Dr Harish Pemde is the Director Professor of Paediatrics at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi and is affiliated with the University of Delhi, India. He leads the Centre for Adolescent Health at Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, which is a WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Adolescent Health. He is involved in clinical patient care as well as research activities and serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Group in Adolescent Health in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, for the government of India. He is also Regional Vice-president for Southeast Asia for the International Association for Adolescent Health.