The Bidhan Chandra Roy Award was instituted in 1962 in memory of Dr. B. C. Roy by the

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. It is presented by the

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every year on July 1,

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. It is also the highest honour that can be achieved by a doctor in India. The Award is given annually in each of the following categories: Statesmanship of the Highest Order in India, Medical man-cum-Statesman, Eminent Medical Person, Eminent person in Philosophy, Eminent person in Science and Eminent person in Arts. It was first awarded in 1973 to Sandip Mukerjee, FRCS, of Willingdon Hospital (now

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), New Delhi, by

V. V. Giri Varahagiri Venkata Giri (; 10 August 1894 — 24 June 1980) was an Indian politician and activist from Berhampur in Odisha who served as the 4th president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He also 3rd vice president of India from ...

, the then

Recipients

1970s

* Sandip Mukharji (1973) *

Nagarur Gopinath Nagarur Gopinath was an Indian surgeon and one of the pioneers of cardiothoracic surgery in India. He is credited with the first successful performance of open heart surgery in India which he performed in 1962. He served as the honorary surgeon t ...

(1978) * P. S. R. K. Haranath (1979) *

Vikram Marwah Vikram Marwah (1925-2013) was an Indian orthopedic surgeon, social worker and the founder of ''Handicapped Children's Rehabilitation Centre and Children's Orthopedic Hospital'' of the Matru Sewa Sangh, Sitabuldi and ''Matrubhu Antargat Sanskar ...

(1979)

1980s

* M.N. Ghosh (1980) *Sri J G Jolly (1981) * S. P. Gupta M.D., FAMS (1983) *

Om Dutt Gulati Om Datt Gulati (1927–2012) was an Indian pharmacologist and the Dean of the Department of pharmacology at Baroda Medical College. Known for his researches in autonomic pharmacology, he was also a professor at Pramukhswami Medical College, Ana ...

(1981) * M. M. S. Ahuja (1982) * Perugu Siva Reddy (1982) * Sri Prabhu Dayal Nigam (1983) * Prem Nath Wahi (1984) *

Jagjit Singh Chopra Jagjit Singh Chopra (15 June 1935 – 18 January 2019) was an Indian neurologist, medical writer and an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Neurology at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). He was the found ...

(1986) * Atluri Sriman Narayana (1989) * Dinesh K. Bhargava (1989)

1993

* Kirpal Singh Chugh *Pinnamaneni Narasimharao, Vijayawada, A.P

1994

* M.L. Kulkarni, Pediatrician and Geneticist * V. S. Natarajan - Geriatric physician * Daljit Singh, Ophthalmologist

1995

* Prof. P.V. Chalapathi Rao, General Surgeon * Sivapatham Vittal, Surgical endocrinologist

1996

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* Mathew Samuel Kalarickal

1997

G. B. Parulkar Gurukumar Bhalachandra Parulkar (1 December 1931 – 4 May 2021) was an Indian cardiothoracic surgeon and a professor emeritus at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College. He also served as the president of th ...

1998

* Arjunan Rajasekaran, Urologist and

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, ...

recipient * Shashanka Mohan Bose , General Surgeon, Chandigarh

1999

Belle Monappa Hegde Belle Monappa Hegde (born 18 August 1938) is a cardiologist, professor of medicine, and author. He was the Vice Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2010 and Padma Vibhushan in 20 ...

*K.A. Ashok Pai * Upendra Kaul *B C Das * Farooq Abdullah *Dr. Shivadeo S. Bapat, Urologist, Pune

2000

* S.Arulrhaj - Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India. * Manju Gita Mishra, Patna, Bihar, India. * Shashanka Mohan Bose, General Surgeon , Chandigarh

2001

*I. Sathyamurthy * MayilVahanan Natarajan * S. K. Sama

2002

Nilima Arun Kshirsagar Nilima Arun Kshirsagar FACCP, FRCP, FNAMS FNAS (born 1949) is an Indian clinical pharmacologist who developed and patented liposomal amphotericin B and its drug delivery system in 1993. She is the former dean of King Edward Memorial Hospital ...

* V. V. Radhakrishnan, S. P. Agarwal,

C. P. Thakur Dr Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur or C. P. Thakur (born 3 September 1931) is a former member of Rajya Sabha, a former minister in the Government of India, a physician and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a cabinet minister from 1999 ...

, S. K. Sharma, G. Venkataswamy, Govind Swarup, Gourie Devi, T. R. Anantharaman, and

Obaid Siddiqi Obaid Siddiqi FRS (7 January 1932 – 26 July 2013) was an Indian National Research Professor and the Founder-Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) National Center for Biological Sciences. He made seminal contribu ...

* K. K. Talwar, Mukkai Kesavan Lalitha, Jai Dev Wig, Rakesh Tandon and C. V. Bhirmanandham * Abraham G. Thomas,

Ashok Panagariya Ashok Panagariya (22 August 1950 – 11 June 2021) was an Indian neurologist, medical researcher and academic, known for his research on nerve cells and neuromyotonia. He was a vice chancellor of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur ...

, and

Saroj Chooramani Gopal Saroj Chooramani Gopal, is an Indian medical doctor, medical educationist and considered as the first woman M.ch paediatric surgeon from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in the country. She is currently the President, National A ...

* Sanjiv Malik and A. K. Kesanna * N. K. Venkataramana *

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* Laxmi Chand Gupta

2003 - 2004

Purshotam Lal Purshotam Lal (born 1954) is an Indian cardiologist and chairman and director of Interventional Cardiology of the Metro Group of Hospitals. He has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan (2009), Padma Bhushan (2003), Dr. B. C. Roy Award (2004), and ...

* Vinay Kumar Kapoor * V. K. Puri * M. C. Pant * Shally Awasthi * T. V. Devarajan *

Sunil Pradhan Sunil Pradhan (born 25 June 1957) is an Indian neurologist, medical researcher and writer, known for the invention of two electrophysiological techniques. He has also described five medical signs, of which one related to Duchenne muscular dystrop ...

2005 - 2013

* Amrinder Jit Kanwar *

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Naresh Trehan Naresh Trehan (born 12 August 1945) is an Indian cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon. After graduating from King George Medical College, Lucknow, India, he went on to practice at New York University Medical Center Manhattan USA from 1971 ...

K. K. Aggarwal K. K. Aggarwal (born 1948) is an engineer and professor who has worked in the fields of computer engineering and information technology. He is the current President of the South Asian University (a university established by SAARC nations) since ...

, Ajay Kumar, Anoop Misra and

Lalit Kumar Lalit Kumar is an Indian oncologist, known to have contributed to the development of low cost medical facilities in Delhi. The Government of India honoured him, in 2014, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his con ...

, S. M. Balaji, N. K. Pandey *

Yogesh Kumar Chawla Yogesh Kumar Chawla is an Indian medical doctor, hepatologist and has served as the director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. He graduated in medicine from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medi ...

, Rayapu Ramesh Babu, P. K. Bilwani and Prakash B. Behere * Amit Banerjee * P. Varalakshmi, R. K. Dhiman and S. R. Mittal * Anupam Sachdeva,

Alka Kriplani Alka Kriplani is an Indian gynecologist,medical writer and academic, known for her contributions to the fields of Reproductive Endocrinology and Gynaecological Endoscopy. She is a professor and the Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstet ...

, A. K. Mahapatra, Drupad Nautamlal Chhatrapati, and Ganesh Gopalakrishnan
Nikhil C. Munshi
*

Tejas Patel Tejas M. Patel is a cardiologist from Ahmedabad, India and chairman and chief interventional cardiologist at Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad. Patel, a recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award, was honoured by the G ...

* Nikhil Tandon * Kodaganur S. Gopinath * Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal (2010), Nephrologist, Director & Chairman of Manipal Hospitals Group * Milind Vasant Kirtane * Mahesh Verma * Kumar L Pradhan 47 Eminent personality & Senior Scientist in field of Sericulture & recipient of numerous awards and also awarded honorary doctorate by Government of India * Sanjeev Bagai *

Gurpreet Singh Wander Gurpreet Singh Wander (born 25 March 1960) is a cardiologist and academic based in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He is currently working at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. He is the Chief Editor of The Yearbook of Medicine 2018 and The P ...

* C. V. Harinarayan,- Sakra World Hospital * Moti Lal Singh M.S. FRCS (London) FRCS (Edin) - Patna

2014

Eminent Medical Person: * Anand B. R., Former Chief Medical Officer, Indian Railways, Mysore. * Arvind Kumar, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi; *

Randeep Guleria Randeep Guleria is an Indian pulmonologist and the ex-director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, credited with the establishment of India's first centre for pulmonary medicines an ...

, AIIMS, New Delhi. Eminent Medical Teacher: * Ravi Kant, Lucknow * Ashwani Kumar, New Delhi * Rajesh Malhotra, New Delhi * Rakesh Yadav, New Delhi * P.V.L.N. Murthy, Hyderabad. Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: *

Janak Desai Dr. Janak D. Desai is an Indian urologist (M.S.; M.Ch; FRCS) best known for developing the technique of Ultra-Mini PCNL which involves kidney stone removal by a minimally invasive key-hole technique which reduces the blood loss, pain and hosp ...

, Ahmedabad * Rajesh Upadhyay, New Delhi * Binay Karak, Patna * Ashok Rajgopal, Gurgaon * Davinder Singh Rana, New Delhi. Outstanding services in the field of Sociomedical Relief: * Rama Reddy Karri, Rajamahendravaram (AP); * Jitender B Patel, Ahmedabad; * Sudipto Roy, Kolkata.

2015

Eminent Medical Person: * C. Palanivelu, GEM Institute for Gastrointestinal Disease, Coimbatore; * Ashok Seth, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Center, New Delhi. Eminent Medical Teacher: * N Sanjeeva Reddy, Chennai; * CS Yadav, New Delhi; * AK Bisoi, New Delhi; * DJ Borah, Guwahati; * Arun Thakur, Patna. Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: * HP Bhalodiya, Ahmedabad; * Parimal M Desai, Ahmedabad; * Anand Khakhar, Chennai; * Ambrish Mittal, New Delhi; * Amlesh Seth, New Delhi. Outstanding service in the field of Socio Medical Relief: * A Marthanda Pillai, Thiruvananthapuram; *

John Ebnezar John Ebnezar is known for promoting ''wholistic orthopedics'', a practice combining modern medical techniques with yoga for the management of Osteoarthritis of the knees and other chronic Orthopedic problems like lower back pain, neck pain, froz ...

, Bangalore; * A Arulvisagan, Puducherry. Aid or Assistance to Research Project: * JB Sharma, New Delhi.

2016

Eminent Medical Person: * Vipul R. Patel Eminent Person - Literature: * Anil Kumar Chaturvedi Eminent Medical Teacher: * Prem Nath Dogra * M. Unnikrishnan * G. S. Umamaheshwara Rao * Ved Prakash Mishra * Rajeshwar Dayal Best Talents in Encouraging the Development of Specialties in Different Branches in Medicines: * Sanjay Balwant Kulkarni * O. P. Yadava * Pawanindra Lal * D. Raghunadharao * Pradeep Tandon * Dr.G.venugopala rao Outstanding Service in the field of Socio Medical Relief: * T Rajagopal * Satchit Balsari * S. Geethalakshmi - Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University - Vice Chancellor * Devraj Rai * Pallarisetti Raghu Ram * Karri Rama Reddy (Rajahmundry), award received in the year 2017 for Service of Socio Medical Relief for the year 2014. Aid or Assistance to Research Project: * Punit Gupta

2017

*Prof. M.L.B. Bhatt, Vice Chancellor, K. G. Medical university, Lucknow under the category of Eminent Medical Teacher. *Syed Sanaullah Mohd Tabish, AIIMS, New Delhi *Avinash Supe, Seth GSMC, Mumbai (Teaching Category) *Dr.Rashmi Kaur, PGI, Chandigarh *Dr.Amit Singh, Bihar *Dr.Farheen Zuber Patel, Gujarat *Dr.Kanu Bhatia, Mumbai *Dr.S.P. Bhatt, Surat *Dr.Suman Prasad, AIIMS, New Delhi *Dr.Satchit Balsari, Boston

2018

Eminent Medical Person: * H. S. Shashidhar (Medical Director, Manasa group of hospitals Karnataka) *

B. K. Misra Dr. Basant Kumar Misra is a neurosurgeon specialising in treating brain, spine, cerebrovascular and peripheral nervous system disorders, injuries, pathologies and malformations. He is the Vice-President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical ...

- Chairman of

Neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

Hinduja Hospital The P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre is a multi-specialty, tertiary-care hospital in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1951 by Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja, in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital, the ...

s Outstanding service in the field of socio medical relief * P Raghu. Ram * H. R. Surendra, MBBS, MS (ophthalmology), WHO fellow, General Secretary of International Friends of Buddhists * Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, MBBS , MS (General Surgery), FICS. Ex Professor of Surgery V S Hospital Ahmedabad (He is currently 2nd term Member of Parliament from Ahmedabad West constituency Gujarat) Best talents in encouraging the development of specialties in different branches in Medicine * Sanjay Desai

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