CANCER FOUNDATION OF INDIA
Honours & Awards
Awards & Recognition for CFI

2012
Member, State Level Coordination Committee for Tobacco Control in West Bengal, Govt. of West Bengal.

2015
Founder Member of Healthy India Alliance - an alliance of 14 national-level civil society organizations in the field of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs).

2016
Awarded to CFI in recognition of its contributions to Cervical Cancer control in India by Global Health Strategies, on October 17, 2016.

2016
Awarded Full Membership of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) by invitation for a period of 2 years on August 1, 2016.
Awards & Recognition for Prof. Maqsood Siddiqi, Chairman

2007
Delivered Cancer Prevention Grand Round CME lecture at MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, USA.

2007-2008
International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), Senior Scientist Award.

2008
Invited to deliver McLeod lecture at Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia.

2009
Conferred Kamal Kumari Foundation National Award for his lifetime contribution to Science & Technology in India, Guwahati, Assam.

2012
Guest Speaker at Healthcare in Asia 2012 meeting at Singapore organized by The Economist, London.

2012
An Indian delegate to Indo-US Meeting on Botanicals and Biologicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment, held at Moffitt Cancer Centre, Tampa, Florida, US.

2014
Invited speaker at the 7th General Assembly and International Conference of Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, Taipei, Taiwan.

2014
Regional Representative from India to APOCP 2014-2016.

2014
Member, Advisory Group, Industry Innovation Programme on Medical Electronics (IIPME), BIRAC, DBT, Ministry of Sc. & Technology, Govt of India.

2016
Member, International Advisory Committee, Asia Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (APOCP).

2016
CEO's meeting of UICC members at the World Cancer Congress, Paris, France.

2017
Member, Expert Group on Cancer, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

2020-2022
President of the Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention
Awards & Recognition for Ms. Sutapa Biswas, Executive Director

2006
International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), Fellowship in Cancer Epidemiology, in Lyon, France.

2006
American Cancer Society, International Partners Fellowship for an on-the-job leadership experience in Atlanta from June – November.

2008
Film entitled “The Art of Living” wins the prestigious award at the Reel Lives film festival organized by UICC during the World Cancer Congress 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.

2011
Fellowship, Global Tobacco Control Leadership Program at John Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA, July 2011.

2013
Fellowship for developing the cancer control capacity, Asia-Pacific Cancer Society Training Grants (APCASOT), UICC, Cancer Council of Queensland, and Brisbane, Australia - April 2013.

2018
Invited to CEO's meeting of UICC Members at the World Cancer Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2022
Invited speaker at the World Cancer Congress, Geneva, Switzerland.

2024
Invited speaker at the EUROGIN 2024, Stockholm, Sweden from 13-16 March, 2024.

2024
Invited speaker at the World Cancer Congress, Geneva, Switzerland from 17-19, September, 2024.
Awards & Recognition for Ms. Soumita Ray, Project Coordinator ‘Women in Pink'

2008
American Cancer Society’s South Atlantic Division (SAD) fellowship program centered on mission delivery. Atlanta, USA, October 2008.
Awards & Recognition for Ms. Smritikana Ghosh, Social Worker

2008
American Cancer Society’s South Atlantic Division (SAD) fellowship program centered on mission delivery. Atlanta, USA, October 2008.