Dr Kalpana Bharani Kumar graduated from the Govt., Stanley Stanley Medical College in 1999. She pursued her Paediatric and higher specialist training in the UK. She obtained MRCPCH (Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK) in 2004. She underwent a five year post membership rotational training in Paediatrics and Neonates inclusive of other subspecialties such as paediatric respiratory, gastroenterology, endocrinology, oncology and intensive care in Cardiff, UK and obtained her CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) in 2010. Her overall experience in the field is over 23 years. Post CCT she worked as a Senior Clinical Fellow for 2 years in the tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. She was awarded the FRCPCH in 2017. Upon returning to India in 2012, she has been working as a consultant in Paediatrics and Neonates since. Currently she is working at Meridian Hospital, Chennai.She is a Newborn Life support and Advanced Paediatric Life Support provider. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Nutrition. She has presented in a number of CME programmes and Paediatric conferences. She is a member of the Indian Medical Association, Indian Academy of Paediatrics, General Medical Council (UK) and Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK