Dr. Antony Robert Charles is a Consultant Pediatric Surgeon & Pediatric Urologist associated with Rainbow Hospitals, Bengaluru. He trained in Pediatric Surgery at AIIMS, Delhi, and later gained advanced experience in Laparoscopy and Urology at the Children’s Hospital, Westmead, Sydney. He was previously Associate Professor at St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru. He has been honoured with the Lorimer Dodd Excellence in Surgical Teaching Award from Sydney University for two consecutive years and has played a leading role in relief efforts, including medical missions post-Tsunami in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.