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,

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, 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 (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 Prabhu Dayal Nigam is an Indian interventional cardiologist, medical academic and the founder of the department of cardiology at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi. Holder of multiple master's degrees in medicine, he was a senior consulta ...

(1983) *

Prem Nath Wahi Prem Nath Wahi (1908–1991) was an Indian pathologist, writer, medical academic and the director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, a founder fellow of the National Aca ...

(1984) * Jagjit Singh Chopra (1986) * Atluri Sriman Narayana (1989) * Dinesh K. Bhargava (1989)

1993

Kirpal Singh Chugh Kirpal Singh Chugh (12 December 1932 – 17 September 2017) was an Indian nephrologist from Patti, a neighbouring town to Amritsar in the Indian state of Punjab. He was reportedly the first qualified Indian nephrologist and is considered by man ...

*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

Wilfred de Souza Wilfred de Souza (23 April 1927 – 4 September 2015) was a surgeon and politician from Goa, India. He served as Goa's first Deputy Chief Minister of Goa and chief minister on three occasions when he was a member of the Indian National ...

* 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 Arjunan Rajasekaran (born 1935) is an Indian urologist and one of the pioneers of male infertility therapy in India. He is a former Professor and Head of the Department of Urology at the Madras Medical College, the founder of ''Madras Andrology ...

, 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 Upendra Kaul is an Indian cardiologist and one of the pioneers of interventional cardiology in India. He is the Chairman and Dean Academics and Research at the Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center. He is known for his expertise in procedure ...

*B C Das *

Farooq Abdullah Farooq Abdullah (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician who was Ex. President of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister f ...

*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 Dr. Mayilvahanan Natarajan (born 24 December 1954) is a noted Indian surgeon who has made substantial contributions to the specialties of Orthopedic oncology, Medical training, Health administration, Medical ethics and invention of Custom Me ...

* 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, 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 Kewal Kishan Talwar (born 30 April 1946) is an Indian cardiologist, medical academic and writer, and a former chairman of the Medical Council of India. He is a former director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI ...

, Mukkai Kesavan Lalitha, Jai Dev Wig, Rakesh Tandon and C. V. Bhirmanandham * Abraham G. Thomas, Ashok Panagariya, and Saroj Chooramani Gopal * Sanjiv Malik and A. K. Kesanna * N. K. Venkataramana *

Narayana Panicker Kochupillai Narayana Panicker Kochupillai, popularly known as N. P. Kochupillai, is an Indian clinical endocrinologist, Professor Emeritus of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and a former head of the department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the ...

* 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 Mohan Chandra Pant (1956–2015) was an Indian radiation oncologist, institution builder and the founder vice chancellor of the H. N. B. Uttarakhand Medical Education University, Dehradun. He served as the Director of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Inst ...

* Shally Awasthi * T. V. Devarajan * Sunil Pradhan

2005 - 2013

* Amrinder Jit Kanwar *

V. Mohan V. Mohan is an Indian physician/scientist specializing in diabetology. He is the Chairman of Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, which is an IDF Centre of Excellence in Diabetes Care. He is also the Chairman of the Madras Diabetes Rese ...

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, 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 S. M. Balaji is a dental, oral, and maxillofacial surgeon from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, who specializes in repair of cleft palate, rhinoplasty, ear reconstruction, jaw reconstruction, facial asymmetry correction, dental implantology, maxill ...

, N. K. Pandey * Yogesh Kumar Chawla, 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, A. K. Mahapatra, Drupad Nautamlal Chhatrapati, and Ganesh Gopalakrishnan
Nikhil C. Munshi
* Tejas Patel *

Nikhil Tandon Nikhil Tandon is an Indian endocrinologist, medical academic and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian me ...

Kodaganur S. Gopinath Dr. Kodaganur S. Gopinath, MS, FAMS, FRCS (Edin) is an Indian surgical oncologist, known for his pioneering work on oncological research. He is a recipient of many awards including Dr. B. C. Roy Award, considered to be the premier medical honou ...

* Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal (2010),

Nephrologist Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function ( ...

, Director & Chairman of Manipal Hospitals Group *

Milind Vasant Kirtane Milind Vasant Kirtane is an Indian otorhinolaryngologist, reported to have performed the first cochlear implant surgery in Mumbai. The Government of India honoured him, in 2014, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for ...

Mahesh Verma Mahesh Verma is an Indian prosthodontist and the Director and Principal of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. He is the Vice Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. The Government of India awarded him, in 2014, with th ...

* 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 * 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, 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 Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

- 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 Kirit Premjibhai Solanki (b 1950) is an Indian Politician and medical practitioner (laparoscopic surgeon) who has been elected Member of Parliament of India for three consecutive terms (15th, 16th and 17th Lok Sabha). He represents the Ahmed ...

, 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

References

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