J.S. Arora is the General Secretary of National Thalassemia Welfare Society & Federation of Indian Thalassemia. He is a Patients for Patients Safety (PFPS) Champion since 2007 and is also serving as a member of the Advisory Group of WHO’s Patients for Patients Safety Program since 2014. Dr. Arora is the founder member of the Indian Alliance of Patient Groups as well the founding trustee of the Genomics And Public Health Foundation. He has previously served as Coordinator of Thalassemia Cell, DHS, Delhi as well as member of Hospital Advisory Committee, DDU Hospital, Delhi and the State VAT Advisory Committee, Delhi. He is also a member of State Blood Transfusion Council. He is the author of Florilegium of Thalassemia and co-author of several publications including a chapter in the postgraduate textbook Pediatrics and Care & Control of Thalassemia: In the New Millennium 2000.