Nandita P. Palshetkar
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Nandita P. Palshetkar | |
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 Palshetkar in Mumbai, 2016 | |
| Born | 30 October 1963 |
| Education | MBBS, MD, FCPS, FICOG |
| Occupation | Medical Director, |
| Known for | IVF & Infertility, President FOGSI, Award Winning Gynecologist in Mumbai, International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics |
| Medical career | |
| Sub-specialties | IVF & Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Techniques |
| Website | https://www.nanditapalshetkar.com/ |
Nandita P. Palshetkar is an Indian Gynecologist who specializes in in vitro fertilisation and infertility.[1][2][3] She is the elected president of Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India, in 2019.[4][5] She is also the first vice president of Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India.[6][7][8][9]
Nandita was born to Patil family in 1963. Her father D. Y. Patil was the governor of Bihar and west Bengal from Nationalist Congress Party. She did her schooling from Hill Grange High School, Mumbai. She was A grade student and her keen interest in athletics and won the best athlete award at the school. She did her MBBS and MD from Grant Medical College, Mumbai.[2]
After her post graduation she further specialized in IVF & Micro-manipulation and PGD from the University of Ghent, Belgium, Alpha School of Embryology Naples, OVERIAN TISSUE FREEZING Copenhagen, Denmark. She researched on various topics of IVF & Infertility during her specialization.[10] Her research also includes Embryo transfer.[11][12]
Career
Palshetkar is the in vitro fertilisation and infertility director at eleven Bloom IVF centers in India, including Fortis Bloom IVF Centers (New Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, and Mumbai), Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre Mumbai,[13][14] PalshetkarPatil Nursing Home Mumbai, D.Y. Patil Medical College, and Sakra World Hospital Bangalore.[15][16] Palshetkar is also the President of the Indian Society For Assisted Reproduction, and the medical director of Lilavati Hospital Bloom IVF Centre, Mumbai.[4]
Palshetkar is an invited speaker and faculty since 1994 on various events, hospitals and medical institutions in India.[17][18][19][20]
Palshetkar supported the She’s Ambassador programme 2017, a PVR Nest initiative which was designed to develop leadership skills and increase health awareness among girls.[21][22] The program has inspired over 50,000 girls from 50 schools across Mumbai to bring change within themselves and their communities and act as "Health Ambassadors" for others.[23][24]
Palshetkar won the "Bharat Gaurav Award" in 2014, at the House of Commons,[25] the Times Network National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Healthcare in 2017, and the Golden Globe Tigers Award, Malaysia, also in 2017.[26]
In 2021, Fellowship honoris causa was awarded to Palshetkar for her achievement and support in the development of women's healthcare services at the United Kingdom's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[27]
Palshetkar has contributed in the 'Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan' launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India to provide fixed day assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care to pregnant women on 9th of every month.[28]
Palshetkar has become the member of International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in 2025.[29]
Books and publications
- "FOGSI Focus: Use of Adjuvants in Infertility", series editor: Nandita Palshetkar, JP Medical, 2021, ISBN 978-93-89587-97-5
- "Oocyte Cryopreservation - Current Scenario and Future Perspectives: A Narrative Review", 2021, Hrishikesh D Pai,1 Rashmi Baid,1 Nandita P Palshetkar,1 Arnav Pai,2 Rishma D Pai[30]
- "Hysteroscopic metroplasty in women with primary infertility and septate uterus: reproductive performance after surgery", Dalal RJ1, Pai HD, Palshetkar NP, Takhtani M, Pai RD, Saxena N, 2012[31]
- 'Cervical cancer: Early detection, awareness generation the need of hour', 2025, The Economic Times.[32]
- 'Tackling The Surge Of India's Silent Crisis: Anaemia Among Adolescent Girls', 2025, Businessworld.[33]
Awards
- Prabha Malhotra Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) in March 2026.[34]
- Sarvottam Naari Samman Awards 2026[35]
- Best woman achiever in gynecology held by MAYOR OF Mumbai Shraddha Jadhav in 2010
- Gr8 Women's Achievers Award in Medical & Health Care 2011[36]
- Bharat Gaurav Award 2014 at House of Commons, London[37]
- The Golden Globe Tigers Award 2017 for Outstanding Contribution in Healthcare - Fertility & IVF in Malaysia, 2017[38]
- 5th World Women Leadrship Congress & Awards 2018 for “Women Super Achiever Award”[39]
- National Fertility Award 2025[40]
