"Dr. Ranbir Laishram is a paediatrician and poet from Manipur, India. An alumnus of Patna Medical College, he has served as Professor and Head of Pediatrics at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, and held leadership roles at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) and the Shija Academy of Health Sciences (SAHS). A WHO Fellow in AIDS Home and Community Care (Thailand) and a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, Dr. Laishram has contributed to national guidelines on paediatric HIV/AIDS and served on expert bodies including NACO's Technical Resource Group on HIV/AIDS and the National Task Force on Paediatric HIV/AIDS.
His academic work includes editorial roles with the Indian Journal of Pediatrics and the Journal of Medical Society (JMS), RIMS, contributions to medical textbooks, and a chapter on HIV/AIDS in Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics (South Asia edition, 2016). He presented research on paediatric HIV/AIDS at the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., in 2005.
As a contemporary voice in English poetry, his poems appear in The Sangai Express and E-Pao, where he explores themes of homeland, peace, identity, and the human condition. His first collection, Echoes of the Inner Soul, was published in 2022.
When not practising medicine, Dr. Laishram gardens, reads philosophy and religious texts, writes poetry, and supports philanthropic work for children affected by HIV. He lives by a belief in meeting each moment with wisdom and compassion."