Santosh Kumar Kacker
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Santosh Kumar Kacker is an Indian otorhynolaryngologist and a former director of the
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. He graduated in medicine in 1960 and completed his post graduate degree (MS) in Otorhynolaryngology from the present day
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, Lucknow, in 1963 to start his medical practice. He also secured the fellowship of the
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in 1968. Kackar is a member of the expert panel of the
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(ICMR) and the Association of the Otorhynolaryngologists of India. and chairs the ''Committee for developing aids for the Handicapped''. A former honorary surgeon to the
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, he has published his medical research findings as original research articles and medical papers in many peer reviewed journals. The
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awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of
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in 1986. Retiring from the post of the Senior Consultant at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, he continues his practice from home and attends to surgeries at charitable hospitals.


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