Trustee for Asia Oceania – Professor Hrishikesh Pai
Professor Hrishikesh Pai is the President of FOGSI, Federation of Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India. He is also the Professor of Reproductive Medicine at D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai, India.
He is a Reproductive Endocrinologist with 33 years of experience in assisted reproduction and endoscopic surgery. Until recently (April 2023), he was the Honorary Adjunct Assistant Professor in Clinical Embryology and Andrology at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA. Presently, he is the Member, Steering Committee of WHO Global Summit on PPH, India Country Lead of the FIGO Gates Foundation Leadership Development Initiative and Sub-Committee Co-Lead of Innovation Equity Forum by the Gates Foundation and National Institute of Health, USA.
During his career, he has delivered 41+ orations and 700+ lectures. He has been Editor of 28+ books and contributed 65+ book chapters, published 35+ research papers and is in the process of co-editing 30 GCPR (Good clinical practice guidelines) of FOGSI (OBGYN Society of India) 2023.
Dr. Pai has received 64 awards including Honorary FRCOG Fellowship ad eundem of the RCOG, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK in 2019, Eminent Physician Award National Indian Medical Association (IMA) 2022, Kanak Goel Community Service Award National IMA 2017, Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility (ISSRF) Lifetime Achievement Award 2019, Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 and Academy of Clinical Embryologists (ACE) Lifetime Achievement Award 2023.
Dr. Pai has the rare distinction of having been President of many organisations in India such as IVF Society of India (ISAR), Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists (IAGE), Mumbai OBGYN Society (MOGS) and Maharashtra Chapter of ISAR.
