Dr. Alexander Thomas, President of the Association of Healthcare Providers - India (AHPI) and Former Director of Bangalore Baptist Hospital received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ANBAI-NBE Annual Conclave held in Coimbatore on 3 September 2022, in the presence of Dr K Kasturirangan (Chairman, NEP 2020), Dr. Abhijat Sheth (President, NBE), Dr. Minu Bajpai(Executive Director, NBE), Dr. Sudha Seshayyan (Vice Chancellor, TamilNadu Dr. MGR Medical University) and Dr Rajasekaran (President, ANBAI). 

Initiated in 2018 to commemorate professionals who have dedicated their lives to the cause of medical education in our country on the occasion of ​​Teachers Day, the earlier recipients of the ANBAI Lifetime Achievement awards are Dr. Pratap Reddy, Apollo Hospitals; Dr. Devi Shetty, Narayana Health; Dr. P Namperumalsamy, Aravind Eye Hospital, and Prof. Srinath Reddy, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI).

(Edited by Elvis Almeida)