Two doctors each from the AIIMS and the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) have been selected for the prestigious Dr B C Roy Award for excellence in the field of medicine.
- Randeep Guleria, Head of Pulmonology, and C S Yadav of department of orthopaedics, from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have been chosen for the award.
- Chairman of Board of Management at SGRH D S Rana and Arvind Kumar have also been chosen for the coveted award.
- Doctor Karri Rama Reddy, psychiatrist known for his highest number of degrees in academics, has been conferred the award “to recognise outstanding service in the field of Socio Medical Relief.
- Dr Rana in the category of recognizing the best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in medicine and Dr Kumar for the ‘Eminent Medical Person‘ category
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT Dr B C ROY AWARD?
- The Bidhan Chandra Roy Award was instituted in 1976 in the memory of renowned physician and freedom fighter B C Roy by Medical Council of 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 is presented by President of India in New Delhi on July 1, National Doctors’ Day.
