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rof. (Dr.) Nikhil Tandon is the head of the Closely associated with several national and
department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and international bodies such as the Indian Council
PDiabetes at the All India Institute of Medical of Medical Research, Defence Research and
Sciences, New Delhi. A devoted endocrinologist, Development Organization, Department of
researcher, epidemiologist, academician and key Biotechnology, World Health Organisation, National
thought leader, he has led and coordinated genetic Institutes of Health, Institute for International
studies for T2DM and childhood obesity, the first Health and British Heart Foundation for research on
such in South Asia, and is the Chair, Technical thyroid epidemiology, diabetes and metabolic bone
Coordinating Unit for Youth Onset Diabetes diseases, he has participated in many clinical trials.
Registry, set up by the Indian Council of Medical His research findings have been published in several
Research. Prof. Tandon has been the national national and international journals, with PubMed
coordinator for Action in Diabetes and Vascular listing 552 of them in their online repository. He has
Diseases (ADVANCE), a study conducted by The received 56,000 citations for his works.
George Institute for Global Health, Australia for Prof. Tandon holds offices in several professional
combating the risks of diabetes and stemming its societies. He is president of the Indian Society
global epidemic; and has been a member of the for Bone and Mineral Research; president of the
Prof. (Dr.) Nikhil Tandon steering committee of Centre for Cardio-metabolic Endocrine Society of India and a former vice-
Vice President, Governing Body Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS) Trial funded president of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
MBBS, MD, PhD, by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of
FRCP (London)
USA. Sciences, India, a fellow of the National Academy of
Prof. Tandon is a member of the WHO Technical Medical Sciences and the Royal College of Physicians
Advisory Group on Diabetes; member, WHO, South of London.
East Asia Region, NCD Regional Technical Advisory Prof. Tandon is a recipient of the Dr. B C Roy
Group; and member, Joint Global Health Trials Award in 2005, and the civil honour Padma Shri in
Committee, Wellcome Trust. 2015.
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