Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (born 3 September 1931). also known as C. P. Thakur, is an Indian physician and politician. He is former member of

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and

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, a former minister in the

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, and a leader of

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(BJP). He was a cabinet minister from 1999 to 2004 in the BJP government. He is known for his contribution in finding medication for

Kala-azar Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar (Hindi: kālā āzār, "black sickness") or "black fever", is the most severe form of leishmaniasis and, without proper diagnosis and treatment, is associated with high fatality. Leishmaniasi ...

. He proposed the development of AIIMS hospital Patna in central government and got it approved. One Crossing (Chowk) near AIIMS hospital, Patna has been named "Dr C P Thakur Chowk" in honour of his contribution to Bihar and its people.

Early life

Thakur was born on 3 September 1931 in Dubaha village of

Muzaffarpur district The Muzaffarpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar States and territories of India, state, India. Muzaffarpur district is part of and also the headquarters of Tirhut division. Muzaffarpur district is the financial and un-off ...

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to Radhamohan Thakur and Sharda Thakur. He is a physician and had received the degrees of M.B.B.S., M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. from Patna Medical College,

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and

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and Royal College of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

. Thakur married Uma Thakur on 12 June 1957, with whom he has two sons and two daughters. Politician

Vivek Thakur Vivek Thakur (born 27 November 1969) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Bihar as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from ...

is his son.

Career

As a physician, Thakur did extensive research for the treatment of

. In 2017, he became the first Indian medical scientist to receive a lifetime achievement award from the

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. He was elected to

from

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

constituency in 1984.

Positions held

He has held the following government positions: * 1984 Elected to Eighth Lok Sabha * 1990-91 Chairman, Kala-azar Spot Assessment Committee Government of India * 1990-93 Member, Advisory Committee on Kala-azar Government of India * 1991 Member, Expert Kala-azar committee to formulate prevention programme for Kala-azar, Government of India * 1998 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (2nd term) * 1998-99 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests; and its Sub-Committee on Ganga Action Plan Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs * 1999 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (3rd term) * 22 Nov 1999-26 May 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources * 27 May 2000 – 30 June 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare * 29 Jan 2003-May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Small Scale Industries, Development of North-Eastern Region * April 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar * Aug. 2008 onwards Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women * Aug. 2008- May 2009 Member, Committee on Information Technology * May 2009 onwards Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University * Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare * Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology * Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women * April 2014 re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar * Jan. 2016 onwards Chairman, The Scouts/Guides Organisation *March 2019, he was appointed Chancellor of

Central University of South Bihar Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) is one of the sixteen newly established Central Universities by the Government of India under the Central Universities Act, 2009 (Section 25 of 2009). The university is located at Panchanpur, Gaya, Bi ...

Books published

*Dynamics of Development (Editor and Contributor); *Glimpses of Indian Technology (Co-author); *World Trade Organization (author); *Technical Report Series 791 up to 1990 (Geneva) Control of Leishmaniasis (joint author); *Recent Trends in Leishmania Research (contributor); *Text Book of Medicine—API Text Book of Medicine (Joint author); *India Under

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 ...

, B.J.P. Era . He has also published more than 100 research papers in medical journals and more than 200 articles in the press.

Awards

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

;Padma Bhushan * Dr. B. C. Roy National Award, Indian Medical Council * BK Aikat Oration Award,

Indian Council of Medical Research The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the Gove ...

; * P.N. Raju Oration Award (ICMR) * Lifetime Achievement Award (WHO)

References

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External links

biographical data from the Parliament of India
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