The 5th edition of the official newsletter of the Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine (TRANSFUSION 360) has been released on 13th November 2025. Kindly check the TRANSFUSION 360 - Newsletter section.

ISTM AWARDS & FELLOWSHIP

Winning Members of Fellowships and Awards

Awarded Members

SnoCategory AwardYearAwardee / RecipientAffiliation / DetailsOration Topic
1Dr. B.C. Sangal Oration2014Dr. Snehlata GupteAdvances in detection of antenatal alloimmunization and its management
2016Dr Susheela KamathThe impact of Quality Systems on Transfusion Medicine
2017Prof Kabita ChatterjeeJourney of blood banks: struggle through time
2018Prof. Neelam MarwahaHemovigilance in India- From Policy to Practice
2021
Dr. Nabajyoti Choudhury
2022Dr. Sitalakshmi Subramanian
2023Dr. Rajendra K. ChaudharyDevelopment of Immunohematology at SGPGI: from serology to molecular
2024Dr. R. N. MakrooJourney of Transfusion Medicine in India
2025Dr. Susheela Innah
SnoCategory AwardYearName of AwardeeGuide
2Prof (Dr.) V.L. Ray Memorial Award2023
Dr Ashpreet Kaur, GMCH ChandigarhDr. Ravneet Kaur
2024Dr. Aswin K Mohan, AIIMS RishikeshDr. Ashish Jain
2025Dr. Apalak Garg, GMC ChandigarhProf. Dr. Ranveet Kaur
Dr. Samruddhi PawarDr. Aseem K. Tiwari, Medanta- The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana
SnoCategory AwardYearName of Awardee
3JG Jolly Award2015· Dr. Ujjwal Dimri, PG Student, Dept. of Immunohematology & Blood Transfusion AFMC, Pune
2016· Dr Yatendra Mohan, Dept of Transfusion Medicine, SGPGIMS, Lucknow
2017· Dr Siddharth Mittal - JG Jolly award 2017
2018· Dr Rakesh Kumar, Comparison of quality parameters and biochemical activation markers among buffy coat derived pooled platelets (bcpp) and apheresis platelets (ap-pc) an invitro study.
2023· Dr Shahida Noushad, JIPMER Puducherry
2024· Dr. Anoop Sharma, AFMC Pune
2025· Dr. Sumita Pandey, IBTM&IH, Kolkata, West Bengal
· Dr. Aparupa Sen Gupta, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow
SnoCategory AwardYearName of Awardee
4Young Scientist Award2012· Dr Sudipta Sekhar Das, Consultant & Head, Transfusion Medicine, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata
2013· Dr Naveen Agnihotri, Consultant Transfusion Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi
2014· Dr Dheeraj Khetan, Assistant Professor, Dept of Transfusion Medicine, SGPGIMS, Lucknow
2015· Dr. Ashish Jain, Asstt Prof, Dept. of Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
· 1st Runner Up, Dr. Ravindra Pratap Singh, Consultant Dept. of Transfusion Medicine, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune
· 2nd Runner Up, Dr Deepti Sachan, Consultant Dept. of Transfusion Medicine, Global Health City, Chennai.
2017· Dr Archana Solanki, Not Applicable
2018· Dr Anju Dubey, Not Applicable
2023· Dr. Suvro Sankha Dutta, Consultant, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata
2024· Dr. Ashish Jain, AIIMS Rishikesh
· Dr. Vinu Rajendran, Shree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science & technology, Thiruvananthapuram
2025· Dr. Yashaswi Dhiman, Associate Professor, Department of IHBT ,HIMS, SRHU, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
· Dr. Anisha Navkudkar Associate Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Parel, Mumbai
SnoCategory AwardYearAwardee / Recipient /Affiliation Additional information
5Postgraduate Award (Travel Fellowship)2012Dr Neerja Kushwaha, PG Student, AFMC, Pune
Dr Ravi Dara, PG Student, PGIMER, Chandigarh
2013Dr. Aarthi Soundarya, PG Student, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Samantha Kumarage, PG Student, AFMC, Pune
Dr Lalit Dhantole, PG Student, SGPGIMS, Lucknow
2014
Dr Deepika Chenna, PG Student , Dept of Transfusion Medicine, KasturbaMedical College, Manipal
Dr Soumya Das, PG Student, Dept of Transfusion Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Dr Puneet Jain, PG Student, Dept of Transfusion Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
2015Dr. Geet Aggarwal, DNB Student, Transfusion Medicine Department, Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon
Dr. Sreelekshmi S. PG Student, Dept. of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
2016Dr. Brinda Kakkar, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
Dr. Amit Ajay Pawar,Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
2017Dr Ashish VermaAssessment of platelet function by thromboelastography based platelet mapping in cardiac patients on aspirin and clopidogrel
Dr Divya SetyaPatient outcome in severe systemic vasculitis treated with early Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE)
Dr Antonio PaulEffect of smoking on quality of red blood cells taken from donors who are smokers and stored for a period of 35 days
2018Dr Anchal LuthraDetermination of the correlation between hematopoetic progenitor cell (HPC) count and flowcytometric CD34 cell enumeration in haemotopoetic progenitor cell harvest by Apheresis [HPC(A)].
Dr Rajbir Kaur Cheema,Comparison of hematocrit change in preterm neonates with birth weight based versus formula based packed red blood cell transfusion
2023Dr Salamma Badogala, TMC Mumbai
Dr. Sindhu Bhargavi, PGIMER, Chandigarh
2024Dr. R. Suvetha, PGIMER Chandigarh
Dr. S. Vishnu Prasad Pillai, AFMC Pune
2025Dr Nishtha Gupta, GMCH, Chandigarh
Dr. Shouvik Basu, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Dr. Chaitanya Sanjay Naik, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa
Dr Sai Chandana Pullagura, AIIMS Mangalagiri, Gundur
SnoCategory AwardYearName of Awardee
6Technologist Award2013· Mr Suraj Pradhan, PGIMER, Chandigarh
· Mr Prasad Satawase, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai
2014· Mr. Atul Shringare, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai
· Ms. SuchitaJogale, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai
2015· Ms. Manisha G. Tambe, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
2016· Mr Kalpesh Chawan, ACTREC, Navi Mumbai
· Mr Raees Ahmed, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
2017· Pratiksha Maruti Patankar Comparison of residual WBC count in packed red blood cell units prepared using inline filter bags from 4 different manufacturers - a pilot study
2018· Sazia Samir, Significance of detection and resolution of blood group discrepancies
2023· Mr Siva Kumar S, SCTIMSCT, Thiruvananthapuram
2024· Mrs. K. Thameemunisa, Rela Hospital
2025· Mr. N. R. Ramesh Kumar, Life Line Blood Centre, Component & Research Centre, Tirunelveli
· Ms Sindhu M.S, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology

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