Dr. Harsh Vardhan (aka) Harshvardhan Goel has taken charge of the World Health Organization (WHO), as Executive Chairman of the Board with effect from May 22nd, 2020.
He succeeds Hiroki Nakatani of Japan. To head a 34 member Executive Board of the 134 nation, World Health Assembly
Presently :
- Minister – Ministry of Health & Family Welfare – Government of India
- Minister – Ministry of Science & Technology – Government of India
- Minister – Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
- Member of Parliament – 17th Lok Sabha
Education :
- M.S. (Otorhindaryngologist) – Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur (1983)
- M.B.B. S – Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur (1979)
Awards / Honours :
- IMA President’s Special Award of Appreciation – by Indian Medical Association (1994)
- Director-General’s ‘Polio Eradication Champion Award Commendation Medal’ – World Health Organization (WHO) – (1998)
- Polio Eradication Champions Award – by Rotary International (2001)
- ‘Doctor of the Last Decade’ (Swasthya Ratna) – by Indian Medical Association’s New Delhi branch (2002)