Tatyarao Pundlikrao Lahane (born 12 February 1957) is an Indian

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and ophthalmologist. He served as the

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of Grant Medical College and J. J. Hospital,

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, and set a world record with more than 162,000 cataract surgeries. He was awarded

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award in 2008, the 4th highest civilian award in India.

Early life and education

Lahane was born in Makegaon village,

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taluka, Latur district of Maharashtra state in a farmer's family on 12 February 1957 to father Pundlikrao and mother Anjanabai. He is one of seven children of the couple. At a young age, both of his

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s were not functioning and his mother donated one of her kidneys to him. Lahane completed schooling in Latur and earned his medicine degree in 1981 from the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. In 1985, he earned his MBBS in

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Career

Lahane began his career on 17 May 1985 as a medical officer/ associate professor at the

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in Ambajogai,

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. During 1993- 94, Lahane worked in Government hospital of

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. As an Ophthalmologist he widely lectured about this field and worked in temporary eye-treatment camps in remotest village and trible settlement in the state. Before Lahane took over as Dean of JJ Hospital he was head of the department of

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at the hospital. As an ophthalmologist he has arranged many

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camps nationwide and also in JJ Hospital. In 2007 he conducted his 100,000th

surgery in JJ Hospital, which was attended by then- Chief Minister of Maharashtra

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. He is credited for modernizing the ophthalmology department of JJ Hospital.

As a Dean

Lahane became the Dean of

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in 2010. As a Dean he is credited for modernising the Out Patient Department of JJ Hospital along with computerising the system. He resigned from the post in 2017.

Academic career

He pioneered advanced phacoemulsification technology within the government sector of Maharashtra so that every patient could take the benefit of the latest techniques of surgery. He has also reached all remote places within Maharashtra through surgical camps to treat patients who are unable to travel to hospital for their ailment. He was promoted to the position of Joint Director in 2017.

Other positions

Around 2018, Lahane was the program leader of Cataract free Maharashtra project and deputy director of DMER. At present he is Director, Medical Education & Research, State of Maharashtra, India. On 1 July 2021, he retired from government service of Maharashtra state's Medical education department.

Awards

Lahane has won several awards for his work, including ''Athwale Purskar'', ''Karweer Jivan Gaurav Purskar'', ''Utkarsh Krutdnyata Purskar'', ''Latur Gaurav Purskar'', ''Dr. Mulay Smruti Purskar'', ''Dr. DaljeetSinngh Suvarnpadak'', Lifetime achievement award'', ''Giants International award'' and others. In 2008, Lahane was awarded

award in 2008, the 4th highest civilian award in India. In 2022, he won the '' Shahu Award''.

In popular culture

''Dr Tatya Lahane - Angaar...Power is Within'', an Indian biographical film on the doctor which released in 2018. Directed by Virag Wankhede and starring

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in the titular role, it covers his life from early childhood until the organization of the cataract camps.

References

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