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. It is presented by the

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every year on July 1,

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. It is also the highest honour that can be achieved by a doctor in India. The award is given annually in each of the following categories: * Statesmanship of the Highest Order in India. * Medical Statesman, * Eminent Medical Person, * Eminent person in Philosophy, * Eminent person in Science * Eminent person in Arts. It was first awarded in 1972 to Dr M.P Mehrey of Sitapur Eye Hospital, Sitapur(also referred to as the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology), by

V. V. Giri Varahagiri Venkata Giri (; 10 August 1894 – 24 June 1980), better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian statesman and activist who served as the president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He also served as the vice president of ...

, the then

Recipients

1970s

* Sandip Mukharji (1973) * Nagarur Gopinath (1978) * M.P MEHREY(1972) * Vikram Marwah (1979)

1980s

* M.N. Ghosh (1980) * J G Jolly (1981) * S. P. Gupta M.D., FAMS (1983) *

Om Dutt Gulati Om Datt Gulati (31 January 1927 – 23 February 2012) was an Indian pharmacologist and the Dean of the Department of pharmacology at Baroda Medical College. Known for his researches in autonomic pharmacology, he was also a professor at Pramuk ...

(1981) *

M. M. S. Ahuja Man Mohan Singh Ahuja (1929 – 12 July 1998) was an Indian physician and endocrinologist. He was born in 1929 in Multan in British India. He was graduated from Madras Medical College in 1952. He passed M.R.C.P. (London) in 1956, and did resid ...

(1982) * Perugu Siva Reddy (1982) * Prabhu Dayal Nigam (1983) * Prem Nath Wahi (1984) * Dr. M. Khalilullah (1984), Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri recipient * Jagjit Singh Chopra (1986) * Sunkara Balaparameswara Rao * Atluri Sriman Narayana (1989) * Dinesh K. Bhargava (1989)

1993

* Kirpal Singh Chugh *Pinnamaneni Narasimharao, Vijayawada, A.P

1994

* M.L. Kulkarni, Pediatrician and Geneticist * V. S. Natarajan - Geriatric physician * Daljit Singh, Ophthalmologist * Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti, Pediatrician ,Rehab Psychologist * Rattan Lal Mittal, Orthopedic surgeon

1995

* P. V. Chalapathi Rao, General Surgeon *

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, Surgical endocrinologist

1996

* Wilfred de Souza * Mathew Samuel Kalarickal

1997

* G. B. Parulkar * N. A. Jadhav, Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine Mysore Medical College, Mysuru

1998

* Arjunan Rajasekaran, Urologist and

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 ...

recipient * Shashanka Mohan Bose , General Surgeon, Chandigarh * S. Kantha, Former First Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

1999

* Belle Monappa Hegde * K.A. Ashok Pai *

Upendra Kaul Upendra Kaul is an Indian cardiologist and a pioneer of interventional cardiology in India. He currently serves as the chairman and dean of academics and research at Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center in New Delhi. He is renowned for his ...

* B. C. Das *

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* Shivadeo S. Bapat, Urologist, Pune

2000

* S.Arulrhaj - Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India. * Manju Gita Mishra, Patna, Bihar, India. * Shashanka Mohan Bose, General Surgeon , Chandigarh

2001

*I. Sathyamurthy * MayilVahanan Natarajan * S. K. Sama

2002

Nilima Arun Kshirsagar Nilima Arun Kshirsagar (born 1949) is an Indian clinical pharmacologist who developed and patented liposomal amphotericin B and its drug delivery system in 1993. She is the former dean of King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunde ...

* V. V. Radhakrishnan, S. P. Agarwal, C. P. Thakur, S. K. Sharma, G. Venkataswamy, Govind Swarup, Gourie Devi, T. R. Anantharaman, and

Obaid Siddiqi Obaid Siddiqi Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (7 January 1932 – 26 July 2013) was an Indian National Research Professor and the Founder-Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) National Center for Biological Science ...

* K. K. Talwar, Mukkai Kesavan Lalitha, Jai Dev Wig, Rakesh Tandon and C. V. Bhirmanandham * Abraham G. Thomas,

Ashok Panagariya Ashok Panagariya (22 August 1950 – 11 June 2021) was an Indian neurologist, medical researcher and academician, known for his research on nerve cells and neuromyotonia. He was a Vice Chancellor of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaip ...

, and Saroj Chooramani Gopal * Sanjiv Malik and A. K. Kesanna * N. K. Venkataramana * Narayana Panicker Kochupillai * Laxmi Chand Gupta

2003 - 2004

Purshotam Lal Purshotam Lal is an Indian Interventional cardiologist who has to his credit the pioneering of over 20 interventional cardiology procedures for the first time in India, some of which were the first time in the World. Trained in UK, US and Germa ...

* Vinay Kumar Kapoor * V. K. Puri * M. C. Pant * Shally Awasthi * T. V. Devarajan * Sunil Pradhan

2005 - 2013

* Amrinder Jit Kanwar *

V. Mohan V. Mohan is an Indian physician specializing in diabetology. He is the Chairman of Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, which is an IDF Centre of Excellence in Diabetes Care. He is also the Chairman of the Madras Diabetes Research Found ...

Naresh Trehan Naresh Trehan (born 12 August 1945) is an Indian cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon. After graduating from King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India, he went on to practice at New York University Medical Center, Manhattan, USA f ...

, K. K. Aggarwal, Ajay Kumar, Anoop Misra and Lalit Kumar, S. M. Balaji, N. K. Pandey * Yogesh Kumar Chawla, Rayapu Ramesh Babu, P. K. Bilwani and Prakash B. Behere * Amit Banerjee * P. Varalakshmi, R. K. Dhiman and S. R. Mittal * Anupam Sachdeva,

Alka Kriplani Alka Kriplani is an Indian gynecologist,medical writer and academic, known for her contributions to the fields of Reproductive Endocrinology and Gynaecological Endoscopy. She was professor and the Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstet ...

, A. K. Mahapatra, Drupad Nautamlal Chhatrapati, and Ganesh Gopalakrishnan
Nikhil C. Munshi
, * Tejas Patel *

Nikhil Tandon Nikhil Tandon is an Indian endocrinologist, medical academic and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian m ...

* Kodaganur S. Gopinath * Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal (2010),

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, Director & Chairman of Manipal Hospitals Group * Milind Vasant Kirtane * Mahesh Verma * Kumar L. Pradhan

47 47, 47 or forty-seven may refer to: *47 (number) *47 BC * AD 47 *1947 *2047 *'47 (brand), an American clothing brand * ''47'' (magazine), an American publication * 47 (song), a song by Sidhu Moose Wala *47, a song by New Found Glory from the albu ...

Eminent personality & Senior Scientist in field of Sericulture & recipient of numerous awards and also awarded honorary doctorate by Government of India * Sanjeev Bagai * Gurpreet Singh Wander * C. V. Harinarayan,- Sakra World Hospital * Moti Lal Singh M.S. FRCS (London) FRCS (Edin) - Patna

2014

Source: Eminent Medical Person: * Anand B. R., Former Chief Medical Officer, Indian Railways, Mysore. *

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, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi; *

Randeep Guleria Randeep Guleria is an Indian pulmonologist and the current President of AIIMS Bilaspur. He also served as the director of AIIMS New Delhi, credited with the establishment of India's first centre for pulmonary medicines and sleep disorders at AII ...

, AIIMS, New Delhi. Eminent Medical Teacher: * Ravi Kant, Lucknow * Ashwani Kumar, New Delhi * Rajesh Malhotra, New Delhi * Rakesh Yadav, New Delhi * P.V.L.N. Murthy, Hyderabad. Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: * Janak Desai, Ahmedabad * Rajesh Upadhyay, New Delhi * Binay Karak, Patna * Ashok Rajgopal, Gurgaon * Davinder Singh Rana, New Delhi. Outstanding services in the field of Sociomedical Relief: * Rama Reddy Karri, Rajamahendravaram (AP); * Jitender B Patel, Ahmedabad; * Sudipto Roy, Kolkata.

2015

Source: Eminent Medical Person: * C. Palanivelu, GEM Institute for Gastrointestinal Disease, Coimbatore; *

Ashok Seth Ashok Seth (born 12 October 1954) is an Indian interventional cardiologist, credited with the performance of over 50,000 angiograms and 20,000 angioplasties, which has been included in the Limca Book of Records, a book for achievements and reco ...

, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Center, New Delhi. Eminent Medical Teacher: * N. Sanjeeva Reddy, Chennai; * C.S. Yadav, New Delhi; * A.K. Bisoi, New Delhi; * D.J. Borah, Guwahati; * Arun Thakur, Patna. Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: * H.P. Bhalodiya, Ahmedabad; * Parimal M Desai, Ahmedabad; * Anand Khakhar, Chennai; * Ambrish Mittal, New Delhi; * Amlesh Seth, New Delhi. Outstanding service in the field of Socio Medical Relief: * A Marthanda Pillai, Thiruvananthapuram; * John Ebnezar, Bangalore; * A. Arulvisagan, Puducherry. Aid or Assistance to Research Project: * J.B. Sharma, New Delhi.

2016

Source: Eminent Medical Person: * Vipul R. Patel
Dr. Neelam Mohan
ISB Alumni - AMPH Co 2020
Source
Eminent Person - Literature: * Anil Kumar Chaturvedi Eminent Medical Teacher: * Prem Nath Dogra * M. Unnikrishnan * G. S. Umamaheshwara Rao * Ved Prakash Mishra * Rajeshwar Dayal Best Talents in Encouraging the Development of Specialties in Different Branches in Medicines: * Sanjay Balwant Kulkarni * O. P. Yadava * Pawanindra Lal * D. Raghunadharao * Pradeep Tandon * G. Venugopala Rao Outstanding Service in the field of Socio Medical Relief: * T Rajagopal * Satchit Balsari * S. Geethalakshmi -

Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University ( TNMGRMU) is a government medical university situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the premier medical universities in India, named after the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. ...

- Vice Chancellor * Devraj Rai * Pallarisetti Raghu Ram * Karri Rama Reddy (Rajahmundry), award received in the year 2017 for Service of Socio Medical Relief for the year 2014. Aid or Assistance to Research Project: * Punit Gupta

2017

* M.L.B. Bhatt, Vice Chancellor, K. G. Medical university, Lucknow under the category of Eminent Medical Teacher. * Syed Sanaullah Mohd Tabish, AIIMS, New Delhi * Avinash Supe, Seth GSMC, Mumbai (Teaching Category) * Rashmi Kaur, PGI, Chandigarh * Amit Singh, Bihar * Farheen Zuber Patel, Gujarat * Kanu Bhatia, Mumbai * S.P. Bhatt, Surat * Suman Prasad, AIIMS, New Delhi * Satchit Balsari, Boston

2018

Eminent Medical Person: * H. S. Shashidhar (Medical Director, Manasa group of hospitals Karnataka) *

B. K. Misra Dr. Basant Kumar Misra is a neurosurgeon specialising in treating brain, spine, cerebrovascular and peripheral nervous system disorders, injuries, pathologies and malformations. He is the Vice-President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical ...

- Chairman of

Neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the specialty (medicine), medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system ...

Hinduja Hospital The P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre is a multi-specialty, tertiary-care hospital in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1951 by Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja, in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital, the m ...

s Outstanding service in the field of socio medical relief * P Raghu. Ram * H. R. Surendra, MBBS, MS (ophthalmology) * Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, MBBS , MS (General Surgery), FICS. Ex Professor of Surgery V S Hospital Ahmedabad (He is currently 2nd term Member of Parliament from Ahmedabad West constituency Gujarat) Best talents in encouraging the development of specialties in different branches in Medicine * Sanjay Desai

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