Pratury Trirumala Rao (died 1997) was an Indian pediatrician and a writer of medical and non-fiction literature. He was a professor of pediatrics at the

Gandhi Medical College Gandhi Medical College (founded 14 September 1954) is a medical college in Hyderabad, India affiliated with Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences. The college was originally affiliated to NTR University of Health Sciences. Histor ...

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...

. He was the author of two books on pediatric medicine in English, ''The insulin requirements of children with diabetes mellitus maintained in good control'' and ''Pediatric Problems in Developing Countries''), two books in Telugu ''Gāndhījītō paricayaṃ'' and ''Gadacina Rojulu'') and two biographical accounts (''Living as a Doctor'', published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan) and (''Glimpses of American Life'', published by the Cultural Renaissance Society of India). The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, in 1988, for his contributions to medical science. He died in 1997. He had a daughter, Lakshmi Pratury, a US-based social worker. A yoga institute in Hyderabad, ''Padma Bushan DRP Tirumala Rao Institute of Yoga'' is named after him.

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