Rajendra Prasad is a chest physician and professor of Pulmonary Medicine based in

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divisio ...

. He is an MBBS (1974) and MD (1979) from

King George's Medical College King George's Medical University is a medical school, hospital, and medical university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The medical school was raised to a medical university by an act passed by the government of Uttar Pradesh on 16 Se ...

which was then under

University of Lucknow The University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is a public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Founded in 1920, the University of Lucknow is one of the oldest government owned institutions of higher ...

. After some time he joined same institution as faculty member and later became head of department of Pulmonary Medicine department of King George's Medical University. He also worked as director of

U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research The Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, formerly U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, is a medical school, hospital and medical research public university located at Saifai in the Etawah District of Uttar Pradesh, I ...

and Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (

University of Delhi Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE ...

). Now he is working as Director Medical Education and Professor & Head of Department, Pulmonary Medicine of

Era University Era University is a private state university established in 2016 by the Era Educational Trust in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The university offer courses in the fields of medical and allied and paramedical sciences, nursing, pharmacy, basic science, ...

's ERA's Lucknow Medical College and also doing private practice at his clinic at

Aliganj Aliganj is a town and a municipal board in Etah district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Mahfooz ali khan former agriculture chairman of India and former member of parliament of India belonged to the city. Official name of Aliganj is Parg ...

area.

Awards

Dr. B. C. Roy Award The Bidhan Chandra Roy Award was instituted in 1962 in memory of Dr. B. C. Roy by the Medical Council of India. It is presented by the President of India in New Delhi every year on July 1, National Doctors' Day. It is also the highest honour tha ...

by the

Medical Council of India The Medical Council of India (MCI) was a statutory body for establishing uniform and high standards of medical education in India until its dissolution on 25 September 2020 when it was replaced by National Medical Commission. The Council gran ...

(2010)

References

Living people Academic staff of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Academic staff of Delhi University King George's Medical University alumni University of Lucknow alumni 20th-century Indian medical doctors Medical doctors from Uttar Pradesh Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners 1950 births {{India-med-bio-stub