Degree in medicine in 1994 from the Coimbra University Medical School. Internal Medicine specialist in 2003, became Intensive care Medicine Specialist in 2006. Collaborates with DTI Foundation since 2019 as faculty on the TPM Course.

Vijayanand Palaniswamy is an adult and paediatric intensivist working in Bendigo and Melbourne in Australia.He is also Director of clinical training at Bendigo health. His special interest is cardiac ultrasound and renal dialysis. He has worked 3 years in India after completing his training in Australia before returning back to Australia for good. He has developed the noble cause of organ donation in City of Coimbatore and facilitated close to 35 donations in little more than one year. He did similar work in Rajasthan, Jaipur developing this program along with changing model of care in Icu. He is a trained donation specialist in Australia and promotes the noble cause as part of his daily work in ICU. He has spoken on this topic in various national and international platforms and shared his experience. He has published his work in Indian journal of Critical Care Medicine emphasising the importance of ICU doctor to be a trained donation specialist. He has been part of TTS family in teaching in their workshops and grow this noble cause of organ donation globally.

MD (Anaesthsiology) from PGIMER, Chandigarh and FRCAfrom Royal College of Anaesthesia, UK. Trained in Liver Transplantation and Critical Care Medicine from India and UK. Past Vice Chancellor of Indian College of Critical Care Medicine and in various positions in ISCCM. Worked in India and UK extensively in the fields of Critical Care and Liver Transplantation in several tertiary care centers. Teacher and Examiner for Critical Care Fellowships in Indian College of Critical Care Medicine and National Board of Examiners. Founder Member of MOHAN (Multi-Organ Harvest and Aid Network) foundation in Hyderabad, an NGO propagating awareness and training in Brain Death and organ donation. Published about 30 papers and several chapters in various national and international [ournals and textbooks. Frequent invited speaker in various national forums for critical care, anesthesia and infectious diseases. As

Dr. Noble Gracious, MBBS, MD, DM, is an Associate professor of Nephrology at Government Medical College, Trivandrum, and the Nodal officer of Kerala Network for Organ Sharing, Deceased donor organ donation and transplantation programme of government of Kerala, India.

Dr Noble Initiated and implemented Deceased donor transplant Program {KNOS) in the state of Kerala which evolved into a model widely acclaimed by the national media and transplant community in the country. He was responsible for the development of the organ allocation system for Kerala and he played a key role in developing guidelines for brain death certification in the State.

He is a member of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group {DICG). He is the Life Member of the International Society of Nephrology, Indian Society of Nephrology, and Research Society of Study in Diabetes {RSSDI), Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine and Association of Physicians of India. Currently He is pursuing a PhD in Public Health at Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Trirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India.

Ashit Hegde is a Consultant in Medicine and Critical Care at the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. He is the head of the Critical Care section. He is currently the President of the Mumbai branch of the ISCCM. He is an Associate Editor of the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine. Is the Head of the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee of the Hospita. He has around 25 publications and 6 chapters in textooks

Dr Raj Kumar Mani, MD, FRCP (London), FCCP,FICCM is a Clinical Director of Yashoda hospital, Ghaziabad, India and Chief of Critical Care and Pulmonology. He is Past President of the Indian Society of Critical Care medicine (ISCCM) and editor in Chief of the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine. He leads a professional advocacy group for improving end of life care in India called End of Life in India Task Force (ELICIT). Has been the lead author for the ISCCM guidelines on EOLC for Indian intensivists. He has also represented to the Supreme Court of India (SC) for legal reforms relating to Advance medical Directives and foregoing of life support in Indian ICUs. He has also worked closely with the premiere statutory body governing medical ethics in india, the Indian Council of medical Research (ICMR) to develop national guidelines for Do Not Attempt Resuscitation orders (DNAR). He is also presently associated with the ICMR for developing national guidelines for withdrawal and withholding of life support. He is also an appellant to the Supreme Court for simplification of due process for such decisions.