Professor Srinath Reddy is the President of the Public Health Foundation of India, Adjunct Professor at several universities, including Harvard and Emory, and was also Head of the Department of Cardiology at AIIMS.
Widely regarded as a leader of preventive cardiology at national and international levels, Professor Reddy has been a researcher, teacher, policy-enabler, advocate and activist. He has more than 500 scientific publications in both Indian and international peer-reviewed journals.
He has served on many WHO expert panels and was President of the World Heart Federation from 2013–14. He chaired the Core Advisory Group on Health and Human Rights for the National Human Rights Commission of India for several years, and was a member of the first National Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India.
Professor Reddy has received many awards and accolades. Some of these are:
• The WHO Director General's Award for Outstanding Global Leadership in Tobacco Control;
• In 2005, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to public health;
• In 2009, he was honoured with the Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health, UK;
• In 2013–14, Dr Reddy was elected President of the World Heart Federation.