Tanaya Narendra

Tanaya Narendra, popularly known as Dr. Cuterus, is an Indian sexual health educator, doctor, embryologist, and scientist.

In the year 2022, Tanaya received the Health Influencer of the Year award from the IHW Council, supported by NITI Aayog and Ayushman Bharat, in recognition of her contributions to the field of public health.

Education and career
Narendra was born to fertility doctors, which exposed her to conversations about sexual health from an early age. She pursued her medical studies in India and obtained an MBBS degree. Later, she relocated to the UK to study the science of assisted reproduction. She enrolled at the University of Oxford and pursued a Master's degree in Clinical Embryology. Her time in the UK also allowed her to register as a doctor in England.

In 2020, she started her Instagram account called Dr. Cuterus, to address the misinformation surrounding sexual health on the internet. She shares informative content on various aspects of sexual health.

She is recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH).

She authored a book titled ‘Dr. Cuterus- Everything Nobody Tells You About Your Body’ which was published in December 2022.

Awards and achievements

 * Sexual Health Influencer of the Year 2020 by SH24 for her contributions to medical education in the field of sexual health.
 * Featured among iDiva's '50 Most Beautiful Women in India' for 2021.
 * Top 25 Disruptors of India 2021 by Cosmopolitan Magazine
 * Health Influencer of the Year by the IHW Council