Samir Chaudhuri

Samir Chaudhuri is an Indian pediatrician and humanitarian. He is the founder (1974) and director of the Child In Need Institute (CINI), also known as Child In Need India, an organisation that works to facilitate sustainable development in health, nutrition, education and protection of children, adolescents and women in need, and President of its international arm, CINI International.

Samir Chaudhuri
OccupationPediatrician and humanitarian
Known forFounder and director of CINI
Spouse(s)Eliana Riggio
AwardsWorld of Children Health Award (2007)
Ellis Island Medal of Honor Global Humanitarian Award (2008)

Chaudhuri graduated as a physician from the University of Rangoon in 1961, and subsequently trained as a pediatrician, specialising in child nutrition, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1970. He has served as a consultant to international and UN agencies, advising on emergency relief, health and nutrition programmes for women and children in many countries of Africa and Asia.

He has been President of the Voluntary Health Association of India.[1]

Chaudhuri is married to Eliana Riggio and divides his time between India and Italy.

Awards

He received the Italian Parliament’s Commission for Infants Award in 2005.[2]

In 2007, he was awarded the World of Children Health Award[3][4]

He was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Global Humanitarian Award in 2008.[2]

References
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.worldofchildren.org/index.php/honorees/2007-honorees/47-samir-chaudhuri
  4. "UNICEF and US Fund host World of Children 10th-anniversary awards". UNICEF.
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