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Hrishikesh D. Pai is an Indian Obstetrician, Gynaecologist  and IVF Doctor. He is the Founder and Director of the Bloom IVF Group.

Education
Pai is a graduate of Seth G S Medical College & K E M Hospital, University of Mumbai. He did his one-year Clinical Fellowship in Reproductive biology from the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia in 1989. He also completed his two years Master’s in Clinical Embryology and Andrology from the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia in 2008.

Career
Since 1991, Dr. Pai has been practicing as an IVF specialist, Gynecologist, and Obstetrician with thousands of cases carried out across India and beyond.

Pai founded the Bloom IVF Group which currently has eight IVF centres across India. He serves as Gynaecologist and Head of IVF Unit at Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, Fortis Hospitals, New Delhi, and D Y Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai.

Pai is known for introducing several innovations in medical fields across India and beyond. He is one of the pioneers in the field of Micromanipulation in India. He has also been instrumental in establishing the first Assisted Laser Hatching Unit in India.

Pai has co-edited and released several research publications  relating to Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Infertility and other medical fields. He has organized conferences on gynaecology and infertility. He has delivered several Orations and has been an invited speaker at several national and international conferences.

Pai served as the former president of the Indian Association of Gynecological Endoscopists (IAGE) and former president of the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR). He was also the Past Secretary General of the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI).

Awards and recognition
Pai has won several awards and recognized by several medical bodies. Among them include:
 * 2008 - Best Doctor’s Award, Indian Medical Association (Mumbai west)


 * 2017 - Dr Kanak Goel National Award by the Indian Medical Association at the 91st National Conference of the IMA at Amritsar


 * 2017 - Doctor of the Year Award by IMA (Indian Medical Association) at Centenary Celebrations of Medical Conferences in India


 * 2018 - Times Healthcare Achievers Award, Mumbai as Legend – IVF & Fertility


 * 2019 - R K Medical Excellence Award – Pioneer in IVF in India


 * 2019 - Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Research in Reproductive Health by Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility (ISSRF)


 * 2019 - ET Healthworld Most Inspiring Gynaecologists of West India at ET Healthworld Fertility Conclave