Dr. Wilma Delphine Silvia Chickballapur Rayappa, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, DCMH, Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry at Akash Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bangalore has 27 years of teaching experience. Pursued MBBS from BMC, Bangalore. MD from KMC, Manipal & Diploma in Community Mental Health from NIMHANS, Certification courses in Hospital Administration and Lean Six Sigma. Honoured with “Best Teacher Award 2024” by Indian Medical Association, Karnataka Chapter, Excellence award and Best Biochemist award. Recipient of best poster award at 28th World Congress on “Neurology and Neuroscience International Conference” at Zurich, Switzerland and best paper/ poster awards for ICMR – STS projects presented in the National conferences. Editor in Chief of International Journal of Recent Innovations in Medicine and Clinical Research, Editorial Board Member and reviewer of various medical journals & Assistant Editor of RGUHS Medical Journal. Published 107 scientific papers in International and National indexed medical journals and published books titled Mnemonics in Biochemistry, Practical Biochemistry for MBBS Students, Comprehensive Textbook of Applied Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics, Competency Based Textbook of Medical Biochemistry & Competency Based Practical Biochemistry Textbook. Contributed a chapter “Spiel of Salivary Cortisol” in an International book “Explore the systemic applications of Saliva – Diagnostics” published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom. She is also a NABL Lead Assessor, NABH Principal Assessor, PhD guide and International Ph. D examiner.
