Ravinder Maini

Professor Sir Ravinder Maini FRS FRCP FRCPE FMedSci
Maini in Budapest, 2013.
Born	(1937-11-17) 17 November 1937 (age 87) Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Known for	discovery of anti-TNF therapy as an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
Awards	Crafoord Prize (2000) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (2002) Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (2003) Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (2008) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2014) Royal Medal (2024)
Scientific career
Fields	Immunology
Institutions	Imperial College School of Medicine

Sir Ravinder Nath Maini (born 17 November 1937) is an Indian-born British rheumatologist and academic who is an emeritus professor at Imperial College London. ^[1] He led the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology. ^[2]

Biography

Maini was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India, to Sir Amar Maini, a Kenyan-born lawyer and Ugandan politician, and his wife, Sam Saheli Mehra. His younger brother is academic Yoginder Nath Tidu Maini. Ravinder completed his bachelor's degree at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. ^[1] In the 1980s, Maini, Marc Feldmann and Fionula Brennan identified TNF alpha as a key cytokine in the process of rheumatoid arthritis.

Honours and awards

• 2000: Maini was awarded the Crafoord Prize jointly with Marc Feldmann. ^[3]
• 2003: Knighthood
• 2003: Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research. ^[4]
• 2004: Fothergillian prize from the London Medical Society ^[5]
• 2004: Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh
• 2007: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society ^[6]
• 2008: Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research together with Marc Feldmann. ^{[7] [8]}
• 2010: Ernst Schering Prize from the German Schering Foundation together with Marc Feldmann. ^[9]
• 2024: Royal Medal of the Royal Society jointly with Marc Feldmann. ^[10]

He is an honorary member of the British Society for Immunology. ^[11]

References

1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2562. ISBN   0-9711966-2-1.
2. "Our History — The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology". www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
3. "The Crafoord Prize 2000". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
4. "Imperial College London - British Scientists receive Lasker Prize for discovering new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis". www.imperial.ac.uk.
5. "Sir Ravinder Maini - F1000Prime". f1000.com.
6. "Ravinder Maini-Biography". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
7. "Dr. Paul Janssen Award". Dr. Paul Janssen Award.
8. "Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research". www.pauljanssenaward.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
9. "Schering Stiftung".
10. "Royal Medals | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
11. "Honorary members - British Society for Immunology". www.immunology.org.

External links

• Emeritus Professor Sir Ravinder Maini
• Sir Ravinder Maini's biography on Faculty of 1000