Science

Bharat Gaurav Dr. Archana Sharma - Scientist at CERN Geneva, Switzerland

Recently honored with the highest civilian award for Indians living abroad, by the Government of India, the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman, Dr. Archana Sharma is a Principal Staff Scientist at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland active in the field since 1989 in high energy physics. A Ph.D. from Delhi University in 1989, a D.Sc. from the University of Geneva in 1996, and an MBA from the International University in Geneva Archana has worked at CERN experiments on R&D and commissioning of large-scale radiation detectors.

She is the founder and Project Manager of CMS GEM Collaboration since 2008, bringing a new technology GEM (Gas Electron Multiplier) - for exploiting one of the most sensitive detectors with the highest discovery potential. The GEM project spanned about 40 institutions in 17 countries yielding over 75 PhDs under her leadership. Archana also serves as Senior Advisor for Relations with International Organisations at CERN, in support of CERN's objective of integrating and highlighting fundamental research towards Science Diplomacy, and Sustained Development Goals.

Dr. Sharma is Head of the Engagement Office for the ‘Compact Muon Solenoid’ Experiment at CERN which connects her with a collaboration spanning 57 countries and about 250 institutions.

She has collaborated with events at the ILO Geneva and World Communication Forum Davos as a spokesperson for diversity and excellence in scientific communication. She is also well known for her relentless efforts in mentoring young students particularly girls in STEM, via her NGO based in New Delhi. Archana is also a patent owner of a family of gas detectors, an author of over 1200 publications and 3 popular science books:

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Bharat Gaurav Dr Vijay Bhatkar - Scientist & Chancellor of Nalanda University

Dr. Vijay Bhatkar is one of the most acclaimed and internationally acknowledged scientists in India. He is best known as the architect of India’s national initiative in supercomputing, where he led the development of India’s first supercomputer Param in 1990, under the technology denial regime. Dr. Bhatkar is also widely known for bringing ICT to the masses through a wide range of path-breaking initiatives, such as the celebrated GIST multilingual technology covering India’s 22 official languages with 10 diverse scripts that have dissolved the language barrier on computers once and for all; MKCL’s computer literacy program that made a world mark by creating 15 million computer literates within a decade, making it one of the world’s largest program of digital literacy and Education to Home (ETH) initiative for bringing the benefits of ICT to school education spanning over 10,000 schools. In the 80s, Dr. Bhatkar substantially contributed to the ushering of the electronics revolution in India through the development of color TV and color broadcast in India. He is also credited with the creation of several national research labs and institutions, notably amongst them being C-DAC, ER&DC Trivandrum, IIITM-K, Techno-Park, MKCL, IsquareIT, and Multiversity. Simultaneously, he has mentored several innovation-based start-ups. Dr. Bhatkar is today acclaimed as one of the top 25 pioneers who contributed to the development of India’s US$ 180 plus Billion IT industry.

Dr Bhatkar has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to PM, a Member of the Governing Council of CSIR and a member of the IT Task Force constituted by PM in 1998. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE (USA) and Fellow of ACM (USA), besides being a Fellow of CSI, INAE, IETE, NASI, MASc and GES. He has served as the Chairman of the e-Governance Committees of Maharashtra and Goa. Dr Bhatkar has authored/edited over 120 books and 80 technical and research papers and addressed several university convocations, international and national conferences and conventions and public functions. His ground-breaking articulations have been widely covered by both print and broadcast media. His current research interests are in supercomputing, artificial intelligence, brain-mind-consciousness, Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno (NBIC)Convergence, and synthesis of science and spirituality.

Dr Bhatkar was conferred with the Padma Bhushan Award in 2015, Padma Shri Award in 2000, and Maharashtra Bhushan Award in 1999-2000.  He is the recipient of the prestigious Jindal Prize 2012 for science and technology in the service of society. He was conferred the Saint Jnaneshawar World Peace Prize 2010 by World Peace Centre. He was also nominated for the Petersberg Prize 2004 and was conferred with the prestigious Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award 2003. Dr Bhatkar has been showered with a string of awards, notably the Adi Godrej Award 2010, C-DAC Oration Award 2006, KG Foundation’s Personality of the Decade Award 2004, PGCIL Award 2001, Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award 2000, Global e-Biz Award 2001, FICCI Award 1999 for Excellence in Engineering & Technology, Lokmanya Tilak Award 1999, Rotary Excellence Award 1997, Pune’s Pride Award 1996, H.K. Firodia Award 1996-97 for Life-Time Achievements in Science & Technology, Distinguished Alumni Award 1994 of IIT Delhi, VASVIK Award 1993, and Electronics Man of the Year Award 1992 and a many notable scientific, spiritual, educational and social awards. Dr Bhatkar is the winner of the Krishi Bharat Ratna Award for 2017.

Dr. Vijay Bhatkar has been the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT-Delhi and is presently the Chancellor of Nalanda University, Chairman, TAC, C-DAC, Member-TAC, NSM, Chairman, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Govt. of India, Chief Mentor of Multiversity, and National President of Vijnana Bharati.  He continues to contribute to India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) for the development of petascale and exascale supercomputers and their wide-ranging scientific and societal applications. He is also functioning as Chairman of the Oversight Committee of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), an apex body of the Government of India that supports basic research in emerging areas of Science & Engineering. He is the Chairman of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, India’s national initiative of connecting IITs and other leading academic institutions to villages of India.

Dr. Bhatkar did his Ph.D. in Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1972. He has been conferred Honorary D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) by Dr D.Y. Patil University, PhD by Gujarat Technological University and D.Litt. from Nagpur University, D.Sc., Andhra University, Vizag, PhD, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, PhD, Amity University, Jaipur and D.Sc., KLEF University, Telangana, D.Sc. Honoris Causa, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, 2021, D.Litt. from Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, 2022.

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Bharat Gaurav Dr S Kumar

Dr S Kumar is the founder of Appropriate Diet Centre, his mission is to ensure a healthy life for mankind through applied biochemistry of “Molecular and Cell Therapy” which is natural, non-invasive, conceptually non-drug, and diet based on no side effects on the human body.

A healthy lifestyle is something that we all want. However, it’s the food that we eat daily that makes the situation worse. The lack of a proper diet plan is one of the main reasons why people suffer from lifestyle diseases says Dr S Kumar founder of Appropriate Diet Therapy Centre who was recently awarded for his unique research on Molecular & Cell Therapy (MCT) which reverses all metabolic disorders. His mantra for life is ‘Save cell to save the whole body.’

Dr S. Kumar, PhD is a well-known scientist and applied biochemist and nutritionist who has successfully treated more than 15000 patients suffering from a variety of ailments like diabetes, hypertension, thyroid, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, mental retardation, liver disorder, heart blockages, kidney disorders, gynaecological disorders, varicose veins, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and many more with diet modification, nutrition correction and providing nutritional supplements. During his research, he studied various Indian diets, nutrition and how our existing dietary habits lead us to metabolic disorders.

According to Dr Kumar what we eat as a diet is cultural, emotional and traditional. But human body works on a scientific basis. Our existing diet may not be necessarily suitable for the human body. A scientifically proven diet is a must. Every problem has a solution in the diet. The body has a self-healing capacity. Kidney failure, Blood pressure, Diabetes Cancer etc can be reversed by Molecular and Cell Therapy (MCT). Even patients can avoid Knee Surgeries, too.

But then the question remains what is a scientific diet to which Dr.  Kumar answer, “we need to understand that the human body is alkaline and as such we need to maintain its Ph Level-(measure of acidity or alkalinity). Ideally one should avoid acidic food. However, most of us consume 90 per cent of acidic food and that’s where the problem begins. We use diet as a therapy to cure all body disorders (metabolism disorders) for it is the absorption, assimilation ingestion and excretion functions carried by enzymes that are susceptible to temperatures and further lead to metabolic disorders.

To make his point Dr Kumar mentions that as a thumb rule all fruits are acidic and also milk is a species-specific drink and we should not consume it. Though milk is alkaline when it enters the human body it becomes acidic and thus affects the cell metabolism. Similarly, most fruits have fructose whereas the human body needs glucose. Fructose needs to be converted into glucose by the liver before it can be used by the body. The study drawing on clinical trials, basic science, and animal studies concludes that fructose is more damaging to health than glucose as it increases insulin resistance in the body. Insulin resistance increases the risk for pre-diabetes,  diabetes and a host of other serious health problems, including heart attacks, strokes and cancer. This is where the Diet is used as therapy so that it energizes the enzymes and further helps revival of the damaged cell to cure the disorder.

He is the founder of Appropriate Diet Therapy Centre. In India & abroad, it has 18 branches. During his research, he studied various Indian diets, nutrition and how our existing dietary habits lead us to the horrific jaws of metabolic disorders. What we eat as a diet is cultural, emotional and traditional. But human body works on a scientific basis. Our existing diet may not be necessarily suitable for the human body. A scientifically proven diet is a must. Every problem has a solution in the diet. The body has a self-healing capacity. Kidney failure, Blood pressure, Diabetes Cancer etc can be reversed by Molecular and Cell Therapy (MCT). Even patients can avoid Knee Surgeries, too.

His mission is to “Ensure healthy life to Mankind through applied biochemistry of “Molecular and Cell Therapy” which is natural, non-invasive, conceptually non-drug, a diet based and has no side effects on the human body.

by Team Bharat Gaurav

Bharat Gaurav Pradip Sewoke - Caring for the others is what life means to him

Pradip Sewoke – whose surname means “servant of the people” in Sanskrit, a renowned Angio-plastici an in Franche-Comté (France), is the founder of the largest multidisciplinary Health Center (MSP) in France: the Lion Health Center in Belfort, opened at the end of 2020. This project takes on its full meaning in the very career of Pradip, who has always had the gift of uniting, with contagious enthusiasm and determination, around projects all having in common a sincere love for his neighbor.

He is born in Mauritianin 1960 to an Indian origin family, and grew up in the village of Sebastopol in the center-east of the island, on a farm built by his great grandfather whole ft India several decades ago. Nothing, however, undermines the courage of this close-knit Hindu family where the children grow up barefoot and happy, in the middle of lush nature. As a child, Pradip was already interested in the living, in the garden, in the life and death of animals, which he observed with insatiable curiosity. His school teachers at the time still remember the joyful little boy he was, passionate about nature.

After his Higher Secondary School Certificate in Science in Port Lous, he was employed at the Ministry of Finance. He told about his dream of becoming a Cardiologist to his department head who often talks to him about Dijon (France), the city where he studied and which he keeps close to his heart. Pradip's dream now has a name: he wants to study Medicine in the Bourgogne Franche-Comptéregion of France. For this purpose, and although he still does not have the money to afford even the price of the plane ticket, he went to the French Embassy to take successfully a French Language test. In case…

The love for Franche-Comtéregion (France)
Faithful to his childhood dream, he did not stop there and decided to specialize in Cardiology, passed the entrance exam and chose the Faculty of Besançon. He is happy to return on vacation to his home country to celebrate this beautiful news he had dreamed of for so long. It was there that he met Leenah, a biology student, whom he would marry a year later. She will join him in France and make together a beautiful family of 5 children from 1999 to 2008.

He obtained his naturalization to French on January 29, 2002. He served the public hospital with conviction until August 2014, when feeling they could not move forward fast enough, he put himself on leave from the public service, feeling hampered in his exercise by internal tensions for which he did not incline. He started practicing liberal cardiology with colleagues and then on his own. He still keeps a link with the Nord Franche-Comté hospital since he intervenes the every Wednesday in nuclear medicine, as an attached cardiologist, to carry out cardiac scintigraphies. But it’s in his function as the referent of the Coronagraphy and Angioplasty unit of the Mulhouse Clinic of the prestigious Diaconat Foundation that the flourished faster. He shares the values ​​of this private non-profit foundation, which consist of: “being at the service of others, working for the well-being of patients and acting daily in a spirit of the responsible initiative”. There he finds many young practitioners whom he trained during their internship in the department of the hospital, he has just left, they too are delighted to find their mentor, his good humor, his simplicity, his humanism, generosity, and his advice.

Always engage

Pradip has also been the sponsor of the French Cardiology Federation of Belfort since 2015 and, as such, supports “Heart and Health” actions. He willingly participated in these screening operations for cardiovascular diseases and public awareness. He still now accompanies the organizers and participants in walks which are a fun opportunity to train as many people as possible in first aid gestures, to raise awareness of the benefits of sport and to take the tension of each other, their sugar level, to detect diseases such as heart failure or diabetes. Certainly echoing his first Mauritian steps in the associative field, Pradip has also been Honorary President of the Belfort Glacis – Handiboxe Boxing Club since 2018. His patients are generally very attached and grateful to him. Thus, the Association of former paratroopers of Belfort awarded him its trophy last February "for his good medical care and attention given to the members and his humanism". All is said.

Pradip has accomplished his dream and wanted to share it with as many people as possible. He never forgot his origin from where he comes from. This is how he joined GOPIO France Paris (Global Organization of People of Indian Origin) whose philosophy is contained in a sentence in Sanskrit: “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” which means that all of humanity is one big family. This association aims, in particular, to connect India to the host countries and creates interchange in the different domain between the countries. But it is undoubtedly the value of sharing knowledge and implementing humanitarian missions that most appealed to Pradip. He was elected international Coordinator for Europe of the GOPIO association in 2016. He used his powers of persuasion to create a Mauritian GOPIO which was on target for years of the leaders of the GOPIO International organization. He launched the GOPIO Belfort in the East of France.

The largest Health Center in France

As soon as he left the public hospital, Pradip had this idea. He wanted to fight in his way against medical desertification, to bring new doctors to Belfort, to associate practitioners who share a social philosophy of mutual aid, who were favorable for a benevolent and attentive relationship with the patient over anything else, to collaborate among themselves but also with the socio-medical actors of the territory, to promote the formation of their corporation and the development of research. He also wanted to complete the hospital, which was a curative place, with a preventive space by providing the best possible care to patients upstream. He dreamed, for them, of a place where they would receive care from a general practitioner to specialist, including all paramedical service professions, medical imaging, and biological analyses. He thus moved the lines of liberal medicine, to create emulation, to bring colleagues together around a social project before talking about profitability or profit. City medicine must evolve and unite.

When Pradip dreams, as we have seen, he dreams big and fast and gives himself the means to achieve his dreams. The first meeting took place in May 2018. Then in 2019, he created and chaired the association of health professionals in Nord Franche-Comté, and the Lion Health Center opened its doors in December 2020, the year when everything was however slowed down due to Covid pandemics. Once again, the determination of the child of Sebasto polover came with all the obstacles! The 4,000 m2 of premises are already occupied by 50 specialists, 8 general practitioners, and 18 paramedics, 50% of whom are new practitioners in Belfort.

To follow …

It would be a misunderstanding for Pradip to believe that he will stop there. Another part of the dream is already taking shape in his head: open this time, as an annexe to the Medical Health Centre (MSP), an unscheduled care centre which would relieve public emergencies, during the day and until the evening, of all minor accidents or ailments. Which encumber them. Coupled with an imaging and conventional radiology center and scanner, as well as the analysis laboratory already present on-site, this center would be an invaluable care tool for the inhabitants of the Territory.

Pradip liked for a long time, since his first two specialization courses in the North of Franche-Comté (France), the simple people of the Urban Area. He wants to give them back something of the welcome he received initially; he does not forget that after Belfort, he did an internship in Montbéliard and… already working on his mind the plans for the medical health Centre which could be of great help there too, to the population of the city of Princes and surrounding areas!

by Team Bharat Gaurav

Bharat Gaurav Dr Pratap Midha - Healthcare

Dr Partap Kumar Midha is the Medical Director & Trustee of Global Hospital & Research Centre, a not-for-profit healthcare trust initiated by the Brahma Kumaris, a worldwide spiritual and educational institution.

In 1991, J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre began as a humble endeavour to make healthcare accessible to the remote tribal, backward region of Mount Abu, Rajasthan and stands today as the largest healthcare provider in the district. Under his leadership, it has grown to 5 Hospitals, extensive Community Health programmes, 2 nursing education institutes, a geriatric facility, several Research Projects and more than 700 staff. The motto ‘Good health for all’ reflects the fact that no patient has ever been turned down for the sake of money, and medical consultations at all the facilities are offered free of cost.

Through his experience over the years, he has realized that improvements in the health status of a Community are dependent upon the citizens’ ability to earn a decent livelihood. 50% of the population in the district that he now serves lives below the Poverty line. Consequently, his work is now balanced between Prevention, Treatment and Community Development which includes vocational training, education and public health interventions.

The pursuit of 1) Exploring inner aspects of health, 2) Building connections between mind, body and medicine, 3) Discovering how one can achieve complete health, and 4) Guiding Healthcare Professionals to face rising challenges and pressures, led to the creation of the Medical Wing of Rajyoga Education & Research Foundation in 1992. As Vice President, he has been part of the team that organises several conferences to bring together thousands of doctors and healthcare professionals every year, with a focus on the well-being of the medical community-‘Caring for the Care-Givers’.

In recognition of his long-term commitment to a Spiritual Lifestyle and Service to Humankind, he was made a Member of the Brahma Kumaris Management Committee in 2018.

POSITIVE INFLUENCES IN CHILDHOOD: Dr Partap Kumar Midha was born to a middle-class Punjabi family, in Rohtak (State of Haryana), India. As the third child in a family of 5 siblings, sharing and caring were instilled as family values. His parents were adherents of the spiritual path taught by Brahma Kumaris and so the seeds of Tyag (renunciation), Tapasya (penance) & Seva (Service to mankind) were sowed in young Partap at the tender age of 11 years. He was fascinated with Brahma Kumaris philosophy and started spending his free time after school doing Seva in the ashram which laid the foundation for his selfless and altruistic lifestyle that later would become his purpose and ambition.

EDUCATION & EARLY PROFESSIONAL PURSUITS: Always a diligent student, he had aspired to be a doctor. His wish was fulfilled when he got admission to Government Medical College, Rohtak. He graduated as an MBBS Doctor in 1973. Despite having many attractive professional offers, he chose to take up a Government Job as it provided him with a direct opportunity to serve people in need. His first assignment as a doctor was in a small town at ESI Dispensary where he catered to the health needs of industrial workers working in the paper mill & sugar mill.

His later posting in a Rural hospital in Pinjore, Haryana, inspired him to work for common people and in turn, was touched by the simplicity and kindness of the villagers. During this time, he put in good efforts to create a national programme for the eradication of smallpox.

From 1979 to 1991 he worked in Chandigarh where he enhanced his clinical skills in emergency medicine, newborn care and newborn nursing. His management skills and abilities, honesty and strong character caught the attention of his superiors and he was invited to join the Management. He worked as a Deputy Medical Superintendent-cum-Administrative Officer in General Hospital Chandigarh from 1983.

Whether it was liaising with other hospitals for creating shared resource pools such as with PGIMER, Chandigarh or putting marked wartime wards to purposeful use and need of patients, his patient-centric work and innovative ways of addressing challenges to help the needy have been the cornerstone of his professional career.

MANIFESTATION OF A HOLISTIC HOSPITAL: In 1991, Dr Partap was invited by Brahma Kumaris to take over the responsibility of a newly constructed multi-speciality charity hospital that was being built at Mt. Abu, Rajasthan. His professional work experience combined with his spiritual background made him a good organizational fit.

From 1991 until 1996, Dr Partap worked on deputation of the Haryana Government at the newly built J Watmull Global Hospital & Research Centre, Mt Abu and eventually took voluntary retirement from the lucrative post of Deputy Director, Health Services, of the Government of Haryana in 1996 to serve full-time in providing leadership to the budding hospital at Mount Abu, and catering to the medical needs of one of the predominantly tribal region districts of India.

CREATION & SUSTENANCE OF MULTIFACETED PROJECTS: When the National Programme for Control of Blindness was announced in 1997 he came forward to join hands with the Government of India to augment the efforts of the Indian Government to eradicate the disease. The job was tough as weather conditions in the dry and desert state of Rajasthan account for an extraordinarily high incidence of preventable blindness. Thanks to his passion for community health, extensive cataract screening programs started in villages across four districts of Southwestern Rajasthan and thousands of people today have the gift of sight restored to their lives. Today there is not only an exclusive eye-care unit–a 60-bed P C Parmar Foundation Global Hospital Institute of Ophthalmology, but it is recognised as one of the best eye institutes in the entire region with more than 3000 cataract surgeries performed annually out of which 80% are free of cost to the patients. The neighbouring district of Jalore, from where half of the eye patients come, is home to a teacher who was so touched by the Hospital’s services that he bequeathed land and all his lifelong earnings to create the first eye hospital in Jalore! Today, the management team headed by Dr Partap manages this hospital. The work in eye care consisting of 2 dedicated eye hospitals, and 4 vision centres makes it one of the biggest ophthalmology service providers in the region.

In 2001, when Tuberculosis was emerging as a killer disease in rural regions, Dr Partap inspired Global Hospital to be registered under the government DOTS programme as a Centre for microscopic examination and treatment of tuberculosis patients. The programme is implemented through the Village Outreach Program and Community Outreach Project that caters to the health needs of the tribal and rural population of at least 10,00,000 people residing in 100 plus villages adopted under these projects.

Today along with providing health check-ups and medication to children from poor families studying in Government schools in remote villages, Dr Partap has ensured that they get proper nutrition, school supplements, and warm clothing in winter as well.

Whether it was the 2001 Gujarat (Kutch, Bhuj) earthquake Tsunami in 2004 or the 2013 Uttarakhand flash floods and many other similar tragedies, the Global Hospital team has played an integral role not only during the disaster but in its aftermath too. Dr Partap took initiative along with Brahma Kumaris and extensively campaigned for raising funds to manage a government-assigned project: the reconstruction of a Community Health Centre at village Lakadiya in earthquake-ravaged Bachau District with contributions and support from Gurjar Gujarati Association of New England (U.S.A), Children’s Hope India (U.S.A), Nargis Dutt Foundation (U.S.A) and other individual donors.

Currently Medical Director of J. Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre.
Dr Partap’s responsibilities cover the following activities,

• Managing the existing services of the hospital
• Functioning as a co-coordinator between the Board of Trustees and the Administrative staff. This requires ensuring compliance with the overall guidelines set down by the Board.
• Managing the development of new services, ensuring the timely implementation of new projects and following up on their progress.
• Managing the activities of the P C Parmar Global Hospital Eye Care Centre/ Global Hospital Institute of Ophthalmology, Radha Mohan Mehrotra Global Hospital Trauma Centre & G.V. Modi Rural Health Care Centre,all of which are at Abu Road and of the Brig. Vora Clinic at Baroda, which all are extensions of GHRC.
• His role has been of a facilitator, giving inputs as a catalyst for various projects. The Global Hospital started as Polyclinic with makeshift Wards & OT in October 1991.

Today it has grown to:

• 102 bedded multi-speciality secondary care Hospital.
• The hospital has a holistic approach to patient care including:
• Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Magneto therapy, Acupressure, Acupuncture, Yoga,
• Aerobics, Meditation.
  • Rural Health Care Centre in Abu Road, 1994.
  • A multi-speciality hospital in Mumbai.
  • Global Hospital School of Nursing, November 2005
  • 60 bedded C. Parmar Foundation Global Hospital Eye Care Centre, September 2007
• Radha Mohan Mehrotra Global Hospital Trauma Centre, September 2007, 36 bedded with full-time consultants/specialists and staff.
• Servicing about 60 villages through 2 Mobile Clinics, 3 Out-post Clinics and Village Outreach Services
• School Health Programmes
• Research (Currently 10 projects)
• Saroj Lalji Mehrotra Global Nursing College, Talati, Abu Road, November 2011
• Shri Adinath Fateh Global Eye Hospital, Jalore

Dr Partap Midha is also a Life Member of 1) The Indian Society of Health Administrators, Bengaluru, 2) Academy of Health Administrators, New Delhi, and 3) Indian Medical Association.

Dr Partap Midha has delivered lectures at

• The Zurich Lung Association Conference on Tuberculosis,
• Sophia Hospital, Amsterdam,
• Numerous Health-Awareness campaigns on the theme: ‘Heart of the Healer’
• Medical Conferences were held at the Academy for a Better World, Gyan Sarovar Complex, Mount Abu, as well as at Brahma Kumaris Shantivan, Abu Road, Rajasthan, as Vice-President of the Medical Wing of the Rajyoga Education & Research Foundation, on the theme of ‘Positive Health & Effects of Meditation on Health’,
• Local Centres of the Paramilitary forces, C.R.P.F.

Dr Partap Midha continues to exercise courage, and strong moral fibre to stand united with his teams in sustaining the unique, high-quality, cost-optimized, value-based, sustainable, holistic organization, fondly called ‘the Hospital with a big heart’, which enjoys quality accreditation of NABH and NABL and recognition on local, state, national and international levels.

As an experienced meditator with an understanding of deeper spiritual truths, Dr Partap has exemplified ‘Healing with Spiritual Touch’. Dr Partap firmly believes that our work must always go on no matter what, and medical services to the people should continue unhindered.

by Team Bharat Gaurav

Bharat Gaurav Dr Dattatreyudu Nori - Recognized Leader in his Specialty

Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori has an international reputation as a pioneer and authority in the field of Cancer and the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine of Harvard University quoted him as a “Recognized Leader in his Specialty”.

Over the last four decades Dr. Nori has tirelessly devoted himself to improving the cancer care of patients in the U.S. After receiving his postgraduate medical degree in India, Dr. Nori joined the world-renowned Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the U.S. in 1976 and is currently Professor and Executive Vice-Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Hospital Queens and Director of the Cancer Center at New York Hospital Queens.

Dr. Nori’s distinguished and exceptional achievements in oncology research resulted in the American Cancer Society bestowing him with their most prestigious “Tribute to Life” award and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center honored him with the “Most Distinguished Physician Award”.

Dr. Nori’s pioneering cancer research to improve outcomes in various cancers resulted in his selection as one of the Top Doctors for Cancer in the U.S. and Top Doctors for Women’s Cancers in the U.S. over the last decade by his peers consisting of 100,000 Oncologists. Dr. Nori introduced many innovative cancer treatment programs for lung, gynecological and genitourinary cancers which are currently considered the standard of care by Oncologists all over the world.

The Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation in the U.S. and the Network of Indian Professionals in the U.S. honored him with the Excelsior Award and the largest Indian Physician Association in the U.S., the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), with over 30,000 members, honored him with the Most Distinguished Physician Award.

In 2014, Dr. Nori was honored with the highest civilian award in the U.S., the “Ellis Island Medal of Honor” for his exemplifying and outstanding quality in both his personal and professional life and for making enduring contributions to the U.S. and the world. Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate recognize this Ellis Island Medal of Honor and these honorees are listed in the Congressional Record.

Champion to Improve Cancer Care in India

Dr Nori is a Consultant to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, advising on the formulation of guidelines for the treatment of cancer in developing countries. He has helped to upgrade cancer programs in India, Israel, Brazil, and Argentina.

Dr Nori has been also working tirelessly to improve training for our Indian doctors in the cancer specialty. He has established advanced fellowship programs for Indian doctors to come to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University to receive advanced training and return to India to help our cancer patients. Most of the Oncologists practicing in India from Chandigarh to Trivandrum were trained through this program.

Nearly 200 women die from cervical cancer every day in India. Dr. Nori has taken up a major cancer prevention program working with PICC (Prevention International Cancer Cervix), an international organization based in the U.S. which has helped to significantly reduce mortality from cervical cancer in Brazil and South Africa by a simple visual inspection test and treatment with cryotherapy. He initiated this program in South India and this program is fully operational at this time in Andhra Pradesh.

Various professional and scientific organizations in India have honored him and recognized his exceptional contributions to improving cancer care in India. The Indian Medical Association honored Dr. Nori with a Gold Medal, The Professor Nayudama Foundation Award, and the Dr. Padam Singh Gold Medal for providing advanced training in the U.S. for Indian physicians.

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Bharat Gaurav Padma Shri Ranbir Chander Sobti - Remarkable leader in Science

Dr Sobti is a remarkable leader in Science and has been ceaselessly pursuing, on the one hand, academics, research and administrative endeavours; and on the other hand, leading societal outreach programmes for the popularization of science and its benefits at the grassroots levels.

Dr Ranbir Chander Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow (UP) and Former Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University Chandigarh, is a renowned academician, a distinguished scientist, and able administration, and a visionary gifted with a protean disposition.

He has been bestowed with a large number of prestigious awards and medals which speaks volumes of his triumphant march towards academic and professional glory, from being awarded the INSA Young Scientist Medal (1978) to receiving coveted fellowships from various reputed National and international organisations.

Prof Sobti was recognized for his academic and society-oriented philanthropic endeavours and was bestowed with the honour of PADMA SHRI in 2009 by the Government of India.

Prof. Ranbir Chander Sobti has made outstanding contributions to path-breaking observation in predictive and protective genomics.

Starting his career as a Cytogeneticist, he moved on to explore the developments in his area of interest and evaluated the role of gene polymorphisms & their expression in the genesis of various cancers, COPD, AIDS and metabolic syndrome. He has identified several disease susceptible/protective novel genotypes and determined the crucial role of SOCS-1 and STAT genes in the genesis of cervical and prostate cancers.

Dr Sobti has been actively involved in cancer biology and focused on finding out novel tumour markers for cancer detection. His immense contributions to science are highlighted in the form of 23 books, 270 high-impact research publications with more than 2500 citations, and 23 sponsored research projects. Currently, he is involved in the development of the whole organ by tissue/organ culture through a custom-designed decellularization protocol. He has demonstrated that the regulation of stem cell character under in vitro conditions is a function of a morphological assortment of Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLNC) - an observation that has marked significance in the field of stem cell research.

Dr Sobti distinguished and exceptional achievements in cancer and cell research receiving many honours. The INSA Young Scientist Medal, UGC Career Award, Punjab Rattan Award, JC Bose Oration and Sriram Oration Awards, and the Life Time Achievement Awards of the Punjab Academy of Sciences, Zoological Society of India, and the Environment Academy of India, besides many other medals & awards of national and international levels. On 2nd June 2016, he was honoured by Rastra Bhasha Sansthan of Govt. of India for his contribution to Hindi at Munnar, Kerala.

Dr Sobti, besides making exemplary and highly significant academic contributions to academic and research contributions in the field of biotechnology, cancer biology, and predictive and protective genomics; has an insatiable desire and unwavering commitment to the cause of science and its popularization. He has environed and rigorously implemented numerous socially relevant and meaningful initiatives for popularizing science, especially among the students; the rural societies as well as the masses ignorant of science.

Dr Ranbir Chander Sobti is a pratiman and personification of energy, positivity, creativity and development. He encompasses the best of tradition and modernity both to engineer a dynamic today that point to a glorious future of higher education in India. He is the epitome of kindness, hard work and solidarity, and can transform the entire community into proactive participants in the project of making an ethically progressive Nation.

by Team Bharat Gaurav

Bharat Gaurav Dr Ananthram Shetty - Expert of stem technology, United Kingdom

Dr Ananthram Shetty is one of the leading knee and Limb Reconstruction surgeons in the United Kingdom.

He is recognised as one of the world's experts in the application of stem cell technology to treat patients.

He has been awarded the prestigious Hunterian Surgical Medal and Hunterian Professorship for 2017 by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London.

Named after the pioneering surgeon scientist John Hunter and dating back over two centuries, this continues to be a highly regarded and prestigious award within the field of surgery and is awarded annually. The honour of delivering the Hunterian lecture is regarded by surgeons around the world as a great privilege and a high accolade awarded to recognize their work. Subsequently, he was appointed to the prestigious position of Senior Tutor in Orthopaedics at the London deanery (London University) and he is the first Indian to hold this position.

His main interest is Stem cell research, cartilage transplant, complex bone repair, and the application of computer navigation and robotics in minimally invasive surgery. He treats some of the top national and international sports people and celebrities.He has published many papers and authored a few books. His recent book published by Springer entitled“Techniques in Cartilage Repair Surgery” is a great success and listed in the top 10 books published by Springer. He has delivered many national and international lectures.

His work has been extensively covered by BBC, Sky, Fox, Star and Hi-Tech Euro News. He is also been covered by respected print media like the Telegraph, Daily Mail, Times of India and News Week. He has been featured in the BBC hospital Heroes series carrying out some of the minimally invasive surgical techniques at the Kings’ College Hospital, London. He has won many awards including the Fred Heatleyresearch award, British Indian Orthopaedic Association (BIOS UK) research award.

Professor Ananthram Shetty was the winner of the 2011 Laing & Buisson Surgical Innovation award in the UK. Prof. Shetty was recognised at the prestigious Laing & Buisson innovation award for his pioneering work on Cartilage and bone regeneration. He appears in the list of innovators compiled by the Royal Society of Medicine, London, the UK which includes some of the Nobel Laureates

Recently his work on limb-saving surgery has been aired on ITV news and one of the inventions is exhibited in the Hunterian museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is a contributor to the health programme on Zee TV.

Dr Shetty is involved with charitable work in Africa and the Indian subcontinent, which involves both teaching and treating patients free of charge.

He is an artist and a keen photographer. He enjoys classical music in his free time. He lives with his wife and daughter in Hempstead village near Gillingham. His daughter is a classical musician and is currently pursuing her research in Stem cells for her PhD.

by Team Bharat Gaurav