Y. V. Phatak

Yashwant Vishwanath Phatak
Yashwant Vishwanath Phatak
Born	1910
Died	1993
Education	Doctor of Medicine (M. D.)
Occupation	Obstetrician, gynaecologist

Yashwant Vishwanath Phatak M. D. (1910 – 1993) was an Indian obstetrician and gynaecologist from Pune, Maharashtra.^[1] He was elected as the first president of the Pune Obstetrics and Gynecology Society in 1953.^[2]

Phatak was born the eldest of four brothers.^[3] His family was of Chitpavan brahmin, aristocractic origin.^[4] His father was a Gandhian and participated actively during the Indian independence movement, during which time Phatak opened a maternity ward on Tilak Road, in Pune.^[5]

He notably participated in Mahatma Gandhi's Salt March in 1930, and financially and medically aided Senapati Bapat for the Indian underground resistance against British rule in the early 1940s, and further taught at the Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha in Hingane.^[6]

Originally a professor of midwifery until 1948,^[7] Phatak worked in the development of contraceptives for the Indian masses between 1949 and 1950, a controversial field of study at the time,^[8] founding the Dr. Y. V. Phatak Hospital in Sadashiv Peth, Pune for maternity healthcare.^[9] His work in the field was lauded by the Government of Maharashtra beginning in the 1970s.^[10]

After outliving his wife Indumati (d. 1980),^[6] Phatak died in 1993. He was survived by four daughters.^[1] His nephews succeeded him in the management of his hospital.^[11] He was a distant relation of Ashutosh Phatak,^[4] Panditrao Agashe, and Dnyaneshwar Agashe.^[12] He was a descendant of Ramchandra Phatak, brother to Chimnaji Phatak and uncle to Balkrishna Phatak.^[13]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Jambhali Gharane" [The House of Jambhali]. Citpāvana Kauśika gotrī Phāṭaka-kula-vr̥ttānta [The Phatak Family Genealogy belonging to the Chitpavan Kaushik Gotra] (in Marathi) (2nd ed.). Pune: Phatak Committee. 2014. p. 14.
^ "History". Pune Obstetrics and Gynecology Society (POGS) Circular. Pune: POGS. 2021.
^ Ranade 1982, p. 74, 75.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ranade 1982, p. 56.
^ Ranade 1982, p. 60, 74.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ranade 1982, p. 74.
^ Medicine, India (Dominion) Committee on Indigenous Systems of (1948). Report. 1, 2. Ministry of Health. p. 34.
^ Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. Board of the Indian Journal of Medical Sciences Trust. 1970. p. 616.
^ Delhi, All India Radio (AIR), New (23 March 1975). AKASHVANI: Vol. XL. No. 12 ( 23 MARCH, 1975 ). All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi. p. 529.
^ Lok Rajya. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1972. p. 8.
^ The Times of India, Bombay: Index. Microfilm and Index Service, Reference Department, Times of India. 1979. p. 128.
^ Pathak, Gangadhar (1978). Gokhale kulavr̥ttānta (in Marathi) (2nd ed.). Pune: Gokhale Kulavr̥ttānta Kāryakārī Maṇdaḷa. p. 1286. LCCN 81902590.
^ Ranade 1982, p. 68.