Dr. Shrikant Y Atreya is a consultant in Palliative Medicine working in the Department of Palliative Care and Psycho-oncology of Tata Medical Centre. After MBBS, he obtained his MD degrees in Community Medicine from Topiwala National Medical College, BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai. He later went to pursue his postdoctoral fellowship in Palliative Medicine in Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai and was awarded the degree in 2013. He worked in the department of Palliative medicine as a senior registrar , TMH, Mumbai after which he joined TMC, Kolkata. During his stint in TMH he underwent training in Palliative Medicine in St. Christophers Hospice in London. He also obtained ICRETT fellowship for a one month project in Palliative care in Hospice Africa Uganda. While he was in TMH, Mumbai, he worked with National Rural Health Mission to promote palliative care to the Rural and Urban population with chronic life limiting conditions. In the process, he was appointed as committee member to write up the Maharashtra Palliative Care Policy which got approved by the Government in the year 2013. He has also written training modules and operational guidelines for both adult and pediatric palliative care for the state of Maharashtra.