In the quiet corridors of the Cancer Institute at Adyar in Chennai, Dr. Viswanathan Shanta made the hospital her home and cancer care her lifelong mission. Born on 11 March 1927 into a distinguished scientific family—her grand-uncle was the Nobel laureate Sir C.V. Raman and her uncle Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was another Nobel Prize winner—she chose […]
The Hands That Warmed the Cold Desert In the high, wind-scoured valleys of Ladakh, where the air is thin and the winters can freeze the breath in a person’s lungs, a little girl named Tsering Landol once watched her mother give birth. The room was dim. The women of the household kept a careful distance. […]
The Steady Hand of Madras In the temple town of Chidambaram, where the sea breeze carries the scent of salt and jasmine, a boy named Bhuvaraghan Palaniappan was born on 5 November 1930. His parents, Shri Bhuvaraghan and Smt. Gnanambal, could not have known that their son would one day reshape the quiet, often hidden […]
The Quiet Pulse of Bengaluru In the bustling lanes of Karnataka, where the heart of a growing city beats in step with its people, Dr. Devappagowda Chinnaiah—known simply as D. Chinnaiah—devoted his life to listening to that most vital rhythm. A cardiologist by training and calling, he spent decades tending to the hearts of patients […]
The Healer of the Ancient Path In the quiet village of Khandadeuli near Raisingpur in Asika, Odisha, a boy named Ghanashyam Mishra was born on 10 October 1922. The son of Bauribandhu Mishra and Chitrakala, he grew up surrounded by the living traditions of Ayurveda—the ancient science of life that had sustained the people of […]
The Scalpel and the Pen In the summer of 1951, in the city of Jammu, a Kashmiri Sikh family welcomed a son they named Harbhajan Singh Rissam. His parents had fled the violence of Poonch in 1947; the child grew up carrying both the memory of displacement and a quiet determination to build something lasting. […]
The Guardian of Little Hearts In the spring of 1965, in New Delhi, a child named Sanjeev Bagai was born into a world that would one day look to him for the care of its youngest and most vulnerable. From the beginning he showed the quiet intensity of someone meant for medicine. He trained at […]
The Voice Restorer of Madras In the medical lineage of Tamil Nadu, where healing runs through generations, Mohan Kameswaran was born into a family already distinguished by service. His father, Prof. Shanmugam Kameswaran, was himself a pioneering ENT surgeon and Padma Shri awardee; his mother, Dr. Lalitha Kameswaran, received the Dr. B.C. Roy Award. The […]
The Keeper of the Unani Flame In the princely state of Bhopal, on 1 July 1940, a child was born into a family that had long practised the ancient art of Unani medicine. His grandfather Hakim Syed Karam Husain, his father Hakim Syed Fazlur Rahman, and his uncle were all physicians of the traditional system. […]
The Father of Laparoscopy in India On 15 July 1934, in a middle-class Parsi family in Mumbai, a son was born to Erach Rustomji and Perin Erach. They named him Tehemton Erach Udwadia. From St. Mary’s School and Wilson College he moved to the Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, where he […]
The Father of Laparoscopy in India On 15 July 1934, in a middle-class Parsi family in Mumbai, a son was born to Erach Rustomji and Perin Erach. They named him Tehemton Erach Udwadia. From St. Mary’s School and Wilson College he moved to the Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, where he […]
The Rhythm Restorer of Delhi In the lecture halls and wards of Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, Kamal Kumar Sethi began a career that would help bring modern heart-rhythm care to India. He graduated MBBS in 1971, earned his MD in Medicine in 1976, and completed his DM in Cardiology in 1979—all from […]
The Rhythm Restorer of Delhi In the lecture halls and wards of Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, Kamal Kumar Sethi began a career that would help bring modern heart-rhythm care to India. He graduated MBBS in 1971, earned his MD in Medicine in 1976, and completed his DM in Cardiology in 1979—all from […]
The Healer of Bones and Joints In the fields and towns of Punjab, Prithipal Singh Maini grew up with a quiet determination that would one day make him one of India’s most respected orthopaedic surgeons. He devoted his life to restoring movement, easing pain, and giving patients the simple dignity of walking freely again. As […]
The Centenarian Healer of Kolkata On Christmas Day in 1901, in the quiet village of Kumrava in Bihar’s Nawada district, a child was born into a family of Unani physicians. His father, Mohammad Mohibbudin, was a hakim. The boy was named Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri. He would live to be 114, walk beside Mahatma Gandhi, […]
The Guardian of the Liver On 20 August 1952, in India, a boy named Shiv Kumar Sarin was born who would one day transform the understanding and treatment of liver disease across Asia and the world. He graduated MBBS with seven gold medals in 1974 and earned his MD in 1978 from Rajasthan University, then […]
The Beacon of Classical Ayurveda On 21 January 1926, in the quiet village of Chhapra in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district, a son was born to Vaidyaraj Pandit Gajanand Sharma and Shrimati Kasturi Devi Sharma. They named him Shriram. From his earliest years he absorbed the living tradition of Ayurveda under his father’s guidance and the village […]
The Guardian Against Diabetes In the lecture halls and wards of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, Anoop Misra trained as a physician and completed his MD in Internal Medicine. Further research as a World Health Organization Fellow took him to the Royal Free Hospital in London and later to the […]
The Quiet Warrior Against Cancer On 18 September 1952, in the southern state of Kerala, a boy named B. Paul Thaliath was born. He would grow up to become one of India’s dedicated radiation oncologists, bringing advanced cancer care and awareness to the heartland of Uttar Pradesh. After medical training and specialised postgraduate education in […]
The Master of the Heart’s Rhythm In the classrooms of Maulana Azad Medical College in Delhi, Balbir Singh began the long journey that would make him one of India’s foremost cardiologists and electrophysiologists. He earned his MBBS in 1983, his MD in Medicine in 1987, and his DM in Cardiology from G.B. Pant Hospital in […]
The Visionary of Clear Sight In the corridors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, Mahipal S. Sachdev trained as a physician and specialised in ophthalmology at the Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences. A fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., sharpened the skills he […]
The Heart of Affordable Care On 23 September 1957, in the village of Cholenahalli in Karnataka’s Hassan district, Cholenahalli Nanjappa Manjunath was born. He graduated MBBS from Mysore Medical College in 1982, earned his MD in General Medicine from Bangalore Medical College in 1985, and completed his DM in Cardiology at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, […]
The Physician to Three Presidents On 28 November 1953, in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, Mohsin Wali was born to Mehboob Subhani and Alia Wali. He graduated in science from Aligarh Muslim University and went on to earn his MBBS and MD in Medicine from Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, collecting gold medals and distinctions […]
The Guardian of Sight for the Millions On 9 July 1940, in a small agricultural hamlet in Theni district of Tamil Nadu, Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy was born. He graduated MBBS from Madurai Medical College and pursued advanced training in the United States, becoming India’s first specialist in retina and vitreous surgery. A postgraduate fellow of the […]
The Bridge Between Continents in Orthopaedics Born in Bihar to Mohan Tibrewal, Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal graduated in medicine from Ranchi University in 1973. He then crossed the seas to the United Kingdom, where he trained at some of the finest centres of orthopaedic excellence—the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and the Royal […]
The Pioneer of Robotic Urology On 5 September 1960, in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, Ashok Kumar Hemal was born. He studied at Gajra Raja Medical College in Gwalior and went on to specialise in urology, eventually becoming one of the foremost names in minimally invasive and robotic surgery for cancers of the kidney, prostate and bladder. […]
The Guardian of Children’s Smiles Born on 15 March in Amritsar, Punjab, to Sukhdev Singh and Iqbal Kaur Chawla, Harpinder Singh Chawla grew up in the shadow of the Golden Temple. He graduated in dentistry from the Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar, in 1967 and completed his postgraduate specialisation in pedodontics and preventive dentistry […]
The Master of the Urinary Tract Narmada Prasad Gupta graduated MBBS from Government Medical College, Jabalpur, in 1970, followed by an MS in General Surgery from the same institution in 1974. He then moved to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, where he completed his MCh in Urology in 1977 and […]
The Builder of Digestive Care in Tamil Nadu Born on 15 March 1949 in the village of Kallipatti in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, into an agricultural family, Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy grew up far from the great medical centres. He graduated MBBS from Mysore University in 1972, earned his MD in General Medicine in 1977, and […]
The Saviour of Limbs Born on 24 December 1954 in Chennai, Mayil Vahanan Natarajan grew up in the shadow of a distinguished orthopaedic tradition. His father, Dr. Mahalinga Moorthy Natarajan, had served for nineteen years as Professor of Orthopaedics at Madras Medical College. Following that path, the young doctor completed his MBBS, D.Ortho and MS […]
The Founder of Neurology at PGIMER Born on 15 June 1935 in Lahore (then British India), Jagjit Singh Chopra completed his early education in Fazilka and graduated in medicine from Government Medical College, Patiala, in 1959. After a house job in India he trained in the United Kingdom at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick […]
The Steward of India’s Medical Research Born in 1941, Nirmal Kumar Ganguly graduated MBBS from R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata and earned his MD in Microbiology from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. He later served as Acting Director of that same institute and went on to hold leadership roles […]
The Pioneer of Gentle Gynaecology Born in New Delhi, Malvika Sabharwal graduated MBBS from Lady Hardinge Medical College and completed her postgraduate diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the same institution and further training at Government Medical College, Patiala. She then specialised in advanced endoscopic techniques—learning laparoscopy under Dr. Adam Magos at the Royal Free […]
The Cancer Warrior of Bihar Born in 1952 in the village of Majhauni in Banka district, Bihar, to a freedom-fighter father, Jitendra Kumar Singh grew up with a quiet determination to serve. He completed his schooling at SMP School, Jethour, and graduated in medicine from Patna Medical College (then Prince of Wales Medical College) in […]
The Guardian of Young Lives Born in the mid-1950s, Deepak Sehgal graduated MBBS from Agra University in 1975 and completed his MD in Paediatrics from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, in 1980. He dedicated his career to the care of children, rising to become Director and CEO of Phoenix Hospital in Greater […]
The Father of Nephrology in Bihar Born on 1 January 1938 in Supaur Jamua village of Munger district, Bihar, Indu Bhushan Sinha grew up in a modest government-servant household. He graduated from Patna Medical College in 1960 and later completed postgraduate training in general medicine and dermatology from Patna University. Selected by the Bihar government […]
The Father of Phacoemulsification in India Born in 1941 into a Parsi family in Maharashtra, Keiki R. Mehta graduated MBBS from Christian Medical College and earned his MS in Ophthalmology from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. He further trained at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Institute of Ophthalmology in London under […]
The Beacon of Healing in the Doon Valley Born into a modest family in Dehradun, where his father Champat Rai Jain ran a small business from Jain Colony, Rakesh Kumar Jain grew up with a restless curiosity and a booming voice that could fill a courtyard. At Sadhu Ram School and Inter College he excelled […]
The Pioneer of Medical Acupuncture in India Born in Ajmer, Rajasthan, Raman Kapur completed his MBBS from University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in the late 1970s and began his medical career with a residency at Safdarjang Hospital. In 1982 he opened his own clinic in the capital, drawn early to the ancient healing […]
The Master of the Digestive Tract Randhir Sud graduated MBBS from Government Medical College, Amritsar, in 1977, standing first in his professional examinations. He moved to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, where he completed his MD in General Medicine in 1981 and DM in Gastroenterology in 1983, remaining on the […]
The Gift of Sight from Angamaly Born in Kerala, S. Tony Fernandez completed his basic medical education at Manipal and pursued specialised training in ophthalmology in England, earning a Diploma from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, London, followed by an MS from Madurai Medical College and FRCS from Glasgow. Additional training at Moorfields […]
The Surgeon Who Restored a Hundred Thousand Sights Born on 12 February 1957 in the village of Makegaon in Latur district, Maharashtra, to farmer parents Pundlikrao and Anjanabai, Tatyarao Pundlikrao Lahane grew up in hardship as one of seven children. At a young age both his kidneys failed; his mother donated one of hers so […]
The Pioneer of Male Fertility in India Born on 17 November 1935 in Nellikuppam, South Arcot district of Tamil Nadu, Arjunan Rajasekaran began his medical journey at Government Stanley Medical College, Chennai. After early service as a village doctor at the Primary Health Centre in Vadalur, he specialised in urology, completing his MCh and rising […]
The Pioneer of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in India Dinesh K. Bhargava trained as a gastroenterologist and rose to become Professor of Gastroenterology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He further refined his skills through advanced training at Cornell Medical Centre and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. One of the […]
The Teacher-Physician of Bihar Born in Bihar, Shyam Narayan Arya graduated with honours and a gold medal in MBBS from Patna Medical College and Hospital, later completing his MD in Medicine from the same institution. He went on to earn prestigious international qualifications—MRCP from Edinburgh and Glasgow, and FRCP from London, Edinburgh and Glasgow—along with […]
The Master of Bone and Limb Born in the village of Mirpur near Rewari in Haryana, Surender Singh Yadav received his early education locally before graduating MBBS from SMS Medical College, Jaipur, in 1960. He completed his MS in Orthopaedics from Delhi University in 1966 and entered the Central Health Services, dedicating more than three […]
The Radiation Warrior Against Cancer Born on 11 October 1956 in the small village of Kunkoli near Ranikhet in the Kumaon hills of Uttarakhand, Mohan Chandra Pant grew up in a family of modest means. After early schooling in the village and college in Ranikhet, he graduated B.Sc. from Kumaon University and then earned his […]
The Father of Interventional Cardiology in India Born in 1954 in Moga, Punjab, to a bicycle mechanic’s family of modest means, Purshotam Lal overcame early hardships through sheer determination and a scholarship to study medicine at Government Medical College, Amritsar, where he topped his class. After graduating, he trained extensively in the United Kingdom, Germany […]
The Diabetologist Who Shaped a Nation’s Health Born on 26 September 1936 in Lahore to Sardar Makhan Singh Bajaj, a noted homeopath, Jasbir Singh Bajaj moved with his family to Delhi after Partition. He excelled academically, graduating from Amritsar Medical College in 1958 and completing his MD in Medicine from Punjab University in 1962. As […]
The Steward of Critical Care Born on 23 March 1954 in the village of Majra Gurdas in Rewari district, Haryana, Brijendra Kumar Rao graduated MBBS and completed his MD in Anaesthesiology from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi. He married his classmate, Dr. Manju Mehra. In 1983 he joined Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, as […]
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