Ashok Panagariya

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Ashok Panagariya
Born1949/1950
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Died (aged 71)
Jaipur
Occupation
  • Neurologist
  • medical researcher and academic
Awards
  • Padma Shri
  • Dr. B. C. Roy Award
  • UNESCO Award
  • Government of Rajasthan Merit Award
  • Times of India Lifetime Achievement Award

Ashok Panagariya (1949/1950 – 11 June 2021[1]) was an Indian neurologist, medical researcher and academic, known for his research on nerve cells and neuromyotonia. He was a vice chancellor of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur[2] and a member of the Planning Board of the Government of Rajasthan.[3][4] He was a recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category.[3] Dr. Ashok Panagariya was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014.[5] He died on 11 June 2021 due to COVID-19 complications.[1]

Biography[]

Ashok Panagariya was born on 22 August 1950 1949/1950[1][a] in Jaipur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan,[6] in a family of freedom fighters and his father Balu Lal Panagariya was a pre-independence journalist.[3] He obtained his MBBS in the year 1972 and completed post-graduate training in Internal Medicine in 1976 at the Sawai Man Singh Medical College; he then obtained his DM in Neurology at PGI Chandigarh and became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[7] He headed the department of neurology at the SMS Medical College and became the Principal of the institution.[4][8] He also served as vice chancellor of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences,[2] as the president of Indian Academy of Neurology 2010–2011[9] and was a member of the State Planning Board on health.[3][4]

Positions[]

Panagariya was a professor emeritus of the SMS Medical College and an honorary neurologist to the Armed Forces of India.[6] He was the chairman of DISHA Foundation, a non-profit non-governmental organization engaged in the welfare of people with special needs.[10] He was also associated with the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh and the Press Club of Jaipur, as a member.

Honours[]

Panagariya received the Merit award from the Government of Rajasthan in 1992.[6] The Medical Council of India awarded him the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category, in 2002.[11] He was awarded the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2014 by the Government of India.[5] He was a recipient of the UNESCO Award for medical/social contributions, the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Times of India[citation needed] and of the Lifetime Achievement Award of Madras Neuro Trust.[12]

Publications[]

Panagariya had more than ninety publications in peer reviewed journals[6] and contributed to a textbook on neurology by Walter George Bradley.[13] He also wrote on health issues and the science of spiritualism.[9][14]

Explanatory notes[]

  1. ^ kuhadtrust.org gives his birth year as 1944,[6] but reports of his death in 2021 state he was 71 when he died.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Padma Shri recipient Dr Ashok Panagariya dies of post-Covid complications". Devdiscourse. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Dial me Now". Dial me Now. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The Brothers Panagariya: Rajasthan's pride and nation's 'Padmas'". News 18. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Docs' stir: Govt toughens stand". The Times of India. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Padma Awards Announced". Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Kuhad Trust Bio". Kuhad Trust. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Hospitals in India". Hospitals in India. 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.[dead link]
  8. ^ "A letter at a time, we move ahead". The Times of India. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Ashok Panagariya (2011). "Living longer living happier: My journey from clinical neurology to complexities of brain". Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. 14 (4): 232–238. doi:10.4103/0972-2327.91931. PMC 3271458. PMID 22346008.
  10. ^ "DISHA - Institute for specially abled". DISHA Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Dr. B. C. Roy awards presented". The Hindu. 4 August 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2015.[dead link]
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "List of Publications of Ashok Panagariya". SMS Medical College. 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.[dead link]
  14. ^ "Enjoy Qualitative Longevity Using Brain and Mind". News Buzz. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

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