Shiv Kumar Sarin

Prof. Shiv Kumar Sarin, Chancellor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, is an Indian physician; a hepatologist and, gastroenterologist, and public health advocate.

[3] He is also serving as an Adjunct Faculty of Molecular Medicine[4] at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.

He is credited globally to give a large number of new protocols for the management of liver disease patients.

The ‘National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)’ and common exit examination (now called NEXT) were his brainchild and are serving well the country.

He chaired policy initiatives for Integrating Ayurveda and Modern System of Medicine at Niti Aayog.

He helped and led the GoI in 2021 into Integration of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) within the ambit of NCDs, making India the first country globally (covered by the Lancet,[9] applauded by DG, WHO).

He initiated and guided the launch of the first Universal Hepatitis B vaccination program for newborns in India in Delhi, in 2001.

He was instrumental in development of “National Viral Hepatitis Control Program”, implemented by the GoI in 2018.

His “Liv Healthy” mission is core to major health programs [2018] and runs mobile Liver Vans in Delhi.

He is a former President of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver, and the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) and is serving as Chairman of the Steering Committee of APASL.