International Osteoporosis Foundation President’s award in March 2016
He has many firsts to his credit:
Established India’s first bone density measurement system and osteoporosis
service in SGPGIMS Lucknow.
First Indian to be trained in bone density measurement, as a JICA fellow, in Japan.
First to establish osteoporosis as a serious health problem in India that affects an estimated 50 million people,
First to establish the existence of widespread vitamin D deficiency in India.
First Indian to serve on international bodies like the WHO Global Taskforce on Osteoporosis and Committee of Scientific Advisors, Asia Pacific AdvisoryCouncil and Board of Governance of the International Osteoporosis Foundation
First and only Indian to receive the “Boy Frame Award” of the American Societyof Bone and Mineral Research, in 2004.
He is a principal investigator in several diabetes drug trials.
He has served two terms as Editor in Chief- Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
He has been President of the Endocrine Society of India, Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ISBMR), and Bone and Joint Decade.
He writes a regular column in the OPEN magazine and has been on numerous health shows on TV.
He has noteworthy articles in various print media like Times of India, Hindustan Times and India Today
His expertise lies in Diabetes, Thyroid, and Hormone disorders including osteoporosis.
He has secured a Master’s Degree in DM (Endocrinology) from the prestigious All India Medical Institute. Following which he did his Fogarty Fellowship from Harvard Medical School, USA & JICA Fellowship from Japan.
SPECIALIZATION
Diabetes,
Evaluation of new therapies for diabetes,
Vitamin D nutrition in Indians and the prevention of osteoporotic fractures
EDUCATION
MBBS, 1980, Kanpur University
MD, 1984, Kanpur University
DM, 1987, AIIMS, New Delhi
AWARDS
Padma Bhushan by President of India, 2015
B.C. Roy Award by Medical Council of India, 2015
Fogarty Fellow at Harvard Medical School, 1993-94
JICA fellow, Japan, 1996-97
Boy Frame Award- American Society for Bone Mineral Research 2004
President’s Award by International Osteoporosis Foundation, 2016
International Osteoporosis Foundation Health Professional Awareness award (for ISBMR) in
2005
“Global Vitamin D Status’ was awarded the Springer citation prize in 2013
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