Dr Ashok Kumar Deorari MD, FAMS, FNNF is Professor, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics. He has made outstanding contribution to transferring of knowledge and skills in neonatology to physicians and nurses in India & SEAsia region. His team has undertaken innumerable region-wide training programmes in some of the most crucial areas of newborn care: neonatal resuscitation; neonatal ventilation; cpap, kangaroo mother care.