Raman Gangakhedkar
Dr. C.G. Pandit National Chair, Indian Council of Medical Research,
Former Head, Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases (ECD), Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhiand Director in Charge, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune (India)
As Head of ECD, managed research & contributed to public health response in recent outbreaks of Nipah, Zika and COVID 19. He is a member of the National Taskforce on COVID 19. And also a member of Clinical Research Group, and Epidemiology & Operational Research Group on COVID 19. He is a member of Scientific Advisory Board of ICMR. He is a member of the Governing Body of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and the National Institute of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi & Member, Empowered Committee Central Institute Body of the new AIIMS constituted by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. He is member, High level Inter-ministerial Steering Committee for Eco Health Initiatives in India, constituted by MoHFW. He is a Chairman of Technical Resource Group (TRG) on Public-Private Partnership and TRGs on Antiretroviral therapy and Pediatric ART constituted by the National AIDS Control Organisation. He is a member of Technical Resource Group on Surveillance of Viral Hepatitis constituted by the National Center for Disease Control. He has been a member of Empowered Group 2 on COVID 19.
He has been working in the field of HIV disease for over three decades. He is an expert in HIV medicine & associated infectious diseases, epidemiology and public health. He was one of key players in advocacy since 1989 and has been involved in policy making at National level on antiretroviral therapy, management of opportunistic infections, prevention of mother to child transmission and STI management in addition to other key population specific policies. He is a popular & astute HIV medicine physician. He has been a member of many prestigious international committees on different facets of HIV disease including those constituted by ACTG,WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and UNAIDS. His efforts to empower the socially challenged populations and enhancing their treatment literacy are widely appreciated. He is a Padma Shri Awardee 2020.