Who Won the 2023 Padma Shree Awards of Medicine?

Who Won the 2023 Padma Shree Awards of Medicine?

The Padma Shri is a civilian award in the Republic of India, awarded by the President of India. It is one of the highest civilian awards in India and is awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to various fields, including medicine. The Padma Shri award in the field of medicine recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to medical science and healthcare and have positively impacted the lives of people in India. Some of the recipients of the Padma Shri award in medicine include doctors, researchers, healthcare providers, and social workers.

• Shri Munishwar Chanddawar

The Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in the nation, was given to a Madhya Pradesh doctor who serves patients for just Rs 20.

 

• Shri Ratan Chandra Kar

Dr Ratan Chandra Kar, 66 years old, is a physician who practises in the state of Andaman and Nicobar. A retired government physician from the Andaman Islands named Dr Ratan Chandra Kar works with the Jarawa people on an island 48 kilometres away from North Sentinel. He provided medical care to the Jawaras during the 1999 measles outbreak, which helped to boost their number from 76 to 270 and save them from extinction. His book The Jarawas of the Andamans also made careful observations and documented their culture and traditions.

• Dr Nalini Parthasarathi

Former JIPMER paediatrics professor Dr Nalini Parthasarathy wins the Padma Shri award. She established the Puducherry Hemophilia Society and has spent more than 30 years providing care to patients in Puducherry and the surrounding Tennessee communities. 

• Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti

Dr Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti has paved the way for crippled people all throughout the nation during his more than four-decade journey. He is one of three people from Telangana to get the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour. He was chosen among candidates in the medical field for the award.

• Shri Manoranjan Sahu

Manoranjan Sahu, M.D. Dr. Manoranjan Sahu, a former dean of the ayurved faculty of IMS in Varanasi and a former director of the AIIA in Delhi, is well-known for his contributions to the Shalya Tanta branch of medicine in the state of Uttar Pradesh (Ayurved) and get the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour. He was chosen among candidates in the medical field for the award.

 

• Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy

He received the Padma Shri award for his contributions to medicine, Veluchamy Gopalsamy

 

• Dr Ishwar Chander Verma

Dr Ishwar Chander Verma is currently the director of the genetic medicine division of Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi.