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Heroes in Medicine

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President Droupadi Murmu presenting the Padma Shri to Armida Fernandez at Rashtrapati Bhavan, 2026

Armida Fernandez

A Mumbai neonatologist who started India's first human milk bank and founded the health NGO SNEHA, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.

  • Padma Shri 2026
  • Maharashtra
President Droupadi Murmu presenting the Padma Shri to Ashok Kumar Mahapatra at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Ashok Kumar Mahapatra

A neurosurgeon who spent four decades at AIIMS Delhi and set up AIIMS Bhubaneswar as its founding director, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.

  • Padma Shri 2025
  • Odisha
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Ashok Kumar Sahu

A Kanpur social worker who founded Vipassana meditation centres in Lucknow and Kanpur that offer free residential courses, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.

  • Padma Shri 2021
  • Uttar Pradesh
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Ashwin Balachand Mehta

A Mumbai cardiologist who brought angioplasty and other heart procedures to Indian patients and taught them to doctors, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.

  • Padma Bhushan 2024
  • Maharashtra
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Balaji Tambe

An Ayurveda physician and writer from Pune, known to Maharashtra as the Family Doctor, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2022.

  • Padma Shri 2022 (posthumous)
  • Maharashtra
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Belle Monappa Hegde

A cardiologist who taught for 45 years at Manipal medical colleges and became vice-chancellor of Manipal University, honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2021.

  • Padma Vibhushan 2021
  • Karnataka
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Bhimsen Singhal

A Mumbai neurologist with over 60 years in the field, who set up free support centres for people with Parkinson's, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.

  • Padma Shri 2022
  • Maharashtra
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Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay

A Dehradun orthopaedic surgeon in the Guinness record book who runs free camps in hill areas and campaigns on road safety, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.

  • Padma Shri 2021
  • Uttarakhand
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Budhendra Kumar Jain

An eye surgeon who helped turn a 12-bed dispensary in Chitrakoot into one of India's largest eye hospitals, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.

  • Padma Shri 2025
  • Madhya Pradesh
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C. P. Thakur

A physician whose kala-azar research shaped its treatment, and a former Union minister and MP from Patna, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.

  • Padma Bhushan 2024
  • Bihar
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C. R. Chandrashekar

A NIMHANS psychiatrist who helped take mental health care to every district and has treated thousands free, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.

  • Padma Shri 2024
  • Karnataka
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Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav

A former AIIMS professor known as the 'Iodine Man of India' for his work to make iodised salt universal, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.

  • Padma Shri 2021
  • Delhi
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Chandrashekhar Mahadeorao Meshram

A Nagpur neurologist known for public health awareness and his role in the World Federation of Neurology, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.

  • Padma Shri 2024
  • Maharashtra
D. Nageshwar Reddy at a Padma awards ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan

D. Nageshwar Reddy

A Hyderabad gastroenterologist who pioneered therapeutic endoscopy and founded AIG Hospitals, honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2025.

  • Padma Bhushan 2016
  • Padma Vibhushan 2025
  • Telangana
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Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar

An Ayurveda physician and Sanskrit scholar from Tankara who translated all four Vedas into Gujarati, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.

  • Padma Shri 2024
  • Gujarat
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Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo

A doctor who has spent four decades in Wayanad turning a small clinic into a hospital that treats tribal patients free, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.

  • Padma Shri 2021
  • Kerala
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Dilip Kumar Singh

A Bihar country doctor who rode to villages on horseback, treated leprosy patients and ran free cataract camps, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.

  • Padma Shri 2021
  • Bihar
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Dilip Mahalanabis

The paediatrician who showed in 1971 refugee camps that oral rehydration could save lives, honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan in 2023.

  • Padma Vibhushan 2023 (posthumous)
  • West Bengal
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G. Natchiar

A founder member of Aravind Eye Hospitals who trained thousands of eye surgeons and rural eye-care workers, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.

  • Padma Shri 2024
  • Tamil Nadu
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Gopalsamy Veluchamy

A Siddha physician who gathered over 1,500 palm-leaf manuscripts and led a national research council, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Tamil Nadu
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Guduru Venkat Rao

A Hyderabad surgeon at AIG Hospitals who has performed over 12,000 complex gut operations and pioneered scarless surgery, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.

  • Padma Shri 2026
  • Telangana
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H. V. Hande

A Chennai doctor treating poor patients since 1950 who, as Tamil Nadu health minister, backed polio drives, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.

  • Padma Shri 2026
  • Tamil Nadu
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Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti

A Hyderabad paediatrician who started a school for disabled children in his garage and built the Sweekaar academy; Padma Shri, 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Telangana
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Hemant Kumar

A Patna nephrologist who brought home peritoneal dialysis to Bihar and champions kidney care for the poor, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.

  • Padma Shri 2025
  • Bihar