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Dr. Surya Prakash Bhatt belongs to the hill state of Uttarakhand, India. He has finished his basic schooling from his native village Timali Bharadar, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. Further he has done his bachelor (BSc) in Lifer Sciences and Master (MSc) in Biomedical Science from H.B.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Furthermore, he has done Master in Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resource Development from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar-Delhi, Haryana India. After completion of his MBA he joined All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India, from where he did Doctorate (PhD) in Biotechnology (2012) and Post Doctoral fellowship in Sleep Research (2015) from AIIMS, New Delhi, India. Presently Dr. Bhatt is working as a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Pediatrics and Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders (PMSD) at AIIMS, New Delhi, India.

He has being working in the field of non communicable diseases including obesity, diabetes, sleep apnea, muscle mass, vitamin D deficiency and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) since 14 years. During this period, he has established Sleep Laboratory, Molecular and Biochemistry laboratories and standardized all techniques used in modern day research. His academic dedication can be judged from his research publications as he have already published more than 37 full research publications and more than 40 abstracts in international and national journals with good impact factors. Few more publications from his work are under review or in press. He has also presented his research work in different international (United State of America, Canada, Germany, Spain, Bangkok, Srilanka, and Nepal) and national conferences. Further, he is dealing with more than 11 research projects as a co-principal investigator. He got best Sleep Day activity award from World Sleep Congress, Prague, Czech Republic 2017; Young Scientist Project award from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India as a Principal Investigator in July 2014; Young Investigator award from 6th World Congress on Sleep Medicine in Seoul, Korea in 2015; Best Paper award from International Conference on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Bangkok, Thailand, 2013 and individual fellowship award from the Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India, New Deli, India in 2006.

For the first time in India, he shown polymorphisms of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes (Bhatt et al, 2019) and systemic inflammation (Bhatt et al, 2019) for OSA and NAFLD, vitamin D deficiency in prediabetes (Bhatt et al, 2018), obesity (Bhatt et al, 2014) and fatty liver (Bhatt et al, 2012), new index for prediction of fatty liver (Bhatt et al, 2015), novel gene (Myostatin, Bhatt et al, 2014) for muscle mass and body fat, and multiple genes for fatty liver (Bhatt et al, 2017, and obesity (Bhatt et al, 2012, review) in Indians. His most recent research, focused on genetic and hormonal determination of sleep apnea in children showed that children with OSA have increased obesity, insulin resistance and systemic inflammation.

Another contribution of his work is conducting a large-scale intensive Health Education Awareness Programs and Medical Camps among children, parents and public on the health impact of obesity, malnutrition, sedentary lifestyle and air pollution across 100 schools/colleges and more than 100 residential associations in urban and rural areas, Delhi and NCR, India, and participated more than 20,000 students, their parents and teachers. The Health Education Awareness Programs has been given through lectures, workshops, group discussions, leaflets/booklets and audio video media. He also initiated health education program and medical camps focusing on women in the age 20-60 years, targeted for proper nutrition and lifestyle advice and early detection of bone disorders, pre-diabetes and diabetes. This program included about 2000 women from urban and rural areas. They were made aware through lectures, workshops, group discussions, leaflets/booklets and audio, video media on dietary vitamin D intake and sun exposure.

His long-term goal is to become an independent team leader in medical research. The role demands an individual who is adept at managing and leading a large team. He is currently managing about 50 research staff in various research projects.