Dr. Auti Rakesh is a paediatrician with an M.D. in Paediatrics from Bharati Vidyapeeth university  Pune, completing his postgraduate training at Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital, Sangli. He also has certification in PALS, Advanced NRP and Pediatric nutrition.

He has a strong interest in academic paediatrics, has presented a poster on complicated infective endocarditis at MAHAPEDICRITICON and actively participates in state and national paediatric conferences and quizzes, including securing divisional-level ranks in neonatology and thalassemia quizzes. A life member of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics and the Indian Medical Association, he is trained in paediatric and neonatal resuscitation (basic and advanced), as well as emergency paediatrics simulation and paediatric life support.

Dr. Rakesh is also involved in community outreach, having served as a primary paediatrician in multiple rural medical camps, organised IAP undergraduate and postgraduate paediatric quizzes, and conducted school-based mental health surveys to screen for depression in adolescents. He regularly contributes to public awareness activities on breastfeeding, thalassemia, children’s health, and complementary feeding, communicating with families in English, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Marathi.