Kirpal Singh Chugh (12 December 1932 – 17 September 2017) was an Indian nephrologist from Patti, a neighbouring town to

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

in the Indian state of

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. He was reportedly the first qualified Indian nephrologist and is considered by many to have been the father of Nephrology in India for his pioneering efforts in starting the first medical department in the discipline in 1956 and establishing the first medical course in nephrology (DM) at the

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, Chandigarh . Born on 12 December 1932, Chugh won many awards and honours such as B. C. Roy Award (1993),

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Award, Nihon University Medical School Gold Medal (1979),

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Outstanding Research Award (1978), Motashaw Memorial Award (1975), M. D. Adatia Award (1976), Indian Society of Nephrologists Award (1976), Association of Physicians of India Award (1978), K. B. Kanwar Memorial Award (1979), Dhanwantari National Award and Nephrology Forum Award. A member of the Advisory Board of World Kidney Forum and an elected Fellow of the

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, he was honored by the

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, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of

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, an online repository of scientific data has listed 262 publications of K. S. Chugh.

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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine 20th-century Indian medical doctors Indian medical writers People from Amritsar district Medical doctors from Punjab, India 1932 births 2017 deaths Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences Academic staff of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

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