Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya won Wiley Research Heroes Prize 2025.

Exam-focused facts from the 27 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, former staff member of World Health Organisation (WHO), won the Wiley Research Heroes Prize 2025.
He is the first and only Indian so far to win this prize, which received over 2,000 nominations.
He won in the category of 'Impact Beyond Academia' prize this year.
He was recognised among five researchers from around the world for outstanding research contributions and research for policy impact.
Dr. Lahariya is a health policy researcher, academician, and medical practitioner.
He has done primary research in the area of vaccination, conditional cash transfers for mother and child health services, and on primary healthcare.