13 Dec : Dr. Anil Bhansali, Professor & Head, Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER was elected as National President of Endocrine Society of India, which was declared at 40th Annual Conference of Endocrine Society of India at Vellore. Dr.Bhansali has earlier been awarded M.N. Sen Oration Award from the ICMR in the field of Pituitary Disorders, Novo Nordesk Lifetime Achievement Award for Medical Education, NNF Gold Medal Award, Shurveer Singh Trust Award and Dr. PN Shah Memorial Oration.
Dr. Sanjay Bhadada, Assistant Professor in the same department was awarded prestigious PN Shah Memorial Oration by the Endocrine Society of India and was elected as Joint Secretary of this society. Earlier Dr Bhadada was awarded Young Investigator Award form Indian society of Bone and Mineral research India. He has been working in the areas of Metabolic bone disease and diabetes in young.