Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, a cardiologist and epidemiologist by training, is the founder past
President of the Public Health Foundation of India (2006-20222). He presently serves as an
Honorary Distinguished Professor of PHFI. Under his leadership, PHFI established five Indian
Institutes of Public Health, to advance multi-disciplinary education and research for multisectoral application. He was earlier Head of Cardiology at the All Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi. Prof. Reddy was the first Bernard Lown Visiting Professor of Global Cardiovascular
Health at Harvard (2009-13) and is presently an Adjunct Professor at Harvard, Emory, Sydney
and Pennsylvania universities. He is the first Indian to be elected as an International Member
of the US National Academy of Medicine. He was President of the World Heart Federation
(2013-14) and is co-chair of the Health Thematic Group of the UN Sustainable Development
Solutions Network. He chaired the High-Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage
constituted by the Planning Commission of India (2010-11). He is a member of the Global
Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. He has served on several expert panels
of the World Health Organisation, Indian and international scientific agencies. He is an Advisor
on Health to the state governments of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, with a cabinet rank. Prof.
Reddy has 575 scientific publications in peer reviewed Indian and international journals. He
has published a book “Make Health in India – Reaching a Billion Plus”. His second book “Pulse
to Planet: Long Lifeline of Human Health” will be released in September 2023. Among the
several honours received by him are the WHO Director General’s Award and the Luther Terry
Medal of the American Cancer Association for ‘outstanding contributions to global tobacco
control, the Queen Elizabeth Medal for Health Promotion and Padma Bhushan, the
prestigious civilian award conferred by the President of India.
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
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