Dr Priscilla Rupali is Sr. Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Christian Medical College Vellore in South India. She has worked in New Zealand and United States for her period of ID training. She has obtained a "Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene" at the Universidad Cayetano Heredia at Lima Peru affiliated to the University of Alabama Birmingham. She has obtained a Fellowship in "Transplant Infectious Diseases" at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and has been instrumental in establishing Transplant related services in her hospital and has been the founder of the Transplant Infectious Diseases Conference in India in collaboration with the Indian Society of Organ transplantation. She has also been instrumental in setting up and antimicrobial stewardship program not only in her hospital but also runs a very sought after “Fellowship in General ID” which helps physicians implement antimicrobial stewardship at secondary or tertiary care settings. The Infectious Diseases Department at CMC Vellore has been a pioneer in promoting Infectious Diseases as a clinical specialty in India and now is the 2nd Department to run the DM in Infectious Diseases in the Country.