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Manpreet Singh Khurmi or (Manpreet S. Khurmi) was born in Patiala, Punjab, India on June 26, 1982. His father Dr Rajinder Singh Khurmi is a renowned Consultant - Plastic Surgeon who graduated from Government Medical College, Patiala and worked in the Punjab Civil Medical Services from 1976 to 2003. Dr R. S. Khurmi also worked as a Consultant in Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia from 2006 to 2013 posted in Khamis Mushait, Abha region and is presently working in G S Medical College, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. His mother Gurdarshan Kaur had also previously worked in the Government job in Punjab and retired as Matron, G G S Medical College, Faridkot in 2011. She is also working presently along with her husband in GSMC, Hapur.

Early Life and career: Manpreet spent his childhood in Faridkot and studied till high school at Dasmesh public School. Although, he was an average student during his school days, however, he had keen interest in science and mathematics. He won Best Cadet award in First aid service in a contest held by Saint John Ambulance Brigade contest in Jalandhar in 1996 and also in National Science Fair in 1997. Thereafter, he joined DAV College, Sector 10 and moved to Chandigarh in the year 1997. He participated in professional modelling and also acted in few TV serials viz. Toofan Mail on Sony TV.

A turning point in his early career was an incident in which he got selected in Punjab Medical Entrance Tests, however, he could not get a seat as the state Government enacted new rule wherein only students from Punjab were eligible for seat in PMT Punjab and only students from Chandigarh were eigible for seat in Chandigarh PMT. Unfortunately, he had taken admission in Guru Nanak College, Ferozepur during mid of the year in 1998 and because of this new rule, he was not able to join any medical college in Punjab or in Chandigarh, although Chandigarh is the capital of Punjab and is an Union territory.

He did not lose hope and cleared several all India medical entrance examinations and joined Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University in 2001. During his medical college days, he was very active in literary, cultural and sports activities. He was elected to the post of General Secretary and later President, of the College Society in the years 2004 and 2005 respectively. In 2005, he also contested the Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union elections for the post of Cabinet Member but could score only 700 votes. The same he published his first book "All India Pre Medical/ Pre Dental Ten Years Solved Papers", around 500 pages by Paragaon International Publishers, New Delhi. He was instrumental in changing conservative atmosphere in the college by conducting various events such as Freshers' Party, Fashion show etc. He was often threatened by seniors and peers but was never scared. He finished his Medical school in the year 2008 and worked in Mamta health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi besides teaching part time as an IELTS faculty at Achievers' Point, New Delhi and then moved to United Kingdom for studying Master in Public Health at the University of Sheffield for which he received an India International Scholarship. He did few part time jobs most notably in Homefundraising, wherein, he joined as a Fundraiser and was soon promoted as a Team Leader and worked for several organizations such as UNICEF, Save the Children, Cancer Research UK etc.

As soon as he passed, the very next day he took flight back to India and joined UNICEF Bihar office as a Consultant. During a one year stint in this office, he not only received the best appraisal in the entire Health team but was also given additional responsibility to oversee necessary arrangements for a high level delegation visit including Mr Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF, New York in Dec 2010.

Soon after, he joined Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India as a National Consultant on a UNICEF funded position and was responsible for initiating several benchmark work in the field of maternal, newborn and child health e.g. he initiated the official file and led development of several key components of a new national health programme in India "Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram", monitoring framework for Special Newborn care Units etc. He filed a patent "Khurmi - Nichale Tape" in June 2015 and was approved in Dec 2016 by the patent Authority in India. He worked briefly with World Health Organization, researcher in USA, International Consultant with UNICEF Rwanda office, Save the Children, United Nations Development Program in the years 2014-17 and later joined Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia as a Public Health Specialist based in Taif, Mekkah region. <> <> <> <>

Manpreet has several publications and served on the Editorial Board and as a reviewer in several Public health Journals including Bulletin of WHO. He has keen interest in poetry and loves travelling. <>

Personal Life: Manpreet is married with Dr Neha Varshney, who was born in Dehradun, India and completed Medical School from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University in 2011. She briefly worked in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Quality Council of India and during this period cleared United States Medical License Examination. She joined as a Resident with University of Toledo Medical Centre, Toledo, Ohio in the Department of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology in the year 2014. Thereafter, she will pursue a fellowship in Surgical Pathology at University of Iowa, Iowa in the year 2018. <