Man Mohan Singh Ahuja (1929 – 12 July 1998) was an Indian physician and endocrinologist. He was born in 1929 in

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. He was graduated from

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in 1952. He passed M.R.C.P. (London) in 1956, and did residency at

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, London. In 1958, he joined

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as Registrar in Medicine department under Prof. K. L. Wig. He was promoted as Associate Professor and later as Head of the Department of Medicine in 1969. He became Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, when it was formed in 1982 until 1989. He was Dean of the Institute in 1988–1989. He played key role in founding 'Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India' in 1972 and 'Hormone Foundation, India.' He was the founding editor of International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. He was Chief editor of medical publication series on "Progress in Clinical Medicine in India". They are unique and monumental documentations of scientific work done in India on problems of Indian Medicine. Many generations of Medical students have been benefited from these volumes. He died on 12 July 1998 in

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Awards

* He was awarded the prestigious B. C. Roy Award for Medical Research in 1982. * Government of India awarded

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in 1991.

References

1929 births 1998 deaths Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine Academic staff of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Indian endocrinologists Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners 20th-century Indian medical doctors People from Multan Medical doctors from Punjab, India {{India-med-bio-stub People from Punjab Province (British India)