DR. NAVEEN THACKER

Designation / Role: President elect, International Pediatric Association

Specialty: Coronavirus, COVID-19

Associated MLH Pages: COVID-19 Resource Center See Less

Past President, Indian Academy of Pediatrics
Director of Deep Children Hospital & Research Centre and Head of Department of Paediatrics of Sahyadri Ramkrishna Speciality Hospital.
His work on Polio eradication is recognized internationally and his articles related to the same have been published in indexed journals as well as in press including New York Times, Time Asia, Wall Street Journal, The Time, The Hindu, Wall Street Journal India, Dowser and The National.
He has received his training in Advanced Vaccinology from Annecy France and is involved in running Vaccinology courses through the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Child Health Foundation.
He is a member of many committees of the Government of India and ICMR like Immunization Action Group, ICMR Subcommittee on Polio Vaccine, ICMR Expert committee on Vaccines