K. Srinath Reddy, MD

K. Srinath Reddy, MD, is the president of Public Health Foundation of India. Under his leadership, PHFI has established five Indian Institutes of Public Health in different regions of India to advance multi-disciplinary public health education, research, health technologies and implementation support for strengthening health systems. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of epidemiology at Harvard University and as an adjunct professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, and honorary professor of medicine at the University of Sydney.

Professor Reddy has served on many World Health Organization expert panels and as a president of the World Heart Federation. He chaired the Core Advisory Group on Health and Human Rights for the National Human Rights Commission of India and was a member of the first National Science and Engineering Research Board of Government of India. He chaired the High-Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage, set up by the Planning Commission of India.

Professor Reddy obtained his medical degree from Osmania Medical College, MD (medicine) and DM (cardiology) degrees from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and a master of science degree in epidemiology from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Professor Reddy has been involved in several major international and national research studies including the INTERSALT global study of blood pressure and electrolytes, INTERHEART global study on risk factors of myocardial infarction, national collaborative studies on epidemiology of coronary heart disease and community control of rheumatic heart disease. 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 who has worked to promote healthy living across the lifespan.

Professor Reddy recently published a book Make Health in India: Reaching A Billion Plus. He is the first Indian to be elected to the National Academy of Medicine and has been awarded several prestigious international and national doctorates and fellowships.