# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/soumya-swaminathan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:21:59.254Z

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name: "Soumya Swaminathan"
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description: "Soumya Swaminathan is an Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist known for her research on tuberculosis and HIV. Soumya served as Secretary to the Government of India for Health Research and Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (2015–2017), where she prioritized evidence-based health policy, research capacity building in medical schools, and strengthening south-south partnerships in health sciences. From October 2017 to March 2019, she was the deputy director general of programmes (DDP) at the World Health Organization. Subsequently till 2022, she served as the chief scientist at the World Health Organization under the leadership of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus."
tagline: "Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist"
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birthDate: "1959-05-02"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump