Kirpal Singh Chugh (12 December 1932 – 17 September 2017) was an Indian nephrologist from Patti, a neighbouring town to

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in the Indian state of

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. He was reportedly the first qualified Indian nephrologist and is considered by many to have been the father of Nephrology in India for his pioneering efforts in starting the first medical department in the discipline in 1956 and establishing the first medical course in nephrology (DM) at the

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, Chandigarh . Born on 12 December 1932, Chugh won many awards and honours such as B. C. Roy Award (1993),

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Award, Nihon University Medical School Gold Medal (1979),

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Outstanding Research Award (1978), Motashaw Memorial Award (1975), M. D. Adatia Award (1976), Indian Society of Nephrologists Award (1976), Association of Physicians of India Award (1978), K. B. Kanwar Memorial Award (1979), Dhanwantari National Award and Nephrology Forum Award. A member of the Advisory Board of World Kidney Forum and an elected Fellow of the

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, he was honored by the

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, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of

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, an online repository of scientific data has listed 262 publications of K. S. Chugh.

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