Satya Paul Agarwal is an Indian

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

, academician, and public health administrator. He is the incumbent Secretary General of the Indian Red Cross Society. The

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honoured him in 2010, with the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...

, the third highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of medicine and public health. Agarwal has been active during several disaster relief operation such as epidemic control activities and the tsunami of 2004 for which he was awarded the Henry Dunant Medal. He has also written several books and articles. He is the spokesperson for the ''Red Cross and Red Crescent Statutory Meetings'' on ''Health and access to safe water and improved sanitation''. He has delivered several lectures and keynote addresses in seminars and conferences.

Positions

* Secretary General of the Indian Red Cross Society – 2005 onwards * Chair of the IFRC Advisory Body on Sustainable Development and Health – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent * Director General of Health Services,

– 1996 to 2005 * President – Tuberculosis Association of India (TAI)

Awards and recognitions

– 2010 *

DSc DSC or Dsc may refer to: Education * Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) * District Selection Committee, an entrance exam in India * Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Educational institutions * Dyal Sin ...

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Punjab University Punjab University may refer to: India * Punjab Agricultural University, a state agricultural university in Ludhiana, Punjab * I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, a state university in Kapurthala, Punjab * Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Techn ...

– 2007 * Life Time Achievement Award for TB – 2005 * Dr. B. C. Roy National Award for the ''Eminent Medical Person'' – 2002 * Henry Dunant Medal – International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement * Belgian Redcross Flanders Gold Medal, 2014 – Belgian Redcross Flanders

Bibliography

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Writings

External links

* Meeting with

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* Reference on Rate MDs *

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news * ND TV news * Padma Awards report * Reference on Pearson General Knowledge Manual – 2011

References

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