Jitendra Nath Pande or J. N. Pande (14 June 1941 – 23 May 2020) was an Indian

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and Professor and Head of Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS). He was working as Senior Consultant (Medicine) at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research,

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. He died on 23 May 2020 during sleep when he was home quarantined due to

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positivity during the

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, in New Delhi. He was posthumously awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, the

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in 2021.

Personal and family details

Pande was born in

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, to Shri Madan Mohan Pande and Smt. Kamla Devi Pande. His parents were from

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. He was younger brother of Prof. Gyan N Pande, Emeritus Professor,

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and President, International Centre for Computational Engineering.

Education

Pande obtained both his MBBS in 1963 and MD (Medicine) in 1966 degrees from

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Work and important assignments

Pande specialised in Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology. He setup first intensive care unit in India. He treated many famous personalities from public life like

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, politicians, etc. Some of his famous patients are former Power Minister

Rangarajan Kumaramangalam Phanindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (12 May 1952 – 23 August 2000) was a prominent politician of the Indian National Congress and later the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from the Salem constituency from 1 ...

Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of th ...

. Important assignments of Pande include: * Personal doctor to the

. * Director Clinical Epidemiology Unit, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi * Chief, SRB Center of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi * Head, Department of Medicine,

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* Professor,

* Associate Professor, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi * Assistant Professor, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi * Member, Review Committee

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Research impact

The 1997-98 study of Pande titled 'Outdoor air pollution and emergency room visits at a hospital in Delhi' was cited by Supreme Court of India in its CNG judgement.

Publication

Pande published more than 170 papers in national and international journals apart from delivering many prestigious orations.

Awards

Pande was conferred many prestigious awards, some of them are mentioned below: *

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* Emeritus Professor by

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* Ranbaxy Science by Foundation Award * Sri Omprakash Bhasin by Foundation Award in Health and Technology

Honors

* Council Member, National Academy of Medical Sciences. * Fellow,

. * Fellow, National Academy of Sciences * Guest Editor, The Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) * Speaker, NCCP (I) – Prof. Raman Vishwanathan Memorial Chest Oration, Amritsar, 1995 (Previously known as Raman Vishwanathan Memorial Oration / Lecture) * Fellow, National College Chest Physicians * Member, Indian Council Medical Research * Vice President, Chest Institute * Member, Chest Institute * Vice President, Indian Council Medical Research * Editor, ''Indian Journal Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences'' * Editor, ''Annals of National Academy Medical Sciences''

References

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