face to face
“WE ARE DOING REASONABLY WELL ON
QUALITY OF RESEARCH OUTPUT”
Dr Soumya Swaminathan who
joined her current high profile
assignment in August 2015, has got
vast outstanding experience in
health research and administration.
Prior to her current role, she was
the Director of National Institute for
Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT),
Chennai from August 2012 to
August 2015. Her extra-ordinary
research work has been well
recognized and featured in reputed
national and international journals.
She is a fellow of all Indian National
Academies of Sciences.
Dr Swaminathan has the distinction
of being awarded the President of
India’s Gold Medal at the
undergraduate level for the best all
round outgoing student of the year
1980. She was awarded ICMR
Kshanika oration award in 2008,
Tamil Nadu Science and technology
award in 2012.
Through Department of Health
Research and the network of ICMR
institutes, Dr Swaminathan looks
forward to focusing on key health
priorities and generating scientific
evidence for achieving public health
impact. Further, she aims to work
towards expanding the scope and
quality of biomedical research
being conducted in medical
colleges in India.
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BioVoiceNews | September 2016