IIHMR University, (earlier Know as Indian Institute of Health Management Research), a leading health management research university based in Jaipur, has announced 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.

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.