Dr. Rajesh Malhotra is an internationally recognized orthopaedic surgeon, academic leader, and researcher with over three decades of excellence in patient care, education, and innovation. An AIIMS alumnus and former Chief of JPN Apex Trauma Centre and Head of Orthopaedics at AIIMS, New Delhi, he currently serves as Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. Ranked among the world’s top 1% researchers, he has pioneered several first-in-India orthopaedic initiatives, including the country’s first Bone Bank and Fragility Fracture Network. A recipient of the B. C. Roy National Award, he has authored over 900 publications and numerous textbooks.