Senior Fellows

The IDF Fellowship programme aims to foster a global community of diabetes experts to promote knowledge exchange and help strengthen the global diabetes response.

The title of Senior Fellow recognises professionals working in diabetes with over 15 years of experience. This category is highly selective, with applications open twice a year.

The next call for applications will open in Q4 2026.

The International Diabetes Federation is delighted to welcome the following Senior Fellows:
Mona Mohamed Ibrahim Abdalla's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia
Almoutaz Alkhier Ahmed's portrait

Almoutaz Alkhier Ahmed Abdulrahman

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates
Vinod Abichandani's portrait

Vinod Abichandani

South-East Asia India
Nader Afravi's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Iran
Sommayya Aftab's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Momtaz Ahmed's portrait

Western Pacific Fiji
Heena Akba

Western Pacific Australia
Md Nurul Amin's portrait

South-East Asia Bangladesh
Kainat Asmat's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Bilguissa Baldé's portrait

Africa Guinea
Andrew Behnke's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States
Supratik Bhattacharyya's portrait

South-East Asia India
Meeta Amit Burande

South-East Asia India
Arupratan Choudhury's portrait

Europe United Kingdom
Winnie Chee

Western Pacific Malaysia
Desmond Croker's portrait

North America and Caribbean Jamaica
Sarah Cuschieri's portrait

Europe Malta
Supriya Datta

South-East Asia India
Kwadjo Anicet Luc Dere's portrait

Africa Côte D’ivoire
Piyush Desai's portrait

Piyush Desai

South-East Asia India
Preeti Singh Dhoat's portrait

South-East Asia India
Muhammad Owais Fazal's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Mohamed Elnaem's portrait

Europe United Kingdom
Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo

South and Central America Mexico
Noha Gaber Amin

Middle East and North Africa Egypt
Sujoy Ghosh's portrait

South-East Asia India
Abhinav Gupta's portrait

South-East Asia India
Prasanna Kumar Gupta

South-East Asia India
Mohammed Habeebuddin Shaji's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Saudi Arabia
Hellena Habte-Asres

Europe United Kingdom
Farrah Shafeera Ibrahim's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia
Jimmy Joseph

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates
Rachana Kalpekar's portrait

South-East Asia India
Sobhya Karamullah's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Amrit Kaur's portrait

South-East Asia India
Zia Ullah Khan's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Kamran Khan

South-East Asia India
Anjaneyulu Kowluru's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States

Western Pacific Indonesia
Lee-Ling Lim's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia
Saeed Mahar's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Manaswini Mangaraj

South-East Asia India
Robin Maskey's portrait

South-East Asia Nepal
Shabeen Naz Masood

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Dibya Aditya's portrait

South-East Asia India
Supriyo Mukherjee's portrait

South-East Asia India
Patrick Ngassa Piotie's portrait

Africa South Africa
P.V. Ajithkumar's portrait

P.V. Ajithkumar

India
Seyda Ozcan's portrait

Europe Türkiye
Djordje S. Popovic's portrait

Europe Serbia
D.S. Prasad's portrait

South-East Asia India
Chandni Radhakrishnan's portrait

South-East Asia India
Arshid Rafiq

South-East Asia India
Sheena Ramazanu's portrait

Western Pacific Hong Kong SAR, China
Mohammed Riyaz's portrait

South-East Asia India
Debby Syahru Romadlon's portrait

Western Pacific Thailand
Satrajit Roy

South-East Asia India
Soumyabrata Roy Chaudhuri

South-East Asia India
Rincy Sajith

Europe United Kingdom
Sabyasachi Sen's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States
Shahjada Selim's portrait

South-East Asia Bangladesh
Imran Shaikh's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Arjun Shrestha's portrait

South-East Asia Nepal
Naila Masood Siddiqui's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Sumit Sinhal's portrait

South-East Asia India
Sijomol Skaria's portrait

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates

North America and Caribbean Canada
Mercy Solomon's portrait

Mercy Solomon

Africa Nigeria
Aravind R Sosale

South-East Asia India
Ola Sukkarieh's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Lebanon
Satha Sum's portrait

Western Pacific Cambodia
Pichakacheri Sureshkumar's portrait

South-East Asia India
Jayshree Swain

South-East Asia India
Shahrad Taheri's portrait

Europe United Kingdom
Ajoy Tewari's portrait

South-East Asia India
Jimmy Thomas'portrait

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates
Pramod Tripathi

South-East Asia India
Narsingh Verma's portrait

Narsingh Verma

India
Abhyudaya Verma's portrait

South-East Asia India
Ron T. Varghese's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States
Anil Kumar Virmani

South-East Asia India
Swaraj Waddankeri's portrait

South-East Asia India
Rohit Warrier's portrait

South-East Asia India
Jia Zheng's portrait

Western Pacific China
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