Dr Yethindra Vityala, the World’s Youngest Scientist in Medicine, was awarded with the Dr Yellapragada Subbarao Memorial Award by the Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists (IABMS) on December 19, 2022, at Sri Sri University, Cuttack.
The 43rd Annual Meeting of the IABMS and International Conference, with the topic “An Integrative Approach Towards Health Protection and Health Promotion,” hosted at Sri Sri University, Cuttack, on December 19-21, 2022. The conference’s goal is to discuss the ideas, findings, concepts, and progress of scientists, researchers, academics, and students from the relevant fields, as well as to establish an approach to integrated medicine as a solution to modern health challenges.
Despite the fact that the IABMS began with a small group of members in 1979, the organization now has over 1500 life members. Supporting, promoting, and progressing interdisciplinary collaboration among biomedical researchers is the primary objective of IABMS. The IABMS maintains an official journal called “BIOMEDICINE” that publishes academic papers on biomedical research, and the current Editor-in-Chief is Prof Manjula Shantaram.
Dr Yellapragada Subbarao Memorial Award is awarded for the best research paper in biochemistry published in biomedicine (India) journal in the previous year. Dr Yethindra Vityala was honored for his research article “Chemical burns of the esophagus in children of Kyrgyzstan:10-year analysis of prevalence and cause”, which was published in the Biomedicine (India) journal in 2021, as well as his contributions to medical research.
He reported that umifenovir, heparin, and itolizumab were successful in COVID-19 patients. Among the rare cases that he reported and published were epilepsy of the frontal lobe, neurofibromatosis, breast and congenital tuberculosis, hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type II, and ischemic stroke. He presented his findings at 15 international conferences, received nine awards, and published 45 research papers in top peer-reviewed journals. His book, “The Historical Development of the Heart i.e., from its Formation,” set the Guinness World Record for the “longest title of a book” in 2019.
Dr Yethindra Vityala received six world records and was named the World’s Youngest Scientist in Medicine in 2019 as a result of his early efforts in the field of medicine. Dr Yethindra was honored with the MedEngage Award, recognized as the “Champion of the Champions” by Metropolis Healthcare Ltd., and given the Karmaveer Chakra Award by the United Nations for his services to mankind, education, and medical research.
The ‘YETHINDIA’ Covid-19 Awareness Campaign (the world’s first QR-code-based awareness campaign) was one of the greatest campaigns run in 2020-2022, effectively raising awareness in 1918 school children from 15 government schools in eight different locations of Warangal (Telangana). By supporting campaigns like “Digital India” and “Save Paper, Save Trees, Save the Planet,” this initiative helped spread accurate information about Covid-19. Rashtrapati Bhavan (the President’s Secretariat) in New Delhi and Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot, Hon’ble Governor of Karnataka, both praised the effort.
Dr Sanghamitra Pati, Director of the ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Prof. Gopal Krushna Pal, Executive Director of AIIMS Patna, Dr Bhaskar Saha, Dr E Padmini, Prof BR Sharma, and Shri Gaurav Verma inaugurated the conference. After the inaugural ceremony, Dr Yethindra gave an oration that was praised for his ability to inspire and motivate the audience.
