Dr. Subrat Acharya is the Executive Director, Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Sciences, Fortis Escorts, Okhla Road, New Delhi. He is a renowned Gastroenterologist and Liver Transplant physician, with a distinguished career spanning more than 4 decades at the prestigious AIIMS, New Delhi, and has retired as Professor and Head, department of Gastroenterology at AIIMS. For his achievements and contributions to the field of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Dr. Subrat Kumar has been honoured with several awards and accolades. Prominent among them is the Padma Shree which he received in 2014. Dr. Subraj Kumar Acharya has also received the prestigious Samanta Chandrasekhar & JC Bose awards, Mitra Olympus Endoscopy Award, P N Berry Award, Commonwealth Medical Fellowship Award, Om Prakash Memorial Award, and Best Youngest Investigator award by Asia-Pacific Association for Study of the liver. He is also the Dean (Research) - Fortis Group of Hospitals, and the Pro-Chancellor of KIIT, University Bhubaneswar, Emeritus Professor at AIIMS, New Delhi & the president of the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, and the Chairman of Academic Committee of the AIIMS, Jodhpur. He is a leading hepatologist in the country who has been pioneer of advances in the management of liver diseases.