Shally Awasthi is an Indian professor and paediatric pulmonologist.[2] She works at King George's Medical University, Lucknow, UP India.[3][4][5] Awasthi was the first Indian scientist to be appointed to the Health-Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG) of the World Health Organization (WHO). HSI-TAG comprises a group of experts formed to advise the WHO on worldwide issues concerning global health and security.[6]
Honors and Awards
Awasthi is an elected fellow of all major Indian science academies namely the National Academy of Science,[7] Indian Academy of Sciences,[8] The National Academy of Medical Science,[9] Indian National Science Academy 2020 [10] and Indian Academy of Pediatrics. She was an Honorary Fellow of Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health for 2018.[11]
The Department of Science and Technology Government of India honored her with its National Award for Outstanding Efforts in Science & Technology Communication through innovative and traditional methods in 2016.[12] The Indian Council of Medical Research of the Government of India awarded her the Basanti Devi Amir Chand Award-2016,[13] Amrut Mody Unichem Prize-2010,[14] Dr HB Dingley Memorial Award-1996.[15] The Medical Council of India awarded her the Bidhan Chandra Roy Award for 2003–2004. She has been awarded Mridula Kamboj Memorial Lecture Oration Award, NASI, 2020.[16] She has been listed in the top 2% of scientists in Pediatrics.[17][18]