Professor Vivekanand Jha, is the Executive Director, George Institute for Global Health India, and a Professor of Nephrology at University of Oxford. He has been a Professor of Nephrology and Head of the Department of Translational Regenerative Medicine at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh. Vivekanand Jha graduated from Patna Medical College, did his postgraduate training in Medicine and Nephrology from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), Chandigarh, India and a basic science research Fellowship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.