Prof. James Till

The NCRM NICHE organizing committee is pleased to award the 2020-Joyce & James Till Travel (J2T2) Grant to Dr. Rupesh Kumar Natarajan.

His infectious enthusiasm with ceaseless and sincere efforts to attain the FCQ Elite status in 2013 after the initial participation in FCQ 2011 and willingness not to just aspire great things for himself but to inspire young minds to excel have made the Jury to decide in his favour for the J2T2 Grant 2020.

Dr. Natarajan, participated in the Fujio Cup Quiz when he was an Undergraduate Medical student at the Madras Medical College in India. He then went onto pursue residency training in the speciality of Pediatrics in the United States and is now pursuing a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Minnesota, Masonic Children's Hospital, USA. He has been continuing to keep himself abreast with the advances in the field of Regenerative Medicine and shares the same passion and commitment that there should be betterment of human lives, through this evolving speciality with hopes to solve many unmet medical needs.

The NCRM NICHE organizers place forth their appreciations to Dr. Natarajan for his desire to inspire young minds across the globe to pursue Inter-Disciplinary Research which would enable development of novel solutions.

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic travel restrictions, with the NCRM NICHE 2020 held as a virtual event, Dr. Natarajan delivered a talk during the event and an appropriate recognition in lieu of the grant announced by the NCRM NICHE Organizing Committee at a later date.

For the recorded talk of Dr. Rupesh Kumar Natarajan during the NCRM NICHE 2020, Click here