Aditi Apte

Senior Medical scientist at KEM Hospital Research Centre| Nutrition and Public Health | GSsite| IITB alum| WomenLiftHealth Alumnus. All tweets are mine.

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VIDEO | Delhi: ICMR Director General Rajiv Bahl says, “I would first like to tell everyone that there are many health-related provisions in today’s budget. One thing that gives us great satisfaction is that the budget of the Department of Health Research and the Indian Council of Medical Research has been increased by 24 per cent compared to last year, which is highly commendable.”

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(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)

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India’s Foreign Secretary.
Know him. #VikramMisri
India produces such patriots of brilliance who serve their country with total dedication.

From Ashes to Authority: Vikram Misri and the Rise of a Silenced People

There are stories that history forgets, not because they lack pain—but because they are too quiet, too dignified to scream.

The story of the Kashmiri Pandits is one such tale—of a community ripped from their roots, their temples desecrated, their homes abandoned in the dead of night, carrying nothing but faith and a fading photograph of what once was. A community exiled in their own country, silenced by fear, and forgotten by time.

And yet—they rose.

Not with protests. Not with revenge. But with books, belief, and backbone. In the face of unimaginable pain, they clung to knowledge. To discipline. To resilience.

One such story is that of Vikram Misri—a boy born in Srinagar on 7 November 1964, into the serene, intellectual world of Kashmiri Hindus. His early life echoed with the sounds of temple bells and the scent of chinars. But that peace was shattered by a storm of militancy that swept through the valley in the late 1980s and 90s—a storm not born of the people, but of political poison fed across the border by Pakistan.

Like thousands of others, the Misri family was uprooted—not because they broke the law, but because they simply existed. Because they prayed differently. Because they were marked.

But pain did not define Vikram Misri. He did not burn with hatred—he burned with purpose.

After finishing his schooling in Burn Hall and Scindia, and graduating from Hindu College and XLRI, he joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1989—the very year many of his own were forced to flee. While others carried guns, he picked up treaties. While others chanted slogans, he studied silence.

He went on to serve India in Brussels, Tunis, Spain, Myanmar, and most importantly—as Ambassador to China during one of India’s most delicate security crises, the 2020–21 border standoff. Later, he became Deputy National Security Advisor, and today, he holds the office of India’s Foreign Secretary—a post of immense strategic importance.

He has advised three Indian Prime Ministers—Gujral, Manmohan Singh, and Narendra Modi. But even as he sat in the most powerful rooms of the country, a part of his soul always remained in the narrow lanes of Srinagar, with the scent of home that was stolen.

Vikram Misri is more than a diplomat—he is a quiet symbol of an entire people who refused to be erased. His rise is not just personal success; it is the triumph of memory over forgetting, of dignity over hate, of perseverance over persecution.

And yet, through it all, he has never used his position for vendetta. His voice against Pakistan-sponsored terror is not rooted in bitterness, but in truth. He does not accuse communities—he condemns ideologies of hate, the policies of states that turned Kashmir from a valley of peace into a graveyard of harmony.

In Misri, the world sees what the Kashmiri Pandits have always been—builders, thinkers, survivors.

They may have been scattered, but they are not shattered.

They may have been silenced, but they are not forgotten.

Through every speech he makes, every negotiation he leads, and every stand he takes for India’s sovereignty, Vikram Misri carries the spirit of his ancestors—and the pain of a community that once lost everything, except their will to rise.

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Thrilled to share our latest publication on potential role of probiotics and prebiotics in enhancing iron absorption and hemoglobin levels, conducted as part of ICMR anemia taskforce activity.
Read the study here: https://t.co/pb8l1lZcPn
#nutrition #anemia @ICMRDELHI @kemvadu

[Aditi Apte @apte_aditi]

Privileged to represent KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune in ICME Collaborating Centre of Excellence (CCOE) Conclave 2024 at India International Centre, New Delhi on 7th Jan 2025. KEMHRC was ranked amongst the top five CCOEs in the country for the year 2024. @kemvadu @ICMRDELHI

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@drswathikrishna @AirIndiaX Cant agree more. The last time I took airIndiaX, I was stuck at Pune airport for more than 6 hrs without the airline crew making any official announcement.

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KEMHRC, Pune as ICMR CCOE hosted a research methodology workshop in collaboration with King George Medical University on 14-16 Oct 2024. It was lovely experience to listen to projects developed by 25 participants from MRHRUs.@kemvadu @kgmu_medical @ICMRDELHI

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ICMR Radio is back with Episode 3: Shaping the Future of Medical Research with AcSIR. Learn about @AcSIR_India 's new PhD program in medical research and how it’s designed to improve public health while serving humanity. 📅 Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 15.

[Aditi Apte @apte_aditi]

E-pharmacy is one of the important solutions for universal health coverage in India.#UniversalHealthCare #pharmacy #PublicHealth See our recent scoping review as part of Lancet Citizen Commission on Universal Health Coverage on this. https://t.co/sFJroAPFzo @kemvadu

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How I pick the right statistical test for my experimental variables

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#healthsystem #india

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ICMR Radio, our brand new #podcast, is now out! Tune-in to episode 1 to hear from Dr. Rajiv Bahl, DG ICMR on how we are working with the #NationalOneHealthMission to make sure India is ready for future #pandemics. Watch now: https://t.co/w5ef4YSOgU

[Women in Global Health India @WGHIndia]

In light of the tragic #RGKAR incident, WGH India demands urgent action & accountability to end sexual violence in healthcare & protect the dignity & safety of ALL persons in healthcare institutions.

Read our full statement (TW: sexual violence): https://t.co/MiI6wplcM3

[Aditi Apte @apte_aditi]

Got opportunity to present our work related to Microbiota directed complementary food in moderate acute malnutriton at an oral presentation in Nutrition 2024 organised by American Society of Nutrition at Chicago [29 June to 2 July 2024].

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Men in kitchen, girls playing football: Kerala shatters gender norms with new school textbooks https://t.co/uTUoDMZVJE

[Aditi Apte @apte_aditi]

I’m attending #Nutrition2024 in Chicago to present our work in malnutrition! Join me June 29-July 2 and experience groundbreaking research, live interaction, and unparalleled networking opportunities. Learn more at https://t.co/uaoQEjrn0d. Anyone attending?

[Aditi Apte @apte_aditi]

I’m attending #Nutrition2024 in Chicago to present our work in malnutrition! Join me June 29-July 2 and experience groundbreaking research, live interaction, and unparalleled networking opportunities. Learn more at https://t.co/uaoQEjrn0d. Anyone attending?

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Exciting times ahead for Indian #WomeninStem - multiple initiatives, mentoring opportunities & showcasing achievements! Still a long way to go @IndiaDST @ICMRDELHI @BIRAC_2012 @DBTIndia @NCBS_Bangalore @biaswatchindia @IndiaBioscience @womenlifthealth @IAScBng

[Aditi Apte @apte_aditi]

@IraPraharaj @womenlifthealth @gateschallenges @BIRAC_2012 Heartiest congrats Ira!

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Enjoyed two days of training at NIE chennai on research data management using redcap for projects on safe and rational use of medicines. Thanks to ICMR SRUM team and NIE for this initiative.