# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/suniti-solomon
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:09.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/suniti-solomon"
name: "Suniti Solomon"
slug: "suniti-solomon"
description: "Suniti Solomon was an Indian physician and microbiologist who pioneered AIDS research and prevention in India after having diagnosed the first Indian AIDS cases among the Chennai sex workers in 1986 along with her student Sellappan Nirmala. She founded the YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education in Chennai. The Indian government conferred the National Women Bio-scientist Award on her.\nOn 25 January 2017, the Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri for medicine for her contributions towards diagnosis and treatment of HIV."
tagline: "Indian physician (1938-2015)"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1938"
deathDate: "2015-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           15.23852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump