Dr. Savita Malhotra retired from PGIMER, Chandigarh on 31.01.2016 as Dean, PGIMER and Professor Head, Department of Psychiatry after 42 years of continuous service. She is known internationally and nationally for academic excellence in Psychiatry and Child Adolescent Psychiatry. She has served on many national committees and bodies involved in planning and policy making in the country. She is a recognized leader and resource person in mental health and child mental health at the national and international level. She has provided treatment and care to a large number of psychiatric patients in PGI for decades. She has been a teacher to students of MD, PhD in Psychiatry and DM in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.