Prof. Pradeep Kumar is a Professor in Community Medicine at Dr M. K. Shah Medical College, Ahmadabad. He has more than 40 years of teaching experience at various medical colleges of Gujarat including experience in working with health problems like plague, leptospirosis and avian flu. He also served as Additional Project Director of Gujarat state AIDS Control Society. He has been National/State level trainer/ Coordinator/ evaluator for various national health programs. He has been conferred “NINAD” oration by IAPSM Gujarat Chapter and “Best Teacher of Public Health” award by Gujarat University. He is the recipient of the fellowship of Indian Association of PSM and Indian Hypertension Society.