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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sunkara_Venkata_Adinarayana_Rao&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao">Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Indian orthopedic surgeon (born 1939)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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Rao</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1939-06-30</span>) </span>June 30, 1939<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 85)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Bhimavaram" title="Bhimavaram">Bhimavaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Medical_College" title="Andhra Medical College">Andhra Medical College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Orthopaedic surgeon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> (2022)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao</b> (born 30 June 1939), commonly known as <b>S. V. Adinarayana Rao</b>, is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Orthopedic_surgery" title="Orthopedic surgery">orthopedic surgeon</a> noted for his work for the poor and needy.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the Director-General of the Prema Group of hospitals and institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, he received India's fourth-highest <a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_India" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of India">civilian award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> for serving poor polio patients with distinction.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_and_personal_life">Early and personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._V._Adinarayana_Rao&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early and personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adinarayana Rao is born in a <a href="/wiki/Kapu_(caste)" title="Kapu (caste)">Kapu</a> family<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 30 June 1939 in <a href="/wiki/Bhimavaram" title="Bhimavaram">Bhimavaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> to freedom fighters Kanakam and Seshamma.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a lawyer and also served as the <a href="/wiki/Sarpanch" title="Sarpanch">Sarpanch</a> of Bhimavaram.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adinarayana Rao is the third one among four sons. He did his schooling from ULCM High School, Bhimavaram.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He completed his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery" title="Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery">M.B.B.S.</a> degree in 1966 and <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Orthopedic_surgery" title="Orthopedic surgery">Orthopedic Surgery</a> from <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Medical_College" title="Andhra Medical College">Andhra Medical College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a> in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He trained in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> in <a href="/wiki/Microvascular_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Microvascular surgery">Microvascular surgery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hand_surgery" title="Hand surgery">Hand surgery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adinarayana Rao is married to R. Sasiprabha, former superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/King_George_Hospital,_Visakhapatnam" title="King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam">King George Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His elder brother, <a href="/wiki/Sunkara_Balaparameswara_Rao" title="Sunkara Balaparameswara Rao">Sunkara Balaparameswara Rao</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Neurosurgery" title="Neurosurgery">neurosurgeon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adinarayana Rao is a football enthusiast and was president of the Visakhapatnam district football association for more than three decades.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._V._Adinarayana_Rao&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After returning from Germany, Adinarayana Rao started his medical practice in Visakhapatnam. He worked at Andhra Medical College as a tutor and later a professor. He also worked at <a href="/wiki/King_George_Hospital,_Visakhapatnam" title="King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam">King George Hospital</a> as a Civil Surgeon.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After retiring as Superintendent of the Rani Chandramani Devi Hospital, Adinarayana Rao along with a few other friends set up the Prema Hospital at <a href="/wiki/Ramnagar,_Visakhapatnam" title="Ramnagar, Visakhapatnam">Ramnagar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is currently the Director-General of the Prema Group of Hospitals and Institutions. He is also the managing trustee of Free Polio Surgical and Research Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Social_service">Social service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._V._Adinarayana_Rao&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Social service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adinarayana Rao is popular across India, especially in <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North India</a>, for his treatment of <a href="/wiki/Polio" title="Polio">polio</a> victims. He held about 1000 orthopedic camps across the country for the benefit of the polio-afflicted.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patients from states like <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> and even foreign countries like <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and Pakistan (before the <a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil war</a>) used to get treated by him.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He performed more than three <a href="/wiki/Lakh" title="Lakh">lakh</a> surgeries and over 10 lakh operative procedures in over four decades. His affable nature and understanding endeared him to patients.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._V._Adinarayana_Rao&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, Adinarayana Rao was presented a national Award by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> for his welfare works for the disabled.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also a recipient of the Madras Telugu Academy Award, Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta Award, and the 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R. Khanolkar">V. R. Khanolkar</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perakath_Verghese_Benjamin" class="mw-redirect" title="Perakath Verghese Benjamin">Perakath Verghese Benjamin</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Prasad_Mehray" title="Mahesh Prasad Mehray">Mahesh Prasad Mehray</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murugappa_Channaveerappa_Modi" title="Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi">Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chintaman_Govind_Pandit" title="Chintaman Govind Pandit">Chintaman Govind Pandit</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Santra" title="Isaac Santra">Isaac Santra</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushdeva_Singh" title="Khushdeva Singh">Khushdeva Singh</a> (1957)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hilda_Mary_Lazarus" title="Hilda Mary Lazarus">Hilda Mary Lazarus</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Gregory_Bird" title="George William Gregory Bird">George William Gregory Bird</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakim_Abdul_Hameed" title="Hakim Abdul Hameed">Hakim Abdul Hameed</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusha_Jhirad" title="Jerusha Jhirad">Jerusha Jhirad</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Helen_Paull" title="Edith Helen Paull">Edith Helen Paull</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amar_Prasad_Ray" title="Amar Prasad Ray">Amar Prasad Ray</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natteri_Veeraraghavan" title="Natteri Veeraraghavan">Natteri Veeraraghavan</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Anand" title="B. K. Anand">B. K. Anand</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Kumar_Caroli" title="Ram Kumar Caroli">Ram Kumar Caroli</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulimiri_Ramalingaswami" title="Vulimiri Ramalingaswami">Vulimiri Ramalingaswami</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Gopal_Saxena" title="Krishna Gopal Saxena">Krishna Gopal Saxena</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Kumar_Basu" title="Ajit Kumar Basu">Ajit Kumar Basu</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coluthur_Gopalan" title="Coluthur Gopalan">Coluthur Gopalan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perugu_Siva_Reddy" title="Perugu Siva Reddy">Perugu Siva Reddy</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._B._Rao" title="B. N. B. Rao">B. N. B. Rao</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswami_Srinivas_Sanjivi" title="Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi">Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Chacko" title="Dorothy Chacko">Dorothy Chacko</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thayil_John_Cherian" class="mw-redirect" title="Thayil John Cherian">Thayil John Cherian</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balasubramaniam_Ramamurthi" title="Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi">Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Sankaran" title="Balu Sankaran">Balu Sankaran</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Udupa" title="K. N. Udupa">K. N. Udupa</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Marthanda_Varma" title="R. Marthanda Varma">R. Marthanda Varma</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Verghese" title="Mary Verghese">Mary Verghese</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._T._Dholakia" title="K. T. Dholakia">K. T. Dholakia</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._K._Krishna_Menon" title="M. K. Krishna Menon">M. K. Krishna Menon</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._M._Pahwa" title="J. M. Pahwa">J. M. Pahwa</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamshed_Vazifdar" title="Jamshed Vazifdar">Jamshed Vazifdar</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govindappa_Venkataswamy" title="Govindappa Venkataswamy">Govindappa Venkataswamy</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Kumar_Chetri" title="Mani Kumar Chetri">Mani Kumar Chetri</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagarur_Gopinath" title="Nagarur Gopinath">Nagarur Gopinath</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._S._N._Prasad" title="L. S. N. Prasad">L. S. N. Prasad</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadiyala_Ramachandra" title="Kadiyala Ramachandra">Kadiyala Ramachandra</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuben_David" title="Reuben David">Reuben David</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_John" title="Stanley John">Stanley John</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Poonen_Lukose" title="Mary Poonen Lukose">Mary Poonen Lukose</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadiyala_Ramachandra" title="Kadiyala Ramachandra">Kadiyala Ramachandra</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Deulkar" title="Durga Deulkar">Durga Deulkar</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Oommen" title="Lucy Oommen">Lucy Oommen</a> (1977)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Sethi" title="P. K. Sethi">P. K. Sethi</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Vardachari_Thiruvengadam" title="K. Vardachari Thiruvengadam">K. Vardachari Thiruvengadam</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._P._Thakur" title="C. P. Thakur">C. P. Thakur</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Vir_Singh_Yadav" title="Raj Vir Singh Yadav">Raj Vir Singh Yadav</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Badrinath" title="S. S. Badrinath">S. S. Badrinath</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Baveja" title="Raj Baveja">Raj Baveja</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shishupal_Ram" title="Shishupal Ram">Shishupal Ram</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purshottam_Lal_Wahi" title="Purshottam Lal Wahi">Purshottam Lal Wahi</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. K. Goyal">B. K. Goyal</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vera_Hingorani" title="Vera Hingorani">Vera Hingorani</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Mathur" title="K. P. Mathur">K. P. Mathur</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Balakrishnan_Nair" title="N. Balakrishnan Nair">N. Balakrishnan Nair</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharan_Srinivasan" title="Hariharan Srinivasan">Hariharan Srinivasan</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramniklal_K._Gandhi" title="Ramniklal K. Gandhi">Ramniklal K. Gandhi</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samiran_Nundy" title="Samiran Nundy">Samiran Nundy</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Sharma" title="Usha Sharma">Usha Sharma</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Krishna_Vishwakarma" title="Gopal Krishna Vishwakarma">Gopal Krishna Vishwakarma</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Kumar_Kackar" class="mw-redirect" title="Santosh Kumar Kackar">Santosh Kumar Kackar</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhu_Dayal_Nigam" title="Prabhu Dayal Nigam">Prabhu Dayal Nigam</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daljit_Singh_(ophthalmologist)" title="Daljit Singh (ophthalmologist)">Daljit Singh</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbans_Singh_Wasir" title="Harbans Singh Wasir">Harbans Singh Wasir</a> (1987)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/N._H._Antia" class="mw-redirect" title="N. H. Antia">N. H. Antia</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._Deo" title="M. G. Deo">M. G. Deo</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Rajagopalan" title="P. K. Rajagopalan">P. K. Rajagopalan</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._M._S._Ahuja" title="M. M. S. Ahuja">M. M. S. Ahuja</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sneh_Bhargava" title="Sneh Bhargava">Sneh Bhargava</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._Cherian_(doctor)" title="K. M. Cherian (doctor)">K. M. Cherian (doctor)</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._N._Malviya" title="G. N. Malviya">G. N. Malviya</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiela_Mehra" title="Shiela Mehra">Shiela Mehra</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._C._Munshi" title="S. C. Munshi">S. C. Munshi</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._N._Passey" title="M. N. Passey">M. N. Passey</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jai_Pal_Singh" title="Jai Pal Singh">Jai Pal Singh</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Trehan" title="Naresh Trehan">Naresh Trehan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathin_Datta" title="Rathin Datta">Rathin Datta</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Hameed,_Baron_Hameed" title="Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed">Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kohli" title="Anil Kohli">Anil Kohli</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Kumar_(nephrologist)" title="Ramesh Kumar (nephrologist)">Ramesh Kumar (nephrologist)</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Kehar_Luthra" title="Usha Kehar Luthra">Usha Kehar Luthra</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Mahashabde" title="J. S. Mahashabde">J. S. Mahashabde</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._A._Mohandas" title="P. V. A. Mohandas">P. V. A. Mohandas</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._T._Neelakandan_Mooss" class="mw-redirect" title="E. T. Neelakandan Mooss">E. T. Neelakandan Mooss</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kameshwar_Prasad" title="Kameshwar Prasad">Kameshwar Prasad</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Jose_De_Souza" title="Luis Jose De Souza">Luis Jose De Souza</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Tewari" title="Amrit Tewari">Amrit Tewari</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._S._Venkataraman" title="G. S. Venkataraman">G. S. Venkataraman</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjit_Roy_Chaudhury" title="Ranjit Roy Chaudhury">Ranjit Roy Chaudhury</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._A._Abraham" title="K. A. Abraham">K. A. Abraham</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bothra" title="Raj Bothra">Raj Bothra</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balendu_Prakash" title="Balendu Prakash">Balendu Prakash</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Triguna" title="Devendra Triguna">Devendra Triguna</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Warrier" title="P. K. Warrier">P. K. Warrier</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Bhandari" title="Mahendra Bhandari">Mahendra Bhandari</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vipin_Buckshey" title="Vipin Buckshey">Vipin Buckshey</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaidya_Suresh_Chaturvedi" title="Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi">Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirpal_Singh_Chugh" title="Kirpal Singh Chugh">Kirpal Singh Chugh</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Dave" title="P. K. Dave">P. K. Dave</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathew_Kalarickal" title="Mathew Kalarickal">Mathew Kalarickal</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakarla_Subba_Rao" title="Kakarla Subba Rao">Kakarla Subba Rao</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._S._Sainani" title="G. S. Sainani">G. S. Sainani</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaneni_Sathyamurthy" title="Immaneni Sathyamurthy">Immaneni Sathyamurthy</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyoti_Bhushan_Banerji" title="Jyoti Bhushan Banerji">Jyoti Bhushan Banerji</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaka_Deshpande" title="Alaka Deshpande">Alaka Deshpande</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Kumar_Dixit" title="Sharad Kumar Dixit">Sharad Kumar Dixit</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittoor_Mohammed_Habeebullah" title="Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah">Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Krishnan_Nair_(doctor)" title="M. Krishnan Nair (doctor)">M. Krishnan Nair</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasari_Prasada_Rao" title="Dasari Prasada Rao">Dasari Prasada Rao</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laishram_Nabakishore_Singh" title="Laishram Nabakishore Singh">Laishram Nabakishore Singh</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupathiraju_Somaraju" title="Bhupathiraju Somaraju">Bhupathiraju Somaraju</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_H._Advani" title="Suresh H. Advani">Suresh H. Advani</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pradeep_Chowbey" title="Pradeep Chowbey">Pradeep Chowbey</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_Dada" title="Vijay Kumar Dada">Vijay Kumar Dada</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Nanalal_Kothari" title="Prakash Nanalal Kothari">Prakash Nanalal Kothari</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsh_Mahajan_(radiologist)" title="Harsh Mahajan (radiologist)">Harsh Mahajan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Marwah" title="Vikram Marwah">Vikram Marwah</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atluri_Sriman_Narayana" title="Atluri Sriman Narayana">Atluri Sriman Narayana</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamaljit_Singh_Paul" title="Kamaljit Singh Paul">Kamaljit Singh Paul</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimpat_Mathangi_Ramakrishnan" title="Karimpat Mathangi Ramakrishnan">Karimpat Mathangi Ramakrishnan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullapalli_Nageswara_Rao" title="Gullapalli Nageswara Rao">Gullapalli Nageswara Rao</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Nageshwar_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="D. Nageshwar Reddy">D. Nageshwar Reddy</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prahlad_Kumar_Sethi" title="Prahlad Kumar Sethi">Prahlad Kumar Sethi</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Guleria" title="J. S. Guleria">J. S. Guleria</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayana_Panicker_Kochupillai" title="Narayana Panicker Kochupillai">Narayana Panicker Kochupillai</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajagopalan_Krishnan" title="Rajagopalan Krishnan">Rajagopalan Krishnan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Seth" title="Ashok Seth">Ashok Seth</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Prakash_(gastroenterologist)" title="Vijay Prakash (gastroenterologist)">Vijay Prakash</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Moreshwar_Hardikar" title="Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar">Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._C._Manchanda" title="S. C. Manchanda">S. C. Manchanda</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashwin_Balachand_Mehta" title="Ashwin Balachand Mehta">Ashwin Balachand Mehta</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._K._Sama" title="S. K. Sama">S. K. Sama</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_Saxena_(physician)" title="Rajan Saxena (physician)">Rajan Saxena (physician)</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Shetty" title="Devi Shetty">Devi Shetty</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Prasad_Sinha" title="Gopal Prasad Sinha">Gopal Prasad Sinha</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Bakthavathsalam" title="G. Bakthavathsalam">G. Bakthavathsalam</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Mohan_Hans" title="Jitendra Mohan Hans">Jitendra Mohan Hans</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._V._Kurup" title="P. N. V. Kurup">P. N. V. Kurup</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veer_Singh_Mehta" title="Veer Singh Mehta">Veer Singh Mehta</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavu_Narendranath" title="Lavu Narendranath">Lavu Narendranath</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_S._Poonawalla" title="Cyrus S. Poonawalla">Cyrus S. Poonawalla</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjeev_Bagai" title="Sanjeev Bagai">Sanjeev Bagai</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Kameswaran" title="Mohan Kameswaran">Mohan Kameswaran</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upendra_Kaul" title="Upendra Kaul">Upendra Kaul</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsering_Landol" title="Tsering Landol">Tsering Landol</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakim_Syed_Zillur_Rahman" title="Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman">Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbhajan_Singh_Rissam" title="Harbhajan Singh Rissam">Harbhajan Singh Rissam</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Kumar_Sethi" title="Kamal Kumar Sethi">Kamal Kumar Sethi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehemton_Erach_Udwadia" title="Tehemton Erach Udwadia">Tehemton Erach Udwadia</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpinder_Singh_Chawla" title="Harpinder Singh Chawla">Harpinder Singh Chawla</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narmada_Prasad_Gupta" title="Narmada Prasad Gupta">Narmada Prasad Gupta</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar_Hemal" title="Ashok Kumar Hemal">Ashok Kumar Hemal</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atul_Kumar_(ophthalmologist)" title="Atul Kumar (ophthalmologist)">Atul Kumar (ophthalmologist)</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._N._Manjunath" title="C. N. Manjunath">C. N. Manjunath</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anoop_Misra" title="Anoop Misra">Anoop Misra</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Namperumalsamy" title="P. Namperumalsamy">P. Namperumalsamy</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayilvahanan_Natarajan" title="Mayilvahanan Natarajan">Mayilvahanan Natarajan</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Palaniswamy" title="K. R. Palaniswamy">K. R. Palaniswamy</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahipal_S._Sachdev" title="Mahipal S. Sachdev">Mahipal S. Sachdev</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Paul_Thaliath" title="B. Paul Thaliath">B. Paul Thaliath</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheo_Bhagwan_Tibrewal" title="Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal">Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohsin_Wali" title="Mohsin Wali">Mohsin Wali</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._N._Arya" title="S. N. Arya">S. N. Arya</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_K._Bhargava" title="Dinesh K. Bhargava">Dinesh K. Bhargava</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Fernandez_(ophthalmologist)" title="Tony Fernandez (ophthalmologist)">Tony Fernandez (ophthalmologist)</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Kumar_Jain" title="Rakesh Kumar Jain">Rakesh Kumar Jain</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raman_Kapur" title="Raman Kapur">Raman Kapur</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._P._Lahane" title="T. P. Lahane">T. P. Lahane</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiki_R._Mehta" title="Keiki R. Mehta">Keiki R. Mehta</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Pant" title="M. C. Pant">M. C. Pant</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjunan_Rajasekaran" title="Arjunan Rajasekaran">Arjunan Rajasekaran</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvika_Sabharwal" title="Malvika Sabharwal">Malvika Sabharwal</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indu_Bhushan_Sinha" title="Indu Bhushan Sinha">Indu Bhushan Sinha</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randhir_Sud" title="Randhir Sud">Randhir Sud</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._U._Velmurugendran" title="C. U. Velmurugendran">C. U. Velmurugendran</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Banerjee_(homoeopath)" title="Kalyan Banerjee (homoeopath)">Kalyan Banerjee</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balswarup_Choubey" title="Balswarup Choubey">Balswarup Choubey</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saibaba_Goud" title="Saibaba Goud">Saibaba Goud</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Gulati" title="Yash Gulati">Yash Gulati</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._R._Krishna_Kumar" title="P. R. Krishna Kumar">P. R. Krishna Kumar</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Lal" title="Arvind Lal">Arvind Lal</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._S._Rana" title="D. S. Rana">D. S. Rana</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanikachalam_Sadagopan" title="Thanikachalam Sadagopan">Thanikachalam Sadagopan</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_K._Vaid" title="Ashok K. Vaid">Ashok K. Vaid</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Vijayaraghavan" title="G. Vijayaraghavan">G. Vijayaraghavan</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Aggarwal_(cardiologist)" title="K. K. Aggarwal (cardiologist)">K. K. Aggarwal</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Augustine" title="Philip Augustine">Philip Augustine</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Bhalla" title="Anil Kumar Bhalla">Anil Kumar Bhalla</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodaganur_S._Gopinath" title="Kodaganur S. Gopinath">Kodaganur S. Gopinath</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxmi_Chand_Gupta" title="Laxmi Chand Gupta">Laxmi Chand Gupta</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalakantapuram_Ramaswamy_Krishnamoorthy" title="Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy">Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikas_Mahatme" title="Vikas Mahatme">Vikas Mahatme</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Ramana_Rao" title="B. Ramana Rao">B. Ramana Rao</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Narain_Singh" title="Rabindra Narain Singh">Rabindra Narain Singh</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvinder_Singh_Soin" title="Arvinder Singh Soin">Arvinder Singh Soin</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madanur_Ahmed_Ali" title="Madanur Ahmed Ali">Madanur Ahmed Ali</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukhraj_Bafna" title="Pukhraj Bafna">Pukhraj Bafna</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Hasan" title="Mansoor Hasan">Mansoor Hasan</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Hinduja" title="Indira Hinduja">Indira Hinduja</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyama_Prasad_Mandal" title="Shyama Prasad Mandal">Shyama Prasad Mandal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Chacko_Periappuram" title="Jose Chacko Periappuram">Jose Chacko Periappuram</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Marthanda_Pillai" title="A. Marthanda Pillai">A. Marthanda Pillai</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivapatham_Vittal" title="Sivapatham Vittal">Sivapatham Vittal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitya_Anand" title="Nitya Anand">Nitya Anand</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukesh_Batra" title="Mukesh Batra">Mukesh Batra</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahdi_Hasan" title="Mahdi Hasan">Mahdi Hasan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugal_Kishore_(physician)" title="Jugal Kishore (physician)">Jugal Kishore</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Mohan" title="V. Mohan">V. Mohan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Hareendran_Nair" title="J. Hareendran Nair">J. Hareendran Nair</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallalarpuram_Sennimalai_Natarajan" title="Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan">Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Kumar_Singh" title="Jitendra Kumar Singh">Jitendra Kumar Singh</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrinivas_S._Vaishya" title="Shrinivas S. Vaishya">Shrinivas S. Vaishya</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudarshan_K._Aggarwal" title="Sudarshan K. Aggarwal">Sudarshan K. Aggarwal</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Achyut_Badwe" title="Rajendra Achyut Badwe">Rajendra Achyut Badwe</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Chandra_Chunekar" title="Krishna Chandra Chunekar">Krishna Chandra Chunekar</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taraprasad_Das" title="Taraprasad Das">Taraprasad Das</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Devarajan" title="T. V. Devarajan">T. V. Devarajan</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroj_Chooramani_Gopal" title="Saroj Chooramani Gopal">Saroj Chooramani Gopal</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwa_Kumar_Gupta" title="Vishwa Kumar Gupta">Vishwa Kumar Gupta</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Kumar_Julka" title="Pramod Kumar Julka">Pramod Kumar Julka</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulshan_Rai_Khatri" title="Gulshan Rai Khatri">Gulshan Rai Khatri</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Kumar_Mani" title="Ganesh Kumar Mani">Ganesh Kumar Mani</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amit_Prabhakar_Maydeo" title="Amit Prabhakar Maydeo">Amit Prabhakar Maydeo</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundaram_Natarajan" title="Sundaram Natarajan">Sundaram Natarajan</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Venkata_S._Ram" title="C. Venkata S. Ram">C. Venkata S. Ram</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiritkumar_Mansukhlal_Acharya" title="Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya">Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subrat_Kumar_Acharya" title="Subrat Kumar Acharya">Subrat Kumar Acharya</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balram_Bhargava" title="Balram Bhargava">Balram Bhargava</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Chakravarty" title="Indira Chakravarty">Indira Chakravarty</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakant_Krishnaji_Deshpande" title="Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande">Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawan_Raj_Goyal" title="Pawan Raj Goyal">Pawan Raj Goyal</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajesh_Kumar_Grover" title="Rajesh Kumar Grover">Rajesh Kumar Grover</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amod_Gupta" title="Amod Gupta">Amod Gupta</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daya_Kishore_Hazra" title="Daya Kishore Hazra">Daya Kishore Hazra</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thenumgal_Poulose_Jacob" title="Thenumgal Poulose Jacob">Thenumgal Poulose Jacob</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashank_R._Joshi" title="Shashank R. Joshi">Shashank R. Joshi</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakim_Syed_Khaleefathullah" title="Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah">Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milind_Vasant_Kirtane" title="Milind Vasant Kirtane">Milind Vasant Kirtane</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Kumar" title="Lalit Kumar">Lalit Kumar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Mishra" title="Mohan Mishra">Mohan Mishra</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vamsi_Mootha" title="Vamsi Mootha">Vamsi Mootha</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddhartha_Mukherjee" title="Siddhartha Mukherjee">Siddhartha Mukherjee</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Naik" title="Nitish Naik">Nitish Naik</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Subhadra_Nair" title="M. Subhadra Nair">M. 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