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:
Abhinav Gupta's portrait

South-East Asia India
Abhyudaya Verma's portrait

South-East Asia India
Dibya Aditya's portrait

South-East Asia India
Ajoy Tewari's portrait

South-East Asia India
Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo

South and Central America Mexico
Almoutaz Alkhier Ahmed's portrait

Almoutaz Alkhier Ahmed Abdulrahman

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates
Amrit Kaur's portrait

South-East Asia India
Andrew Behnke's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States
Anil Kumar Virmani

South-East Asia India
Anjaneyulu Kowluru's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States

Anubha Srivastava

South-East Asia India
Aravind R Sosale

South-East Asia India
Arjun Shrestha's portrait

South-East Asia Nepal
Arshid Rafiq

South-East Asia India
Arupratan Choudhury's portrait

Europe United Kingdom

South-East Asia India
Bilguissa Baldé's portrait

Africa Guinea

Brijendra Srivastava

South-East Asia India
Chandni Radhakrishnan's portrait

South-East Asia India
D.S. Prasad's portrait

South-East Asia India

Dario Rahelic

Europe Croatia
Debby Syahru Romadlon's portrait

Western Pacific Thailand
Desmond Croker's portrait

North America and Caribbean Jamaica

Dhatmendra Panchal

South-East Asia India
Djordje S. Popovic's portrait

Europe Serbia
Farrah Shafeera Ibrahim's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia

Africa Ethiopia
Heena Akba

Western Pacific Australia
Hellena Habte-Asres

Europe United Kingdom
Hitesh Saraogi's portrait

South-East Asia India
Imran Shaikh's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Jayshree Swain

South-East Asia India
Jia Zheng's portrait

Western Pacific China
Jimmy Joseph

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates
Jimmy Thomas'portrait

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates

Júlia Galhardo

Europe Portugal
Kainat Asmat's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Kamran Khan

South-East Asia India

Kannan Rajendran

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

Africa Côte D’ivoire
Lee-Ling Lim's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia
Manaswini Mangaraj

South-East Asia India
Manodip Acharyya

South-East Asia India
Meeta Amit Burande

South-East Asia India
Mercy Solomon's portrait

Mercy Solomon

Africa Nigeria
Mohamed Elnaem's portrait

Europe United Kingdom
Mohammed Habeebuddin Shaji's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Riyaz's portrait

South-East Asia India
Momtaz Ahmed's portrait

Western Pacific Fiji
Mona Mohamed Ibrahim Abdalla's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia
Muhammad Owais Fazal's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan

Mukulesh Gupta

South-East Asia India
Nader Afravi's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Iran
Naila Masood Siddiqui's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Narsingh Verma's portrait

Narsingh Verma

India
Noha Gaber Amin

Middle East and North Africa Egypt
Md Nurul Amin's portrait

South-East Asia Bangladesh
Ola Sukkarieh's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Lebanon
P.V. Ajithkumar's portrait

P.V. Ajithkumar

South-East Asia India

North America and Caribbean Canada
Patrick Ngassa Piotie's portrait

Africa South Africa
Pichakacheri Sureshkumar's portrait

South-East Asia India
Piyush Desai's portrait

Piyush Desai

South-East Asia India
Pramod Tripathi

South-East Asia India
Prasanna Kumar Gupta

South-East Asia India
Preeti Singh Dhoat's portrait

South-East Asia India
Rachana Kalpekar's portrait

South-East Asia India
Riddhi Dasgupta

South-East Asia India
Rincy Sajith

Europe United Kingdom
Robin Maskey's portrait

South-East Asia Nepal
Rohit Warrier's portrait

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

North America and Caribbean United States

Western Pacific Indonesia
Sabyasachi Sen's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States
Saeed Mahar's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Sagar Dugani

North America and Caribbean United States
Sarah Cuschieri's portrait

Europe Malta
Satrajit Roy

South-East Asia India
Seyda Ozcan's portrait

Europe Türkiye
Shabeen Naz Masood

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Shagun Bindlish

North America and Caribbean United States
Shahjada Selim's portrait

South-East Asia Bangladesh
Shahrad Taheri's portrait

Europe United Kingdom
Sheena Ramazanu's portrait

Western Pacific Hong Kong SAR, China
Sijomol Skaria's portrait

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates
Sobhya Karamullah's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Sommayya Aftab's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Soumyabrata Roy Chaudhuri

South-East Asia India
Sujoy Ghosh's portrait

South-East Asia India
Satha Sum's portrait

Western Pacific Cambodia
Sumit Sinhal's portrait

South-East Asia India
Supratik Bhattacharyya's portrait

South-East Asia India
Supriya Datta

South-East Asia India
Supriyo Mukherjee's portrait

South-East Asia India
Swaraj Waddankeri's portrait

South-East Asia India
Vinod Abichandani's portrait

Vinod Abichandani

South-East Asia India
Winnie Chee

Western Pacific Malaysia
Zia Ullah Khan's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
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