C.S. Pramesh is the Director of the Tata Memorial Hospital and Professor and Head of Thoracic Surgery at the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India. He serves on the UICC Board of Directors. He is the convener for the National Cancer Grid, a large network of 294 cancer centres in India. He is also a visiting professor at the Division of Cancer Studies, King’s College London and the Institute of Cancer Policy, King’s Health Partners, London. He is the Secretary of the Indian Society for Diseases of the Esophagus and Stomach (ISES).