Prof. Rohini Handa is currently working as Senior Consultant Rheumatologist at the Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi. He has earlier served on the faculty of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi for over two decades. Prof. Handa’s contributions to Rheumatology have been recognized by several awards and citations by the Indian Council of Medical Research (MN Sen Oration Award and Shakuntala Amir Chand Prize), the Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA Oration), the Association of Physicians of India (Netaji Oration, Searle Oration, JC Patel and BC Mehta Prize, Pawan Kumari Jain Oration, Dr. JN Berry Award), and the Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine (Dr. GB Jain Oration and Dr. Sukumar Mukherjee Honor Lecture) amongst others.
Prof. Handa was conferred the Distinguished Academician Award by the Apollo Hospitals in 2018. In an illustrious career spanning four decades, Prof. Handa has held several leadership positions: Chair of the International League of Associations for Rheumatology, President of the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, President of the Indian Rheumatology Association, Dean of the Indian College of Physicians, Distinguished Clinical Tutor Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation, Honorary Consultant Armed Forces Medical Services, and President of the Delhi Rheumatology Association. Prof. Handa has served/serves on the editorial board of reputed medical journals including Rheumatology Oxford, Current Rheumatology Reports, Best Practice and Research Clinical Rheumatology, Clinical Rheumatology, Indian Journal of Rheumatology, African Journal of Rheumatology, Indonesian Journal of Rheumatology, and Journal of Association of Physicians of India.