Dr. Subhash Babu is the first Indian scientist to be awarded the Bailey K. Ashford Medal in America

Prominent Indian physician and scientist Dr Subhash Babu has been conferred the prestigious 2022 Bailey K. Ashford Medal, and 2022 Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH) award for his exemplary research work and contribution in tropical medicine.
Dr Subash Babu, Scientific Director of the ICER-India programme at the ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, was given the award on October 30 at the annual ASTMH meeting held in Seattle, the US.
In the 82-year history of the award, it has never been awarded before to an Indian scientist or for work done at an Indian institution.
Dr. Subash Babu received his MBBS at the Government Kilpauk Medical College in Tamil Nadu, and his Ph.D. in immunology at the University of Connecticut in the USA.
After his post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), he returned to India and established the ICER at the campus of ICMR-NIRT in Chennai in 2006.