About Dr. Sunit Chandra Singhi

• Professor Sunit C. Singhi is an internationally recognized Paediatrician with more than 49 years of experience.
• His field of expertise encompasses pediatric emergency and intensive care, infectious diseases, pneumonia, asthma, fever, disorders of growth, neurocritical care, and adolescent health.
• Dr. Singhi is credited with establishing India’s first Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and introducing the nation’s first post-doctoral DM courses in Pediatric Critical Care.
• His pioneering research highlighted the association between transplacental fluid overload, neonatal jaundice, and transient tachypnea of the newborn.
• He holds an MBBS from Rajasthan University (1971), an MD in Paediatrics from AIIMS, New Delhi (1976), and several fellowships, including FCH (1993), FAMS (2005), FIAP, FISCCM (2010), Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine (2010), and FCCM from the American College of Critical Care (2011).
• His academic influence extends globally, having been a visiting professor at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School (USA), and Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Stockholm (Sweden).
• Dr. Singhi served as Head of the Advanced Pediatric Centre at PGIMER, Chandigarh, for over 33 years, Chairman of Paediatrics at Medanta–The Medicity for 5 years, and Principal as well as Head of Department at MM Institute of Medical Sciences, Ambala.
• Supported by grants from ICMR, WHO, CCMRC, INCLEN, and Swedish organizations, he has published 440 peer-reviewed articles, 79 textbook chapters, and 11 books.
• He has also served as Associate Editor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) and Section Editor of Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care.
• As a global leader in pediatric critical care, Dr. Singhi has held several international leadership positions, including President and Vice President of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS).
• He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the ICMR Amrut-Mody Unichem Prize (2010), NAMS KL Wig Award (2013), Swasth Bharat Samman (2011), Claris Critical Care Oration Award (2003), and several lifetime achievement awards.
• He is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (FIAP), and continues to advance child health and critical care medicine.