Prof. Sanjay Zodpey presently works as Vice President - Academics, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi and also holds leadership position as Director at Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi. Earlier he worked as Professor at Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty in Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Vice Dean at Government Medical College, Nagpur.

He also holds joint appointment as Honorary / Adjunct Professor in five international universities: Georgia Southern University, Georgia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, The University of Sydney, Australia, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), Lalitpur, Nepal. He has been elected as National President of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine for two consecutive terms. He is ranked in top 2 percent scientists across the world for his stellar research contribution in the field of Tropical Medicine.