872-1.
GBD 2016 Occupational Risk Factors Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global and regional burden of disease and injury in 2016 arising from occupational exposures: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Occup Environ Med. 2020 Mar;77(3):133-141. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-106008.
Mini GK, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR. Cluster randomised controlled trial of behavioural intervention program: a study protocol for control of hypertension among teachers in schools in Kerala (CHATS-K), India. BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 21;19(1):1718. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-8082-5.
Mini GK, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR. Risk of progression to hypertension from prehypertension and normal blood pressure: Results from a prospective cohort study among industrial workers in Kerala, India. Heart and Mind. 2019;2:106-10.
Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017 (Author: Mini GK). Nature. 2019 Oct;574(7778):353-358. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1545-0. Epub 2019 Oct 16. (Impact factor 43.070)
Naghavi M; Global Burden of Disease Self-Harm Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. BMJ. 2019 Feb 6;364:l94. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l94. (Impact factor 27.604)
Krishnan AI, Mini GK, Aravind LR. Evidence based interventions and implementation gaps in control of tuberculosis: A systematic review in low and middle-income countries with special focus on India. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 2019 Apr;66(2):268-278. doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2019.04.006
Oommen AM, Mini GK, George K. Intra-cluster correlation estimates from a World Health Organisation STEPwise approach to surveillance (STEPS) survey for cardiovascular risk factors in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Public Health. 2019 Feb 6;168:102-106. (impact factor 1.441).
Devamani CS, Oommen AM, Mini GK, Abraham VJ, George K. Levels of Physical Inactivity in Rural and Urban Tamil Nadu, India: A Cross‑Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical and Preventive Cardiology. 2019; 8(1): 13-17.
Mini GK, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR. Overweight, the major determinant of metabolic syndrome among industrial workers in Kerala, India: Results of a cross-sectional study. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2019 Sep - Oct;13(5):3025-3030. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2018.07.009. (impact factor 0.848)
GBD 2016 Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet Neurol. 2018 Nov 26. pii: S1474-4422(18)30415-0. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30415-0. (impact factor 53.254)
Pius A, Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Health Related Quality of Life and it’s Correlates among Older Adults in Rural Pathanamthitta District, India: A cross sectional study using SF-36. Ageing International. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-018-9342-x (impact factor 0.881)
GBD 2017 DALYs and HALE Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 2018.Nov 10 392:1859–922. (impact factor 53.254)
GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392:1789–858, Nov 10, 2018. (impact factor 53.254)
GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392:1923–94, Nov 10, 2018. (impact factor 53.254)
GBD 2017 SDG Collaborators (author: Mini GK). Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392:2091–138, Nov 10, 2018. (impact factor 53.254)
GBD 2017 Population and Fertility Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392: 995–2051, Nov 10, 2018. (impact factor 53.254)
GBD 2017 Mortality Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392:1684–735, Nov 10, 2018. (impact factor 53.254)
GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392: 1736–88, Nov 10, 2018. (impact factor 53.254)
GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. Aug 23, 2018. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2. (impact factor 53.254)
GBD 2016 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators (Author: Mini GK). Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. May 23, 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(18)30994-2. (Impact factor 53.254)
Abdel-All M, Thrift AG, Riddell M, Thankappan KR, Mini GK, Chow CK, Maulik PK, Mahal A, Guggilla R, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Suresh O, Evans RG, Oldenburg B, Thomas N, Joshi R. Evaluation of a training program of hypertension for accredited social health activists (ASHA) in rural India. BMC Health Service Research. 2018;18(1):320. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3140-8. (Impact Factor 1.153)
Nichter M, Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Low- level smoking among diabetes patients in India: a smoking cessation challenge. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2017.12.004
Rekha MR, Mini GK, Kutty VR. Falls among Older Adults: A Community-Based Study in Rural Kerala, India. Global Journal of Health Science. 2017;9(10).
Vishnu N, Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Complementary and alternative medicine use by diabetes patients in Kerala, India. Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics. 2017;2:e6. doi:10.1017/gheg.2017.6.
Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Pattern, correlates and implications of non-communicable disease multi-morbidity among older adults in selected Indian states: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2017;7(3):e013529. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013529. (Impact Factor 2.369).
Riddell MA, Joshi R, Oldenburg B, Chow C, Thankappan KR, Mahal A, Thomas N, Srikanth VK, Evans RG, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Maulik PK, Arabshahi S, Varma RP, Guggilla RK, Suresh O, Mini GK, D'Esposito F, Sathish T, Alim M, Thrift AG. Cluster randomised feasibility trial to improve the Control of Hypertension In Rural India (CHIRI): a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2016;6(10):e012404. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012404. (Impact Factor 2.369).
Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Switching to smokeless tobacco, the most common smoking cessation method: Results from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, India. Public Health. 2016;136:172-4. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.03.035. (Impact Factor 1.538).
Begam NS, Srinivasan K, Mini GK. Is migration affecting prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension of men in Kerala, India? Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2016. doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0353-y. (Impact Factor 1.482).
Singh S, Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Women Continue Tobacco Use during Pregnancy in Rural Jharkhand, India. International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynecology. 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.05.021. (Impact Factor 1.563).
Yamini TR, Nichter M, Nichter M, Sairu P, Aswati S, Leelamoni K, Unnikrishnan B, P PM, Thapar R, Basha SR, Jayasree AK, Mayamol TR, Muramoto M, Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Developing a fully integrated tobacco curriculum in medical colleges in India. BMC Medical Education. 2015;15(1):90. (Impact Factor 1.41).
Nichter M, Padmajam S, Nichter M, Sairu P, Aswathy S, Mini GK, Bindu VC, Pradeepkumar AS,Thankappan KR. Developing a smoke free homes initiative in Kerala, India. BMC Public Health. 2015;15(1):480.http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1815-1 (Impact Factor 2.26).
Patra L, Mini GK, Mathews E, Thankappan K R. Doctors’ Self Reported Physical Activity, Their Counseling Practices and Their Correlates in Urban Trivandrum, South India. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2015;49(6):413-416. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091995 (Impact Factor 5.025).
Sankar UV, Lipska K, Mini GK, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR. Medication Adherence among Diabetes Patients in Rural Kerala, India. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2015;27(2):NP513-23 (Impact Factor 1.111).
Mini GK, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR. Pattern and Correlates of Tobacco Use among Older Adults in Selected India States. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2014; 15(15):6195-8 (Impact Factor 2.514).
Mini GK, Nichter M, Radhakrishnan RN, Thankappan KR. Conformation of self-reported non-smoking status by salivary cotinine among diabetes patients in Kerala, India, Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2014.05.003.
Mini GK, Nichter M, Thankappan KR. Does increased knowledge of risk and complication of smoking on diabetes affect quit rate: Findings from a randomized controlled trial in Kerala, India. Tobacco Use Insights. 2014;7:27–30 doi:10.4137/TUI.S15583.
Thankappan KR, Mini GK, Hariharan M, Vijayakumar G, Sarma PS, Nichter M. Smoking Cessation among Diabetes Patients in Kerala, India: One Year Follow-up Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2014;37(12):e256-7. doi: 10.2337/dc14-1863 (Impact Factor 11.857).
Mishra PJ, Mini GK, Thankappan KR. Risk Factor Profile for Non-Communicable Diseases among Mishing Tribes in Assam, India: Results from a WHO STEPS Survey. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2014;140:370-378 (Impact Factor 1.396).
Thankappan KR, Sivasankaran S, Mini GK, Daivadanam M, Sarma PS, Abdul Khader S. Impact of a Community Based Intervention Program on Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in a Rural Panchayat, Kerala, India. Indian Heart Journal. 2013;65:504-9. dio: 10.1016/j.ihj.2013.08.023.
Thankappan KR, Yamini TR, Mini GK, Arthur C, Sairu P, Leelamoni K, Sani M, Unnikrishnan B, Basha SR, Nichter M for the Project Quit Tobacco International. Assessing the readiness to integrate tobacco control in medical curriculum: Experiences from five medical colleges in South India. The National Medical Journal of India. 2013;26:18-23 (Impact Factor 0.91).
Thankappan KR, Mini GK, Daivadanam M, Vijayakumar G, Sarma PS, Nichter M. Smoking Cessation among Diabetes Patients: Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in Kerala, India. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:47 doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-47 (Impact Factor 2.26).
Mini GK. Magnitude and Determinants of Economic dependency of Older People in India. Gerontology India. 2012;26:474-83.
Mohan S, Mini GK, Thankappan KR. High knowledge of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) provisions among local government representatives does not translate into effective implementation: Findings from Kerala, India. Public Health. 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2012.11.018 (Impact Factor 1.475).
Deepak KG, Daivadanam M, Pradeepkumar AS, Mini GK, Thankappan KR, Nichter M. Smokeless tobacco use among Tuberculosis patients in Karnataka, India: The need for cessation services. The National Medical Journal of India. 2012;25:142-45 (Impact Factor 0.91).
Kumari Jaya Geetha P.B, Moli GK, Mini GK. Prevalence of Malnutrition among adolescent girls, Demography India. 2010;39:35-42.
Thankappan KR, Shah B, Mathur P, Sarma PS, Srinivas G, Mini GK, Daivadanam M, Soman B, Vasan RS. Risk Factor Profile for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases: Results of a Community-Based Study in Kerala, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2010; 131:53-63 (Impact Factor 1.396).
Mini GK. Socio-economic and demographic diversity in the health status of elderly people in a transitional society, Kerala, India. Journal of Biosocial Science. 2009;41:457-467 (Impact Factor 1.188).
Vishal Khosla, Thankappan K R, Mini GK, Sarma PS. Prevalence and predictors of alcohol use among college students in Ludhiana district of Punjab, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2008;128:79-81 (Impact Factor 1.532).
Thankappan KR, Mini GK. Case-Control Study of Smoking and Death in India. New England Journal of Medicine. 2008;358:2842-43 (Impact Factor 79.258).
Mini GK. Socio-economic and Demographic correlates of tobacco use and alcoholic consumption among Indian women, Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 2007;32:150-51.
Pokhrel BR, Thankappan KR, Mini GK, Sarma PS. Tobacco use among health professionals and their role in tobacco cessation in Nepal. Prevention and Control. 2006;2: 117-25.
Mini GK, Moli GK, Tobacco use among adolescents in India: Results from National Family Health Survey-II, 1998-99, Indian Journal of Population Education. 2006;3:59-64.
Mini GK. Disabled people work participation. Kerala Calling, December 2006: 35-36. Published by Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala.
Thankappan KR, Sivasankaran S, Khader SA, Padmanabhan PG, Sarma PS, Mini GK, Vasan RS. Prevalence, Correlates, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Kumarakom, Kerala: Baseline Results of a Community –Based Intervention Program. Indian Heart Journal. 2006;58:28-33.
Mini GK. Disabled people in Kerala, Disability India Journal Volume II - Issue XXVIII August 2006.
Mini GK. Rural level Planning. Yojana (Malayalam), Published by Government of India for Publication division, Vol.33, No.58, Jan 2005.
Mini GK. Moli GK, Life style indicators among tribes in India, Tribal Health Bulletin. 2005;11:1-10.
Mini GK. Adolescent abortion. Yojana (Malayalam), Published by Government of India for Publication division Vol.31, No.12, July 2003

BOOKS/REPORTS
Sundari Ravindran TK, Mini GK, Aiswarya PV. Factors influencing women’s achievement of their Postpartum reproductive intentions: A study in Thiruvananathapuram, Kerala, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, 2017.
Sundari Ravindran TK, Lindsay Barnes, Aiswarya PV, Mini GK with Jan Chetna Manch Bakaro Team. Facotrs Influencing women’s achievement of their postpartum reproductive intentions: A study in Bakaro district, Jharkhand, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, 2017.

Mini GK, Pattern and Correlates of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Among Older Adults in Selected States of India, BKPAI Working Paper Series II No.3, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New Delhi, 2014. Available at countryoffice.unfpa.org/india/drive/WP-III.pdf.
Mini GK, Sureshkumar NB, Pre-Marital Counseling: A Community Based Approach in Kerala, Published by Directorate of Adult Education, New Delhi and State Resource Centre, Kerala, 2010.
Mini GK, Basic Demographic Statistics for Micro Level Human Development Planning, Published by Government of Kerala for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2009.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Thankappan KR, Mini GK. Diabetes: A Major Risk Factor for Ischemic Heart Disease in India . Cardiology Update 2020 (Ed: Mohanna PP, Krishna MN). Evangel, New Delhi
Sundari Ravindran TK, Balasubramanian P, Mini GK, Inequities in health in Tamil Nadu: A study of Dharmapuri district in “Development Narratives: The political Economy of Tamil Nadu". Published by Academic Foundation, India 2014.
Moli GK, Mini GK, Equality of Women in their educational and working status: A study of Kerala, In Vijoy S Sahay, Pradip K Singh and Gautam K Bera (Eds.) Dimensions of Researches in Indian Anthropology, Volume (2), Serial Publishing, New Delhi, India. 2005

Previous Positions
• UN Consultant (Program), United Nations World Food Programme India
• Project Coordinator, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies(AMCHSS), Sree Chitra Tirunal institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum.
• Assistant Professor, Centre for Public Health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, School of Medicine Health Science Campus, Kochi, Kerala, India.
• Senior Project Manager, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, India
• Research Fellow, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, India
• Project Specialist (Research). United Nations Development Program (UNDP), India
• Research Associate, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, India
• Lecturer in Bio-Statistics and Demography. Division of Health Management, Department of Public Health and Hospital Administration in School of Medical Education, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.