Details of academic prizes, medals, orations and scholarships

1. Co-ordinator for Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology, 2020-2023. This is the first, and so far the only, such APLAR accredited centre in India.

2. President, Asia Pacific Society for Immunodeficiencies (2020-2024)

3. Vice-President, Indian Rheumatology Association (2017-2019)

4. President, Indian Society for Kawasaki Disease (2020-2022)

5. President, Indian Society for Primary Immune Deficiency (2013-2014)

6. Nominated as member of Institute Body of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur (2020-2025); Chairperson, Standing Academic Committee, AIIMS, Raipur (2020-2025)

7. Member, Medical Advisory Panel, International Patient Organization for Primary Imuunodeficiencies (IPOPI)

A. Indian Council of Medical Research:

a. Awarded the Chaturvedi Kalawati Jagmohan Das Memorial Award (2009) by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.

b. Awarded the Chaturvedi Kalawati Jagmohan Das Memorial Award (2011) by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.

B. Hong Kong Society for Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong

a. Roland Levin sky Memorial Lecture, Hong Kong Society for Immunology,Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong, 2016

C. Singapore Pediatrics Society

a. Delivered the 14th.Stuart Gan Memorial Lecture, 2019, Singapore: ‘Our journey with PrimaryImmunodeficiency Disorders at Chandigarh, North India: trials, tribulations and some success.

D. Dubai Pediatric Club

a. Delivered the 7th Dr. Cyrus Litkouhi Oration, UAE (2021) Director, National Co-ordinating Centre (India) Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), Genoa, Italy (2017-2021)

E. Co-ordinator for Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) Programme, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

a. Was selected as Co-ordinatior for GIAN Programme on Primary Immunodeficiencies Diseases, 2019

F. Award by National Societies:

1. Awards given by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics

a. JamesFlett Endowment Award and Gold Medal of Indian Academy of Pediatrics -1985.

b. Trainee Fellowships of Indian Academy of Pediatrics twice in successive years - 1987& 1988; the latter was for work in Allergy and Immunology.

c. Was appointed Convener of the National Immunization Committee of Indian Academy of Pediatrics for 2003-04.

d. Selected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics -2002.

e. Member of Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Practices, IAP, 2013-2014

2. Awards given by the Indian College of Allergy, Asthma and Applied Immunology

a) Was awarded the V. Raju Award and Gold Medal (2004) for work related to Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders in children.

b) Was awarded the Von-Pirquet Oration (2003) for work related to Autoimmune Disorders in Children.

c) Was selected as a Fellow of the College in 2003.

d) The work related to Keratoconjunctivitis sicca in children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JainV, Singh S, Sharma A) was awarded the Sundaramma Award at the 33rd.Annual Convention of the College in 1999 (Vivek Jain).

3. Award given by the Indian Rheumatology Association

a. Was awarded Zydus Oration of Indian Rheumatology Association in 2003 for work related to childhood vasculitides.

b. Delivered the Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA) Oration at Bhuvaneshwar, November 2010 Kawasaki Disease: our experience at PGIMER, Chandigarh.

4. Award given by the Pediatric Rheumatology Society of India

a) 3rd. Balu Athreya Oration of Pediatric Rheumatology Society,Bangalore, 2016

5. Orations delivered in India:

1. At Nagpur, Maharashtra.

a. Delivered the 15th Dr. P.R. Dange Oration of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Nagpur Branch, in 2005. The oration was entitled, “Kawasaki Disease– walking the tightrope”.

b. Delivered the 25th Dr.P. R. Dange Oration of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Nagpur Branch,in 2015. The oration was entitled, “Kawasaki Disease at Chandigarh, 1994-2015

2. At Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

a. Delivered the Dr. Tirumala Rao Memorial Oration at the 1st Central Zone and XXIX Andhra Pradesh State Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics in November 2008 at Visakhapatnam.The oration was entitled, “Approach to prolonged fevers in children

3. At Surat, Gujarat

a. Delivered the Dr. H.K. Gaur Oration of Surat Pediatric Association, February 2011 Kawasaki Disease an enigma .

4. At Kolkata, West Bengal

a. Dr. K.C.Choudhury Oration of the Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, August 2013. This was entitled, “Kawasaki disease – our experience at PGIMER, Chandigarh”.

b. Sisir Kumar Bose Oration at the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, 2016.

5. At Bangalore, Karnataka

a. Dr. D.G. Benakappa Endowment Lecture, Bangalore, 2017

6. At the Christian Medical College, Vellore

a. Rheumatology Oration, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 2017.

7. At Santokba Durlabh ji Hospital, Jaipur

a. Dr. Nirmal Miglani Oration, 2018– “Kawasaki Disease at Chandigarh – our experience over 24 years

8. At Bihar, Gaya

a. Dr. B.N. Dasgupta Oration at Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Bihar State Branch, Gaya, 2019

9. At Bangalore, Karnataka

a. Dr. T.S. Mallesh Memorial Oration, Bangalore Pediatric Society, Bangalore, 2020.

10.Allergy Immunology Chapter, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2020

a. Dr. H. Paramesh and Dr. D. Nagaraju Oration of Allergy and Applied Immunology Chapter Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2020

6. Adjunct/Visiting Professor

a) Appointed Adjunct Professor at Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore (2018-2021).

b) Visiting Professor in Pediatrics, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal (2002)

c) Visiting Professor in Pediatrics Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital of Xian, Jiaotong Univertisty, Xian, China

7. Awards won at PGIMER, Chandigarh

a) The paper entitled, “A study of subcutaneous fat in children with juvenile dermatomyositis. Verma S, Singh S, BhallaA K, Khullar M. Arthritis and Rheumatism (Arthritis Care and Research) 2006; 55:564-568” was awarded the Maj. Gen. Amir Chand Gold Medal for the best published paper by anMD student (Sumit Verma) at the XXVIII Annual Convocation of the institute held in 2007.

b) The paper entitled, “Endothelial dysfunction in a cohort of North Indian children with Kawasaki disease without overt coronary artery involvement. Ghelani S, Singh S,Manoj kumar R. Journal of Cardiology2009; 53: 226-231”, was awarded the Dr.V.K. Saini Gold Medal for the best published paper by an MD student (SunilJ. Ghelani) in the field of Cardiology at the XXX Annual Convocation of the institute held in 2009.

c) The paper entitled, “Prospective follow-up cardiac evaluation of children with Kawasaki disease in Northern India using the Japanese echocardiography criteria. Kothur K, Singh S, Sharma Y, Mittal BR. Journal of Cardiology2007,50: 299-307” was awarded the Dr.V.K.Saini Gold Medal for the best published paper by an MD student (Kavitha Kothur) in the field of Cardiology at the XXIX Annual Convocation of the institute held in 2008.

d) The paper entitled, “Pro-brainnatriuretic peptide (ProBNP) levels in North Indian children with Kawasaki disease. Reddy M, Singh S, Rawat A, Sharma A, Suri D, Rohit MK. Rheumatology International 2016;36(4):551-9, was selected for the Dr. V.K. Saini Gold Medal2017 for the best published paper by an MD student (Mounika Reddy)in the field of Cardiology at the XXXII Annual Convocation of the institute,2019.

e) The paper entitled, “Mid-term Risk for Sub clinical Atherosclerosis and Chronic Myocarditis in Children with Kawasaki Disease and Transient Coronary Abnormalities. Parihar M,Singh S, Vignesh P, Gupta A, Rohit M. Pediatric Cardiology 2017;38(6):1123-1132, was selected for the Dr. V.K. Saini Gold Medal2018 for the best published paper by an MD student (Man Singh Parihar)in the field of Cardiology at the XXXII Annual Convocation of the institute,2019.

8. Prizes/medals won at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

I. First prize in Physiology and Biochemistry.

II. Honours in First Professional Examination with Distinction in Physiology (85.3% marks).

III. Dr. Tulsi Ram Gold Medal in Pathology.

IV. Delhi Administration Gold Medal in Pharmacology.

V. Second in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

VI. Delhi Administration Merit Scholarship for 1st Professional Examination (Oct 1979 - Dec 1980).

VII. Delhi Administration Merit Scholarship for 2nd Professional Examination (Oct.1980-Dec.1981).

9. Prizes won at Punjab Public School, Nabha

I. President's Gold Medal for best all-round student of Punjab Public School, Nabha (1975).

II. Merit Scholarship of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, based on performance in Indian School Certificate Examination (1975).

III. General Kalwant Singh Prize for the best student in Indian School Certificate Examination at Punjab Public School, Nabha (1975).

G International fellowship /travel awards:

1. Fellowship

a. Awarded Fellowship for one- year's training in Pediatric Immunology at the Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, United Kingdom - 1990.

2. Travel awards given by the British Society for Immunology

a. International Travel Award of the British Society for Immunology for the John Humphrey Advanced Summer School in Immunology (1992) held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan, under the auspices of British Society for Immunology and Russian Immunological Society.

b. International Travel Scholarship of the British Society for Immunology for the Leonardo da Vinci Programme -Immunofluorescence & Immunohistochemistry Training Course (1999) at Innsbruck, Austria.

c. International Travel Award of the British Society for Immunology (1999) for visiting the Pediatric Immunology Unit at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

d. International Travel Award of theBritish Society for Immunology for John Humphrey Advanced Summer Programme andLecture Series in Immunology (2000) at Puschino, Russia.

e. International Travel Award of the British Society for Immunology for attending the IXth. International Kawasaki Disease Symposium at Taipei, Taiwan (2008).

f. International Travel Award of theBritish Society for Immunology for attending the XIVth. Biennial Congress Meeting of the European Society for Immunodeficiency and the International Patient Organization for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Istanbul, Turkey (2010).

g. International Travel Award of the British Society for Immunology for attending the 100th. J-Project Meeting on Primary Immunodeficiencies, Antalya, Turkey (2014).

h. International Travel Award of the British Society for Immunology for attending the ISTH 2017, Berlin, Germany,July 2017.

3. Travel award given by the British Transplantation Society

a. Won a Travel Award of the British Transplantation Society for the Summer School in Transplantation Immunology(1993) held at Newcastle - upon - Tyne, U.K., under the auspices of British Transplantation Society and British Society for Immunology.

4. Travel award given by the International Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH)

a) International Travel Grant for attending the XXVII Congress of the ISTH, Melbourne, Australia (2019)