Academicians, scientists, medical practitioners who supported official Covid-19 measures


1	The following is a partial list of academicians, scientists, medical practitioners who supported some or many of the various official Covid-19 measures. We call upon these professionals to hold themselves accountable by participating in an open scientific discussion/debate, on the aspects listed in the open letter at https://uho.org.in/files/science-accountability-letter.html
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3	Dr. Balram Bhargava	Director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research	Author of "Going Viral Making of Covaxin: The Inside Story (The Vaccine War)" https://www.amazon.in/Going-Viral-Making-Covaxin-Vaccine/dp/9355200226
4	Dr. Nivedita Gupta	Head of Virology at Indian Council of Medical Research	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War
5	Dr. Priya Abraham	Director, ICMR-NIV	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War
6	Dr. Pragya Yadav	Scientist, ICMR-NIV	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War
7	Dr. Sreelekshmy Mohandas	Scientist, ICMR-NIV	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War
8	Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar	Head Scientist of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War
9	Dr. Randeep Guleria	Ex-director, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	"COVID vaccine is safe & effective: AIIMS Director on India's 100 crore vaccination feat" https://zeenews.india.com/india/covid-19-vaccine-is-safe-and-effective-aiims-director-randeep-guleria-on-india-crossing-100-cr-vaccination-mark-2404570.html
10	Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan	Co-Chair, Indian Medical Association's Covid Task Force	"Kerala Covid situation to stabilise by Sept 15 if lockdown imposed: Govt sources" https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/kerala-covid-19-situation-stabalise-sept-15-lockdown-govt-1846739-2021-08-29
11	Dr. Naresh Trehan	Medanta Chairman	"'Are we in rush?': Dr Naresh Trehan questions as schools reopen across country" https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/are-we-in-rush-dr-naresh-trehan-questions-as-schools-reopen-across-country-101630223108999.html
12	Dr. Vipin Vashishtha	Editor in Chief, Covid-19 Vaccines	"COVID - 19 VACCINES A Comprehensive Overview" https://www.amazon.in/COVID-19-VACCINES-Comprehensive-Overview-ebook/dp/B0B7JG6XXY
13	Dr. Sanjay Oak, Dr. Zaheer Udvadiya, Dr. Santoshi Nagvekar, Dr. Kedar Toraskar, Dr. Rahul Pandit, Dr. Nitin Karnik, Dr. Jahir Virani, Dr. Om Shrivastav	Maharashtra Covid-19 Task Force
14	Dr Vijay Yewale Dr Bakul Parekh Dr Bela Verma Dr Sudha Rao Dr Parmanand Andankar Dr Vinay Joshi Dr Sushma Save Dr Jeetendra Gavhane Dr Pramod Jog Dr Aarti Kinnikar Dr Hrushikesh Thakre Dr Akash Bang Dr. Suhas Prabhu	Maharashtra Paediatric Covid-19 Task Force
15	Directors/principals/members of Covid-19 task forces	All higher education institutions - AIIMS, CMC, IITs, IISc, IIMs, NITs, TIFR, TISS, IIITs
16	Prof. Mathukumalli Vidyasagar	Professor, IIT Hyderabad	"Third Wave of Corona May Hit India This Month, Likely to Peak in October: Experts Who Predicted Second Wave" https://www.india.com/news/india/third-wave-of-corona-in-india-latest-news-today-2-august-2021-third-wave-of-corona-may-hit-india-this-month-likely-to-peak-in-october-1-5-lakh-cases-a-day-experts-india-covid-lockdown-latest-update-4858145/
17	Prof. Manindra Agrawal	Professor, IIT Kanpur	"What if the lockdown was not there? We plot two alternative scenarios. Red curve is for contact rate not changing at all, and green for contact rate reducing to 0.4. Peak value is approx 70K in former and 50K in latter." https://twitter.com/agrawalmanindra/status/1394337362893676553
18	Dr. Pramesh CS	Director, Tata Memorial Hospital	"Some areas will be out of bounds if you refuse to vaccinate without medical reason" https://twitter.com/cspramesh/status/1510668225087909890
19	Dr. Shamika Ravi	Member, Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister, India	"I called for mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers & was told it’s an “authoritarian” suggestion" https://twitter.com/ShamikaRavi/status/1416254042062217222
20	Prof. Amir Ullah Khan	Research Director at CDPP. Adjunct Professor at TISS and Manipal University. Visiting Professor at ISB, NALSAR and KSPP	"State Must Not Drag Its Feet and Make Covid Vaccination Mandatory for All Adults" https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/state-must-not-drag-its-feet-make-covid-vaccination-mandatory-4526342.html
21	Prof. Anurag Mehra	Professor, IIT Bombay	"Opinion: Without Board Exams, How Colleges Will Seek To Decide Admission" https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/opinion-how-college-admissions-should-be-decided-for-class-12-students-2458113
22	Ms. Sandhya Ramesh	Senior Editor of Science, The Print India	"Stanford’s Jay Bhattacharya is Fox regular, anti-lockdown. Twitter is his new foe" https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/stanfords-jay-bhattacharya-is-fox-regular-climate-denier-anti-lockdown-twitter-his-new-foe/1272375/
23	Mr. Prasad Ravindranath	Science Editor at The Hindu	"A Recipe for Vaccine Equity" https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-recipe-for-vaccine-inequity/article34379474.ece
24	Ms. Chaiti Narula	News Anchor/Deputy Editor at India Today	"Or carry a placard that says not vaccinated so I can stay away from you." https://twitter.com/Chaiti/status/1464569509512040451
25	Ms. Barkha Dutt	Indian television journalist and author, Editor of The Mojo Story	"Covid-19: It’s time to make vaccines mandatory" https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/covid19-it-s-time-to-make-vaccines-mandatory-101639147404240.html
26	Prof. S Krishnaswamy (Madurai Kamaraj University and IMSc, Chennai), Prof. Sandhya Koushika (TIFR, Mumbai), Prof. Gautam Menon (Ashoka University and IMSc, Chennai), Prof. Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (South African Radio Astronomy Observatory & Astronomical Society of India – POEC), Prof. R Ramanujam (IMSc, Chennai), Prof. L S Shashidhara (Ashoka University), Prof. Rahul Siddharthan (IMSc, Chennai), Dr. Reeteka Sud (NIMHANS, Bengaluru)	Co-ordinators/administrators of Indian Scientists for Covid Response	https://indscicov.in/about-us/
27	Mr. D. Raghunandan, Prof. S. Krishnaswamy, Prof. P. Rajamanickam	All India People's Science Network	https://aipsn.net/tag/covid19/
28	Dr. Dhiren Gupta	Paediatric Pulmonologist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi	"Paediatricians welcome COVID vaccines for kids, say parents mustn’t hesitate to go for them" https://theprint.in/india/paediatricians-welcome-covid-vaccines-for-kids-say-parents-mustnt-hesitate-to-go-for-them/932393/
29	Dr. Nita Radhakrishnan	Associate Professor and HOD, Department of Paediatric Hematology-Oncology, Post Graduate Institute of Child Health, Noida	"Paediatricians welcome COVID vaccines for kids, say parents mustn’t hesitate to go for them" https://theprint.in/india/paediatricians-welcome-covid-vaccines-for-kids-say-parents-mustnt-hesitate-to-go-for-them/932393/
30	Dr. Abby Philips	MBBS, MD, DM (Hepatology)	"Your body, your choice works for porn industry not healthcare" https://twitter.com/theliverdr/status/1442108836257484803
31	Dr. Swapneil Parikh	Co-Founder at DIY.health, Mumbai	"Entry to all public spaces requires: A) proof of vaccination + B) negative rapid antigen test at time of entry + C) N95 seal check" https://twitter.com/swapneilparikh/status/1473273552577040390
32	Mr. Vinod Khosla	Entrepreneur, and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, and the founder of Khosla Ventures	"I suggest people who wont take a vaccine & hence endanger others should leave the employer" https://twitter.com/vkhosla/status/1392517848317136897
33	Dr. Madhukar Pai	Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health @McGill_SPGH . Canada Research Chair in Epi & Global Health.	"Time for all Canadian schools to follow the lead of @OttawaU & @WesternU !" (in college vaccine mandates) https://twitter.com/paimadhu/status/1425598796466163722
34	Dr. Ashish Jha	White House COVID-19 response coordinator 2022-2023, USA	“They’re both exceedingly safe. They’re both effective … There’s some nuanced, subtle differences ... but we’ve got two good choices here.” https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1538842662463320069
35	Dr. Vincent Rajkumar	Editor-in-Chief, Blood Cancer Journal; Oncologist	"If you don't have immunity, the Covid virus poses a clear and present risk. Get immunity the safe way: Vaccines." https://twitter.com/VincentRK/status/1460238076840660994
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The following is a partial list of academicians, scientists, medical practitioners who supported some or many of the various official Covid-19 measures. We call upon these professionals to hold themselves accountable by participating in an open scientific discussion/debate, on the aspects listed in the open letter at https://uho.org.in/files/science-accountability-letter.html

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Name

Affiliation

Link/remark

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Dr. Balram Bhargava

Director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research

Author of "Going Viral Making of Covaxin: The Inside Story (The Vaccine War)" https://www.amazon.in/Going-Viral-Making-Covaxin-Vaccine/dp/9355200226

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Dr. Nivedita Gupta

Head of Virology at Indian Council of Medical Research

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War

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Dr. Priya Abraham

Director, ICMR-NIV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War

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Dr. Pragya Yadav

Scientist, ICMR-NIV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War

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Dr. Sreelekshmy Mohandas

Scientist, ICMR-NIV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War

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Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar

Head Scientist of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vaccine_War

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Dr. Randeep Guleria

Ex-director, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

"COVID vaccine is safe & effective: AIIMS Director on India's 100 crore vaccination feat" https://zeenews.india.com/india/covid-19-vaccine-is-safe-and-effective-aiims-director-randeep-guleria-on-india-crossing-100-cr-vaccination-mark-2404570.html

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Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan

Co-Chair, Indian Medical Association's Covid Task Force

"Kerala Covid situation to stabilise by Sept 15 if lockdown imposed: Govt sources" https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/kerala-covid-19-situation-stabalise-sept-15-lockdown-govt-1846739-2021-08-29

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Dr. Naresh Trehan

Medanta Chairman

"'Are we in rush?': Dr Naresh Trehan questions as schools reopen across country" https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/are-we-in-rush-dr-naresh-trehan-questions-as-schools-reopen-across-country-101630223108999.html

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Dr. Vipin Vashishtha

Editor in Chief, Covid-19 Vaccines

"COVID - 19 VACCINES A Comprehensive Overview" https://www.amazon.in/COVID-19-VACCINES-Comprehensive-Overview-ebook/dp/B0B7JG6XXY

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Dr. Sanjay Oak,
Dr. Zaheer Udvadiya,
Dr. Santoshi Nagvekar,
Dr. Kedar Toraskar,
Dr. Rahul Pandit,
Dr. Nitin Karnik,
Dr. Jahir Virani,
Dr. Om Shrivastav

Maharashtra Covid-19 Task Force

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Dr Vijay Yewale
Dr Bakul Parekh
Dr Bela Verma
Dr Sudha Rao
Dr Parmanand Andankar
Dr Vinay Joshi
Dr Sushma Save
Dr Jeetendra Gavhane
Dr Pramod Jog
Dr Aarti Kinnikar
Dr Hrushikesh Thakre
Dr Akash Bang
Dr. Suhas Prabhu

Maharashtra Paediatric Covid-19 Task Force

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Directors/principals/members of Covid-19 task forces

All higher education institutions - AIIMS, CMC, IITs, IISc, IIMs, NITs, TIFR, TISS, IIITs

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Prof. Mathukumalli Vidyasagar

Professor, IIT Hyderabad

"Third Wave of Corona May Hit India This Month, Likely to Peak in October: Experts Who Predicted Second Wave" https://www.india.com/news/india/third-wave-of-corona-in-india-latest-news-today-2-august-2021-third-wave-of-corona-may-hit-india-this-month-likely-to-peak-in-october-1-5-lakh-cases-a-day-experts-india-covid-lockdown-latest-update-4858145/

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Prof. Manindra Agrawal

Professor, IIT Kanpur

"What if the lockdown was not there? We plot two alternative scenarios. Red curve is for contact rate not changing at all, and green for contact rate reducing to 0.4. Peak value is approx 70K in former and 50K in latter." https://twitter.com/agrawalmanindra/status/1394337362893676553

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Dr. Pramesh CS

Director, Tata Memorial Hospital

"Some areas will be out of bounds if you refuse to vaccinate without medical reason" https://twitter.com/cspramesh/status/1510668225087909890

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Dr. Shamika Ravi

Member, Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister, India

"I called for mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers & was told it’s an “authoritarian” suggestion" https://twitter.com/ShamikaRavi/status/1416254042062217222

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Prof. Amir Ullah Khan

Research Director at CDPP. Adjunct Professor at TISS and Manipal University. Visiting Professor at ISB, NALSAR and KSPP

"State Must Not Drag Its Feet and Make Covid Vaccination Mandatory for All Adults" https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/state-must-not-drag-its-feet-make-covid-vaccination-mandatory-4526342.html

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Prof. Anurag Mehra

Professor, IIT Bombay

"Opinion: Without Board Exams, How Colleges Will Seek To Decide Admission" https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/opinion-how-college-admissions-should-be-decided-for-class-12-students-2458113

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Ms. Sandhya Ramesh

Senior Editor of Science, The Print India

"Stanford’s Jay Bhattacharya is Fox regular, anti-lockdown. Twitter is his new foe" https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/stanfords-jay-bhattacharya-is-fox-regular-climate-denier-anti-lockdown-twitter-his-new-foe/1272375/

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Mr. Prasad Ravindranath

Science Editor at The Hindu

"A Recipe for Vaccine Equity" https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-recipe-for-vaccine-inequity/article34379474.ece

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Ms. Chaiti Narula

News Anchor/Deputy Editor at India Today

"Or carry a placard that says not vaccinated so I can stay away from you." https://twitter.com/Chaiti/status/1464569509512040451

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Ms. Barkha Dutt

Indian television journalist and author, Editor of The Mojo Story

"Covid-19: It’s time to make vaccines mandatory" https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/covid19-it-s-time-to-make-vaccines-mandatory-101639147404240.html

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Prof. S Krishnaswamy (Madurai Kamaraj University and IMSc, Chennai),
Prof. Sandhya Koushika (TIFR, Mumbai),
Prof. Gautam Menon (Ashoka University and IMSc, Chennai),
Prof. Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (South African Radio Astronomy Observatory & Astronomical Society of India – POEC),
Prof. R Ramanujam (IMSc, Chennai),
Prof. L S Shashidhara (Ashoka University),
Prof. Rahul Siddharthan (IMSc, Chennai),
Dr. Reeteka Sud (NIMHANS, Bengaluru)

Co-ordinators/administrators of Indian Scientists for Covid Response

https://indscicov.in/about-us/

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Mr. D. Raghunandan,
Prof. S. Krishnaswamy,
Prof. P. Rajamanickam

All India People's Science Network

https://aipsn.net/tag/covid19/

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Dr. Dhiren Gupta

Paediatric Pulmonologist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi

"Paediatricians welcome COVID vaccines for kids, say parents mustn’t hesitate to go for them" https://theprint.in/india/paediatricians-welcome-covid-vaccines-for-kids-say-parents-mustnt-hesitate-to-go-for-them/932393/

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Dr. Nita Radhakrishnan

Associate Professor and HOD, Department of Paediatric Hematology-Oncology, Post Graduate Institute of Child Health, Noida

"Paediatricians welcome COVID vaccines for kids, say parents mustn’t hesitate to go for them" https://theprint.in/india/paediatricians-welcome-covid-vaccines-for-kids-say-parents-mustnt-hesitate-to-go-for-them/932393/

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Dr. Abby Philips

MBBS, MD, DM (Hepatology)

"Your body, your choice works for porn industry not healthcare" https://twitter.com/theliverdr/status/1442108836257484803

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Dr. Swapneil Parikh

Co-Founder at DIY.health, Mumbai

"Entry to all public spaces requires: A) proof of vaccination + B) negative rapid antigen test at time of entry + C) N95 seal check" https://twitter.com/swapneilparikh/status/1473273552577040390

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Mr. Vinod Khosla

Entrepreneur, and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, and the founder of Khosla Ventures

"I suggest people who wont take a vaccine & hence endanger others should leave the employer" https://twitter.com/vkhosla/status/1392517848317136897

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Dr. Madhukar Pai

Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health @McGill_SPGH . Canada Research Chair in Epi & Global Health.

"Time for all Canadian schools to follow the lead of @OttawaU & @WesternU !" (in college vaccine mandates) https://twitter.com/paimadhu/status/1425598796466163722

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Dr. Ashish Jha

White House COVID-19 response coordinator 2022-2023, USA

“They’re both exceedingly safe. They’re both effective … There’s some nuanced, subtle differences ... but we’ve got two good choices here.” https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1538842662463320069

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Dr. Vincent Rajkumar

Editor-in-Chief, Blood Cancer Journal; Oncologist

"If you don't have immunity, the Covid virus poses a clear and present risk. Get immunity the safe way: Vaccines." https://twitter.com/VincentRK/status/1460238076840660994

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