Ajit Kumar Basu (1912–1986) was an Indian cardiac surgeon. He was a recipient of

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, Applied science, applied or Fundamenta ...

, the highest Indian science award in 1967. He was honoured by the

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in 1970 with the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. He qualified for his FRCS in 1946. He was the first Indian to be appointed examiner of the

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and served as its Hunterian Professor.

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Indian cardiac surgeons Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Medical Science Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine 1912 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Indian medical doctors 20th-century surgeons Medical doctors from Kolkata {{India-med-bio-stub