Dr Ambrish Mithal is presently the Chairman and Head of Endocrinology and Diabetes division at Medanta, the Medicity where he has established one of India’s premier diabetes and endocrinology centres. Dr Mithal was the first DM in Endocrinology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (1987), and subsequently served on the faculty at Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow (1988-1998) where he was instrumental in setting up the Department of Endocrinology. From December 1998 Dr Mithal has been Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, where he established DNB (endocrinology) training program.The Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhusan award in 2015.