DR. SANJAY KALRA

Dr. Sanjay Kalra is a consultant and head at Bharti Hospital, Karnal, Haryana, India. He is the Immediate Past President of Endocrine Society of India and Vice President of South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies and POC Member of International Congress of Endocrinology, Singapore, 2022. He also serves on the executive council of the Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India. He has over 1000 PubMed indexed articles to his name, and has fostered bilateral and multilateral links between various Afro Asian countries in the field of endocrinology. He has developed the terms Glucocrinology and Lipocrinology and the Gluco Coper tool to assess coping mechanisms. Dr. Sanjay is the winner of the DAWN Award (2009). He has also published the concepts of diabetes fatigue syndrome, euthymia in diabetes, quaternary prevention in endocrinology, and quinary prevention.

PROF. (DR.) SANJEEV GULATI

Dr. Sanjeev Gulati is the Principal Director, Nephrology & Kidney Transplant Fortis Group of Hospitals, NCR, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Nephrology, Manipal University. He has also worked as an Associate Professor in Pediatric Nephrology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. He has special expertise in managing kidney transplants and children with renal diseases and has experience at leading hospitals in UK, Australia and Canada. He has played a pivotal role in the Dialysis and Transplant programme at SGPGI, Lucknow which is amongst the largest programmes in the country. Read More

Dr. Sanjeev has presented papers at several international and national conferences and published more than 130 scientific papers in indexed journals including NEJM, Kidney International and American Journal of Kidney Diseases. He has also authored 20 chapters in textbooks (including the prestigious Oxford Textbook of Nephrology and Comprehensive Pediatric Nephrology) besides numerous guest lectures. Dr. Sanjeev has also written a book on Childhood Renal Diseases. He has received several awards for my original contributions to the field of kidney diseases. His work has received recognition from the Indian Council of Medical Research, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Indian Society of Nephrology, the Australian College of Pediatrics, Royal college of Pediatrics and Child Health UK Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Japanese Society of Nephrology. He is the President Elect of the Indian Society of Nephrology.

DR. KM PRASANNA KUMAR

Dr. KM Prasanna Kumar is a Consulting Endocrinologist at the Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care (HBR Layout) and the CEO of Bangalore Diabetes Hospital, Vasanth Nagar. Having completed his training at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, with a distinguished career spanning three decades, Dr. KM Prasanna Kumar is one of India’s foremost endocrinologists. He is well-known in the Endocrine and Diabetes community as an excellent researcher and teacher, has headed both, the Endocrine Society and the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India – a rare honor. Read More

Dr. Prasanna Kumar was the President of Indian Thyroid society 2017-2019. He has established 50 clinics in 25 districts of Karnataka state, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery,cAndhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, for care of children with Type 1 diabetes to provide free comprehensive care for all these children including educational needs. More than 2400 children are getting free diabetes care at these centres. He is the Chairman of DSMB (Data Safety Management Board), International Steering Committee member & Co-Chairman for ethical committee and national lead investigator for many global research projects. He was formerly the Senior Professor & Head of Endcrinology and Diabetes at MS Ramaiah Medical College and later honorary professor. He has published more than 150 articles in various national and international medical journals and edited many books and contributed chapters to text books in diabetes. He is on the editorial board of International Journal For Diabetes In Developing Countries and has 150 publications in national & international scientific journals.