Dr. S Muhammad Salim Khan, professor and head of the Department of Community Medicine (SPM), Government Medical College Srinagar, received the IAPSM fellow designation at the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad.
He was honoured at the Department of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bibinagar, Hyderabad’s Golden Jubilee Annual National Conference of IAPSM. Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana and lieutenant governor of Puducherry, presented Dr. Muhammad Salim Khan with a fellowship at the opening ceremony to recognise his outstanding contribution to the advancement of preventive and social medicine.
Dr. Khan is a fellow of the International Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), the Indian Public Health Association (IPHA), and the Indian Medical Association – Academy of Medical Specialties (IMA-AMS) (FAIMER).
He participates in more than two dozen national and international professional associations and societies in addition to serving on a number of government committees.