National : IIHMR University, a leading health management research university in India, is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. RA Mashelkar as a distinguished professor, aiming to further elevate the institution’s academic quality, scientific research and innovative landscape.Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar has spoken on the future of the Indian Healthcare landscape at various platforms where his focus has been on “Indovation”- a concept where he believes that India needs innovation done by Indians for the Indian challenges considering the Indian conditions. He also firmly believes, achieving affordable excellence can help us upscale digital healthcare in India.He has significantly contributed to academics, scientific research, science, technology, innovations, IPR leadership, and society. He is renowned for his contributions in polymer science & engineering, for his transformative national research institution leadership, for his pioneering different movements such as evolving global systems for traditional knowledge protection, helping create strong yet balanced IPR systems, inclusive innovation movement based on the concept of Gandhian Engineering that he pioneered.Expressing his excitement upon the appointment, Dr. PR Sodani, President, IIHMR University shared, “We are fortunate to have Dr. R.A. Mashelkar as the Distinguished Professor at our University. His unparalleled expertise and visionary leadership in scientific research and innovation will significantly enrich our academic environment and inspire our community to strive for excellence. Dr. Mashelkar’s association with IIHMR University marks a new chapter in our commitment to advancing health management education and research, and we are confident that his contributions will have a lasting impact on our institution and beyond.”Dr. Mashelkar, who is known for his world-class scientific research has been honoured with three of India’s highest civilian awards, Padmashri (1991), Padmabhushan (2000) and Padma Vibhushan (2014). With many firsts to his credit, he has also won the most prestigious TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize (2018), the highest science prize by the World Academy of Science. Another feather in his cap is the record of 47 honorary doctorates from universities around the world, from London to Pretoria to Wisconsin to Monash to Delhi.