GOLD Speakers

Dr. Prashant Sadashiv Gangal, MD, DCH, IBCLC

• Country: India

Biography:

Dr. Gangal is a Pediatrician, Breastfeeding Trainer & Advocate in Mumbai for 35 years. He has been Mother Support-Training Coordinator of BPNI Maharashtra (1995), Co-Coordinator of Mother Support Working Group of WABA (2003) & Lactation Consultant (2009). He was chairman of Global Collaboration Committee of ILCA (2018) & is currently S-E Asia Representative, Steering Council WABA. He was trained by Dr. Felicity Savage. He established the first Mother Support Group in India (1995) and played a key role in training 500 Traditional Massage Women, Breast crawl rejuvenation, training Government Health Workers in 7 Indian States with an innovative module with UNICEF and organizing IBLCE exam for the first time in India (2009). He contributed to LLLI publication ‘Hirkani’s Daughters’, facilitated Lactation Counselling in 85 Maternity Facilities, organizing 8 batches of Lactation Education to facilitate about 100 Lactation Consultants, the android app ‘Shishuposhan’ and played a major role in launching website bpnimaharashtra.org. Dr. Gangal has multiple publications & was a speaker at LLLI conferences in San Francisco and Chicago. He was honoured with Dr. N. B. Kumta Award by BPNI Maharashtra, Lifetime Achievement Award by Mumbai Breastfeeding Promotion Committee & WABA Secretariat award. He spoke on Breast Crawl & WHO Growth Charts (2016, 2023) at Gold Conferences.