Professor Vivekanand Jha is the Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India, a Professor of Nephrology at University of Oxford, UK, and the President of the International Society of Nephrology. In the past, he has been Professor of Nephrology and Head of the Department of Translational and Regenerative Medicine at Postgraduate Education of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Prof Jha is recognised as a global expert on kidney disease, and focuses on emerging public health threats globally and in India. He is particularly interested in using multi-disciplinary approaches and innovations to address the system-level health and economic challenges posed to humanity by non-communicable diseases.