Author

Chittaranjan Yajnik

Diabetes specialist working at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Pune, India
- Runs the clinical services as well as a research center
- Over the last 35-40 years, his research shifted from the conventional research of adult studies or studies in diabetes disease, to early life origins of diabetes in Indians
Trained in internal medicine in Pune, India, where he was the MD gold medalist, and then specialized in diabetes and endocrinology in the United Kingdom
At Oxford University, he worked with global experts in diabetes, such as Derek Hockaday, Rob Turner, Jim Mann, George Alberti, Edwin Gayle, Andrew Hattersley, David Matthews, Rory Holman, and several others
- Established long-term collaborations with many of them
Vsiting professor at numerous prestigious universities around the world and has been a member of many national and international advisory committees
Won prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Helmut Maynert Award, the David Barker Medal, and the March of Dimes Award
Prolific scientific output and is rated in the top 0.5% of scientists in diabetes and endocrinology