Nikhil Tandon Explained

Nikhil Tandon
Birth Date:28 November 1963
Birth Place:Delhi, India
Occupation:Endocrinologist
Awards:Padma Shri
Dr. B. C. Roy Award

Nikhil Tandon is an Indian endocrinologist, medical academic and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.[1] [2] He is a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award in 2005[3] and was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[4]

Biography

Nikhil Tandon was born on 28 November 1963 in Delhi.[5] He secured his master's degree (MD) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, obtained his doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Cambridge and returned to India in 1993 to join AIIMS as a member of its faculty.[6] He has stayed with AIIMS ever since and is a professor and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the institution. He has been the national co-ordinator for Action in Diabetes and Vascular Diseases (ADVANCE), a study conducted by The George Institute for Global Health, Australia for combating the risks of diabetes and prevent it becoming a global epidemic[7] and has been a member of the steering committee of Center for Cardio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS) Trial funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. He also serves as a member of the faculty of Emory University.

Tandon is a former vice-president of the National Academy of Sciences, India[8] and a president and the incumbent general secretary of the Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research.[9] He has served as an executive committee member of the Endocrine Society of India and is its president. He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India[10] and a fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[11] and the Royal College of Physicians of London. He has been associated with several national and international bodies such as Indian Council of Medical Research, Defence Research and Development Organization, Department of Biotechnology, National Institutes of Health, Institute for International Health and British Heart Foundation for research on thyroid epidemiology, diabetes and metabolic bone diseases and has participated in many clinical trials.[12] His research findings have been published in several national and international journals,[13] [14] [15] PubMed listing 454 of them in their online repository.[16] He has also featured in the news for the pituitary tumor surgery of the then tallest woman in the world, Siddiqa Parveen.[17]

The Medical Council of India awarded him Dr. B. C. Roy Award in the medical teaching category in 2005. The Government of India followed it up with the civilian award of Padma Shri in 2015. He lives at the Asian Games Village in New Delhi.

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  1. Web site: Bloomberg . Bloomberg . 2015 . 5 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Dr Ambrish Mithal, Dr Ashok Seth to be conferred with Padma Bhushan award | India Medical Times . India Medical Times . 2015 . 5 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423130539/http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2015/01/26/dr-ambrish-mithal-dr-ashok-seth-to-be-conferred-with-padma-bhushan-award/ . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  3. Web site: Endocrine Society of India . Endocrine Society of India . 2015 . 5 March 2015.
  4. Web site: Padma Awards . Padma Awards . 2015 . 16 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 . 28 January 2015 .
  5. Web site: Vidwan . Vidwan . 2015 . 5 March 2015.
  6. Web site: Emory University . Emory University . 2015 . 5 March 2015.
  7. Web site: George Institute . George Institute . 7 June 2008 . 5 March 2015 . 22 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160422174224/http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/368371 . dead .
  8. Web site: NASI . NASI . 2015 . 6 March 2015 . 6 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151106200754/http://www.nasi.org.in/pastoff.htm . dead .
  9. Web site: Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research . Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research . 2015 . 6 March 2015 . 4 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160404092336/http://www.iofbonehealth.org/iof-national-societies/1219 . dead .
  10. Web site: NASI Fellow . NASI . 2015 . 6 March 2015 . 26 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226132012/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=T%20 . dead .
  11. Web site: NAMS . NAMS . 2015 . 6 March 2015.
  12. Web site: Clinical Trial . CTRI . 2015 . 5 March 2015.
  13. Web site: AIIMS Publications of Nikhil Tandon . AIIMS Publications . 2015 . 5 March 2015.
  14. 19015213 . Predicting adult metabolic syndrome from childhood body mass index: follow-up of the New Delhi birth cohort. . Sachdev HP, Osmond C, Fall CH, Lakshmy R, Ramji S, Dey Biswas SK, Prabhakaran D, Tandon N, Reddy KS, Barker DJ, Bhargava SK . Arch Dis Child . October 2009 . 94 . 10 . 768–774 . 10.1136/adc.2008.140905 . 2749731.
  15. 19327768 . Reversible hypogonadism in Bardet-Biedl syndrome . Desai A, Jha O, Iyer V, Dada R, Kumar R, Tandon N . Fertil Steril . July 2009 . 92 . 1 . 391.e13–5 . 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.023. free .
  16. PubMed Profile . Biochemical Pharmacology. 24. 20. 1903–4. 2015 . 20. Barthel. W.. Markwardt. F.. 10.1016/0006-2952(75)90415-3.
  17. Web site: ND TV . ND TV . 28 January 2014 . 5 March 2015.

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