Dr. Shrikant Sapatnekar is the Director of Dept. of Academics & Research at Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre for more than 4 years now. His illustrious career spans over 45 years, in Medical Education, Clinical Research, Hospital Administration & Patient care. He has previously held key position of the Director at the Haffkine Institute for Training Research & Testing at Mumbai. He is also the Founder, Director & Dean of Clinical Research Education and Management Academy (CREMA) & Medical Director of Karmic Life sciences.

Rich experience of over 2 decades in the field of dietetics and diabetes education having trained more than 10,000 health care professionals. Course Director- TISS & NSDC Certified Diabetes Educator Course. Visiting Faculty and Trainer at various educational Institutions and corporate houses. Author of the recently released book “ Diet in Diabetes Simplified”, “Nutrition Basics and Carbohydrate Counting” “Family Guide for Mumbai”, an initiative of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and other patient education books like.