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Mr. Ashok Jaipuria
Chairman & Managing Director, Cosmo First Limited
Mr. Ashok Jaipuria is the Promoter, Chairman & Managing Director of Cosmo First Limited, an Indian conglomerate with diverse global businesses and annual revenue of over Rs.3000 Crores. He was awarded with “Best Under a Billion, Forbes Global -200 Best Small Companies in 2003” by the Forbes Magazine and conferred with an ‘Udyog Ratna Award’ by the Government of Himachal Pradesh. He was also awarded Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia 2020-21 by The Economic Times. He is the Founder & Chairman of Board of Trustees-Cosmo Foundation (a community outreach initiative of Cosmo First Limited) and Former Member of the Board of Governors (BOG)-IIT Indore & IIT Patna.
Prof. (Dr) Shiv Kumar Sarin
Senior Professor Hepatology and Vice-Chancellor, Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, New Delhi
Prof. (Dr) Shiv Kumar Sarin is the Senior Professor, Hepatology, and Vice Chancellor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, a liver university. He is an astute liver specialist, a researcher, a leader in public health and current President of National Academy of Medical Sciences. As chairman of BOGs of Medical Council of India, he introduced the NEET and Exit examinations. He has been awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize, Henry L. Bockus Gold Medal by World Gastroenterology Organization, International Prize by World Academy of Medical Science and ‘Padma Bhushan’ by the GoI in 2007.
Dr Suresh Advani
Mentor, Onco-Sciences
Dr Suresh Advani is the Mentor, Onco-Sciences at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre. He has a rich experience of 50 years in Medical Oncology. His areas of expertise are “Bone marrow and Stem cell transplant, Lymphomas, Acute leukemias, Multiple myeloma, Breast Cancer, Spreading Cancer awareness and Cancer education and Clinical Trials”. Since 1974, Dr Advani has been involved with Medical Oncology/Hematology along with strong interaction with other clinical branches and basic scientists. At present, his strong interest is to develop developmental therapeutics with clinical research program. This will have integrated projects involving all the branches of clinical oncology as well as potential basic research. He has started biological therapeutics targeting various molecular targets on cancer cells. At present he is working on the project for transfer of technology in CAR-T cell therapy.
Mrs. Yamini Kumar Jaipuria
Managing Trustee, Cosmo Foundation and Petsfamilia Foundation
Mrs. Yamini Kumar Jaipuria is the Managing Trustee of Cosmo Foundation and Petsfamilia, the community outreach initiatives of Cosmo First Limited. She has a rich experience of over 18 years with General Electric (GE) as Vice President, Human Resources for GE Capital Europe, Asia and India. She is the recipient of the GE India President Award 5 times in her career. She is the India member of the International FairPlay Committee which works under the auspices of the United Nations and the International Olympic committee. She has also been conferred with The Indian Achievers’ Club 50 under 50 acclaim 2020 and was selected as one of the Wonder Women of Delhi.
Prof. (Dr) Dorairaj Prabhakaran
Cardiologist & Epidemiologist & VP (Research & Policy) Public Health Foundation Of India
Professor Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Vice President (Research & Policy) at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) was educated at Bangalore Medical College, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and McMaster University, Canada. He is an eminent cardiologist, epidemiologist and academician of global repute with faculty appointments at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Emory and Harvard Universities. His exceptional contributions spanning Science, Medicine and Public Health has catapulted the field of Preventive Cardiology in India and other countries.
Dr Devinder Singh Rana
Emeritus Nephrologist, Director, Institute of Renal Sciences and Chairman Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Dr Devinder Singh Rana, recipient of Padma Shri and Dr B.C. Roy National Award is an eminent and pioneer nephrologist of the country. After heading department of Nephrology for four decades, he is presently Emeritus Professor and Director of Institute of Renal Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. For the last eleven years, he has also been Chairman, Board of Management of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. He had been Member of Central Governing Body of AIIMS and SGPGIMS, Lucknow and held important positions in various national and international professional bodies of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation.
Jury Members
Prof. (Dr) Narendra Kumar Arora
Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International
Prof. (Dr) NK Arora is trained in Pediatrics and was a faculty member at the department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition AIIMS, New Delhi during 1983-2005. Since 2005, he is the Executive Director of the INCLEN Trust International (INCLEN) based in New Delhi, India.
As a public health specialist (since 1997), Professor Arora has made seminal contributions to research policy and program translations, at both national and global levels. In 2018, he was appointed as President for AIIMS, Patna and Deoghar (Two new National Institutions of Eminence) to steer these to national centres of excellence in clinical care, research and training. Prof Arora currently serves as Chairman of the COVID-19 Working Group – NTAGI; the National Certification Committee for Polio Eradication, and the National Verification Committee for Measles, Rubella and CRS.
Prof. (Dr) Pratima Murthy
Director and Senior Professor of Psychiatry at National institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore
Dr Pratima Murthy is Director and Senior Professor of Psychiatry at NIMHANS. She was formerly Head of Psychiatry and the Centre for Addiction Medicine at NIMHANS. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Glasgow. Dr Murthy’s areas of specialization include substance use prevention and intervention, human rights of the mentally ill and public mental health. She has been a consultant to several international organizations such as the WHO, UNODC, ILO in the areas of substance use and mental health.
Dr Vivek Nangia
Chief of Pulmonology and Principal Director & Head, Institute of Respiratory Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Max Hospital, Delhi
Dr Vivek Nangia, an internationally renowned Pulmonologist, and the only Pulmonologist in the country with formal education in Infectious Diseases from London University, UK. He has a stellar professional background and has undergone extensive training in various fields like Sleep Medicine at Stanford University, USA; Pediatric Pulmonology at Royal Brompton Hospital, London; and Critical Care at Cleveland Clinics, USA; During his illustrious career, he has served as Head and Director at three most renowned hospitals namely the Batra Hospital, Fortis Hospital, and Max Hospitals, in Delhi. He has been felicitated with several awards and honored with various prestigious national and international recognitions. He is a revered teacher, has mentored many postgraduate students and has many publications to his credit.
Prof. (Dr) Dorairaj Prabhakaran
Cardiologist & Epidemiologist & VP (Research & Policy) Public Health Foundation Of India
Professor Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Vice President (Research & Policy) at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) was educated at Bangalore Medical College, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and McMaster University, Canada. He is an eminent cardiologist, epidemiologist and academician of global repute with faculty appointments at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Emory and Harvard Universities. His exceptional contributions spanning Science, Medicine and Public Health has catapulted the field of Preventive Cardiology in India and other countries.
Prof. (Dr) Nikhil Tandon
Professor and Head Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Prof. Nikhil Tandon, Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, AIIMS, New Delhi is a master clinician in endocrinology and diabetes, an active researcher with interest in epidemiology of chronic non-communicable disease (NCD); genetics of complex disorders; and intervention studies to improve of quality of care in NCDs. These studies have evaluated strategies, involving technology, to improve quality of diabetes care in the clinic and the broader health systems.
He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Sciences (India), and has been conferred the Dr BC Roy Award and the Padma Shri by the Government of India.