Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India | Dr. Hrishikesh Pai

Current Positions

President – FOGSI (Federation of Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India)

Honorary Professor – Reproductive Medicine at D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai, India

Chief Administrator – FOGSI Manyata Project, a FOGSI – MSD for Mothers – MacArthur Foundation – Jhpiego – USAID initiative (2017 till date)

Founder & Medical Director – Bloom IVF Group and Consultant Gynaecologist and IVF Specialist running 11 IVF Centres in India including:

  • Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai
  • DY Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai
  • Fortis LaFemme Hospital, New Delhi
  • Fortis Hospital, Mohali Chandigarh

Co-Lead for Reproductive and Maternal Health Sub-Committee & Steering Committee Member
– Innovation Equity Forum (IEF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA and National Institute of Health (NIH), USA

Member – FIGO Leadership Development Initiative Group – International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), UK and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA.

Member Research – FIGO AMPLI-PPHI Project 2023 by FIGO, Jhpiego, PATH and Unitaid

Member – Expert Committee – Caesarean Sections in India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Group / Society Liaison – FIGO Women’s Cancer Committee (2021-23)

Editor – Indian Edition of British Journal of OBGYN (BJOG) (2021 till present)

Editorial Board Member – Global Reproductive Health,

Board Member – IVF Worldwide

Member – Bureau of Indian Standards, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Committee since 8-years

Member – National Task Force for Establishment of Reference Interval in Indian Population TERIIP ICMR 2023

Current Positions

President – FOGSI (Federation of Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India)

Honorary Professor – Reproductive Medicine at D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai, India

Chief Administrator – FOGSI Manyata Project, a FOGSI – MSD for Mothers – MacArthur Foundation – Jhpiego – USAID initiative (2017 till date)

Founder & Medical Director – Bloom IVF Group and Consultant Gynaecologist and IVF Specialist running 11 IVF Centres in India including:

  • Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai
  • DY Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai
  • Fortis LaFemme Hospital, New Delhi
  • Fortis Hospital, Mohali Chandigarh

Co-Lead for Reproductive and Maternal Health Sub-Committee & Steering Committee Member
– Innovation Equity Forum (IEF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA and National Institute of Health (NIH), USA

Member – FIGO Leadership Development Initiative Group – International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), UK and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA.

Member Research – FIGO AMPLI-PPHI Project 2023 by FIGO, Jhpiego, PATH and Unitaid

Member – Expert Committee – Caesarean Sections in India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Group / Society Liaison – FIGO Women’s Cancer Committee (2021-23)

Editor – Indian Edition of British Journal of OBGYN (BJOG) (2021 till present)

Editorial Board Member – Global Reproductive Health,

Board Member – IVF Worldwide

Member – Bureau of Indian Standards, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Committee since 8-years

Member – National Task Force for Establishment of Reference Interval in Indian Population TERIIP ICMR 2023

Contribution at National Level

He is the Honorary Professor – Reproductive Medicine at D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai, India

He is the Visiting Professor in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Manipal University, India

He has been the Post-graduate Teacher and Professor at Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre for DNB Examinations, Mumbai, India

Dr. Pai has been involved in the launch and implementation of PMSMA (Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan) which is the flagship maternal health program of Government of India (2016 onwards till now). This involves free antenatal check up by private practitioners on a voluntary basis on 9th of each month. This has been an ongoing project and Dr. Pai has been recognised (I Pledge for Nine Achievers Award) by the Government of India for this work. Millions of women have benefited from this project.

He is the Member, Expert Committee – Caesarean Sections in India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

He is on the Committee of Government of India to regulate the prevalence of Hysterectomies, 2023

He is the Member of Bureau of Indian Standards, bstetrics & Gynaecology Committee since 8-years

He is the Member National Task Force for Establishment of Reference Interval in Indian Population TERIIP ICMR 2023

He was the Drafting Committee Member on ‘Guidelines for Recommencing ART Services during COVID-19 Pandemic’ by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research, MOHFW, Govt. of India 2020

He has been the Past President – Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) (Membership 5000+)

He has been the Past President – Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists (ISAR) (Membership 4000+)

He has been the Past President – Mumbai Obgyn Society (MOGS) (Membership 2000+)

He has been the Past Member of multiple Committees of ART Bill and Surrogacy Bill at ICMR, Central Government and Maharashtra State Government

Dr. Pai has been involved in the launch of Nari Swasthya Pahel by FOGSI in 2017. In this project, financially disadvantaged women, are offered free gynaecological check-up including blood investigations and pap smear, free of charge. Thousands of women have benefited from this project.

Dr. Pai had launched Project Hope, when he was the President of Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction, in 2014. In this project, economically disadvantaged people from society were offered entire IVF cycle free of charge. Many people availed of this project.

Dr. Pai was the Honorary Consultant in Gynaecology at the Kurla Bhabha Municipal Charitable Hospital for many years (1991 till 2007; 16 years). During this half day free service, Dr. Pai has done work for thousands of patients. All this was done pro bono. This is the most important singular landmark of Dr Pai’s career.

Dr. Pai was the Community Service Director of the Rotary Club of Mumbai Mid-city for two years. During his tenure, he has done tremendous social work in the area of health for the women, children and elderly patients.

Dr. Pai has done maximum polio vaccination in one month (1982), when he was posted as a young intern in the large slum ghetto of Mumbai called Malawni. For this work, he had received the Best Intern Award from his Medical School.

He has delivered 38+ orations, 700+ lectures, edited 28+ books, contributed 65+ chapters and published 35+ research papers.

FOGSI UNICEF Dheera Project – FOGSI-UNICEF Led initiative to Combat – Violence against Women and Girls (GBV) through Dheera Project – (2021 till date)

FOGSI FIGO Elimination of Cervical Cancer Project – In view of the aim to promote the cervical cancer screening the program across the North-eastern states and serve for underserved / vulnerable population and as a means to promote collaboration with FOGSI (2022 till date)

Contribution at International Level

Dr. Pai is presently the Steering Committee Member, World Health Organization (WHO Geneva) Global Summit on Postpartum Haemorrhage which is engaged in formulating the new guidelines in PPH, 2023-2024

He is the Co-Lead for Reproductive and Maternal Health Sub-Committee & Steering Committee Member, Innovation Equity Forum (IEF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA and National Institute of Health (NIH), Washington USA

He is the Member of the Review Committee of WHO Labour Manual 2023-2024, Geneva

He is the Founder Chair – Indian Special Interest Group American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

He has held important positions on the Board of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) namely Assistant Treasurer, Director Corporate Affairs, Director External Affairs for the past 9-years from 2013-2021

He has been on International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) Surveillance Executive Advisory Committee : Global Trends in Reproductive Policy and Practice, 9th Edition, 2022

He has been the Member and Contributor to International Federation of Fertility Societies’ Surveillance Report on Global Trends in Reproductive Policy and Practice for three consecutive terms namely 2013, 2016 and 2019

He is the present Editor of Indian Edition of British Journal of OBGYN (BJOG)

He has been the Founder Editor – IAGE Journal of Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery (JGES)

He has been on Editorial Board Member – Global Reproductive Health

He has been the Member and Contributor to SARS-CoV-2 and Assisted Reproductive Technology Practice: An Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) Paper 2020

He was the Organizing Secretary of the World Congress of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) in 2016 arranged at New Delhi, India

He was the Organizing Secretary of Fusion 2022 – First Joint Conference of European Society for Human Reproduction (ESHRE), Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) and Indian Fertility Society (IFS) in 2022

He is the Organizing Secretary of Best of ESHRE-ISAR-IFS Conference being planned in India in 2024

He is Representing India in AOFOG Council (Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) Meeting at Vietnam (2023)

He is the Past Adjunct Asst Professor – Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA since past 10 years till 2023

He delivered Guest Lecture at the 2nd World Congress on Women’s Health: Innovations and Inventions (WHII 2022) at Tel Aviv, Israel in July 2022

He attended the International Conference on Family Planning as Faculty at Pattaya Thailand in November 2022

He will be attending the 28th European Family of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (EBCOG) Conference as Faculty at Krakow, Poland in May 2023

He is organizing the FOGSI Presidential Conference Femtek-III along with FOGSI-RCOG India Day at Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) London, UK in June 2023

He has delivered Guest Lectures at American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) conferences in Atlanta, Miami, San Diego, Philadelphia, Boston and Denver

He has delivered Guest Lectures at International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) conferences at Boston, Munich, New Delhi, Shanghai and now Greece.

He has also been a Guest Speaker for numerous international conferences and meetings arranged by FIGO, ESHRE, RCOG, AOFOG, SAFOG etc.

He has had numerous publications in many international journals

If you have any queries, please feel free to call me on my mobile / WhatsApp on +919820057722 or email me on hdpai@hotmail.com.

Thank you

Prof. Hrishikesh Pai

MD, FRCOG (UK-HONS), MSc (USA), FCPS, FICOG