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Soumya Swaminathan

1959 - Today

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Soumya Swaminathan (born 2 May 1959) is an Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist known for her research on tuberculosis and HIV. Swaminathan served as Secretary to the Government of India for Health Research and Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (2015–2017), where she prioritized evidence-based health policy, research capacity building in medical schools, and strengthening south-south partnerships in health sciences. From October 2017 to March 2019, she was the deputy director general of programmes (DDP) at the World Health Organization. Subsequently till 2022, she served as the chief scientist at the World Health Organization under the leadership of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Soumya Swaminathan is the 532nd most popular physician, the 2,231st most popular biography from India and the 21st most popular Indian Physician.

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In India

Among people born in India, Soumya Swaminathan ranks 2,235 out of 1,861Before her are Sana Amin Sheikh (null), Aditi Arya (1993), Ishita Raj Sharma (1990), Lopamudra Raut (1995), Elavenil Valarivan (null), Mandeep Singh (1991), Ira Trivedi (null), Ritu Menon (2000), Pooja Dhanda (1994), and Pranati Nayak (1995). After her are Mairaj Ahmad Khan (1975), and Hardik Singh (1998).

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