We sincerely appreciate everyone who entered the 2024 – 2025 awards. Your passion, vision, and enthusiasm are what make these awards possible, and we are truly grateful for your contributions. Each entry reflects incredible dedication and talent, making this celebration all the more special. Without further ado, we are delighted to present this year’s nominees!
Digital innovation:
This award honours a project that has used a novel and original digital approach to improve patient care demonstrably.
- Jeevandan, Cadaver Transplantation Programme
Author: Swarnalatha Guditi
- Effectiveness of a Smartphone and pedometer based physical activity program on objectively measured sedentary time, cardiometabolic disease risk and cognitive functions among sedentary office workers – A three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial
Author: Baskaran Chandrasekaran
- Leveraging ECG Images for Predicting Ejection Fraction using Machine Learning Algorithms
Author: Pradeep Narayan
Quality improvement:
This award recognises teams that are using original approaches to quality improvement to boost clinical outcomes.
- Use of drone technology for rapid intraoperative transport of oncosurgical specimens for frozen section analysis – A proof of concept & feasibility study from India
Author: Sumit Aggarwal
- Physician-Led Hyperacute Ischemic Stroke Management Service at District General Hospital Monaragala – Establishment, Implementation, Surveillance and Achieving Sustainability
Author: Nuwan Premawardana
- Reducing the incidence of Surgical Site Infection through improvement in preoperative bathing : A QI initiative
Author: Dr Anamika Das
Sustainability and climate action:
This award recognises teams taking action to reduce the impact of their practice on the environment.
- Teleophthalmology at a primary and tertiary eye care network from India: environmental and economic impact
Author: Padmaja Kumari Rani
- Best Practices in EM v1.0 (BPEM v1.0)
Author: Ankur Verma
- The pathway to a a greener surgery-transformations in cataract surgery to reduce carbon footprint
Author: Shalini Shetty
Maternal & child health team of the year:
This award recognizes healthcare professionals in South Asia who are working to make integrated Maternal & Child Health Services affordable and accessible.
- Tamil Nadu Pregnancy and Heart Disease Registry
Author: Justin Paul Gnanaraj
- Early detection and treatment of Postpartum hemorrage using E-MOTIVE bundle- A pre and post implementation study in Pakistan.
Author: Sidrah Nausheen
- Maternal and Infant Health Intelligence and Cognitive Insights (MIHIC) scoring system
Author: Suresh Attili
Excellence in medical education:
This award recognises a project which demonstrates outstanding innovation in medical education and performance improvement.
- Diagnostic utility of Neutrophil Biomarkers to identify Neonatal Sepsis and Predict Septic Shock
Author: Prof (Dr.) Sangeeta Choudhury
- A Portable Pressurised Isolation System
Author: Ajay Bhandarwar
- Validation of HIV-1 and HIV-2 in single reaction amplification and quantification of viral load in Micro PCR Recently published in Scientific Reports
Author: Shyam Prakash
Primary care:
This award recognises primary care teams who have had a substantial effect on the health and well-being of the wider community
- Mobile Health Van as an intervention model to provide primary healthcare and wellbeing to street and marginalized children in India.
Author: Rajeev Seth
- Community-Based Sickle Cell Disease Screening and Education Program in Indian Tribal Regions
Author: PSK Varma
- Establishing Nepal’s First Institutional Poison Information Center
Author: Ramu Kharel
Thank you once again to all those that participated this year, we look forward to celebrating with you on 29 March!
