Prof Narendra Kumar Arora

Professor (Dr) Narendra Kumar Arora (MD –Pediatrics, MMSc – Clinical Epidemiology), associated with The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi, India (since 2005) as Executive Director. Prof Arora previously served as Professor of Pediatrics (Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi between 1983 and 2007. In 2018, he was appointed as President of AIIMS Patna & Deoghar. He served as member for various National scientific, research, and academic committees under the MoHFW, DBT, BIRAC, DST, ICMR, and UGC for Maternal and Child Health in India. He is currently serving as a Chair – Covid-19 Working Group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI India) and Chair on various COVID-19 vaccine, drugs and diagnostic activities in India. On International front, Dr Arora served as a Vice-Chair/Member of the WHO- Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) from 2010 to 2016 and South-East Asia Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (SEAR-ITAG). Currently, Prof Arora serving as a member of the WHO’s Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) and WHO’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Group for Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent health and Nutrition (STAGE) and Co-chair of STAGE Working Group on Anemia.