Ashima Anand

Dr. Ashima Anand is the principal investigator and principal scientific officer in Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi. She has an expertise in respiratory medicine. Later on she did her graduation in B.Sc from Miranda House College in 1969 and then her M.Sc from Department of Zoology in 1971 and she also completed her Ph.D from Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute in 1978, Delhi University. Post graduate and later collaborative were at Oxford University, Johns Hopkins University, Max-Planck Institute of Systemphysiologie, Dortmund, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney and Shiraz School of Medicine, Iran.

Work Dr. Anand has been working in the field of physiology and she has put all her efforts and energy on the control mechanism of cardio - respiratory system and recently she is engaged in combining physiology with clinical sciences to identify the origin of neural pathways or mechanisms underlying exertional breathlessness with exercise with an objective to alleviate the dyspneic distresses of patients with cardio respiratory disease.

Awards INSA Young Scientist Award in 1982 J. L. Nehru Birth Centenary Oration, 2004. Award from Indian Council of Medical Research