Janak Raj Talwar (1 January 1931 – 21 November 2002) was an Indian cardiothoracic surgeon who served in many major Indian medical centres, such as the

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, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, the Holy Family Hospital, and the Laxmipat Singhania Institute of Cardiology, Kanpur. Talwar was known to have done significant work on the treatment of cold injuries which are resulted from exposure to extreme cold conditions and proposed

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as well as therapeutic measures. Besides, he pioneered thoracic surgery in North India and established specialty departments for the discipline at several hospitals. He received Amir Chand Prize of the

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in 1967. The

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, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

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, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1970. He died on 21 November 2002 at the age of 71.

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Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Medical Science 1931 births Indian cardiac surgeons Indian medical writers Scientists from Amritsar Academic staff of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 2002 deaths Medical doctors from Punjab, India 20th-century Indian surgeons {{India-med-bio-stub People from Punjab Province (British India)