Ratan Chandra Kar
A doctor who won the trust of the Jarawa of the Andamans and helped save them in a 1999 measles outbreak, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Heroes in Medicine
Showing 49–62 of 62 heroes
Rattan Lal Mittal
A Patiala orthopaedic surgeon who invented low-cost instruments and spent decades researching severe clubfoot, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Punjab
Saroj Mandal
A Kolkata cardiologist at SSKM Hospital who has implanted thousands of pacemakers and set up a subsidised heart centre, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2026
- West Bengal
Shyam Sundar
A BHU physician whose kala-azar research changed how the disease is diagnosed and treated, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2026
- Uttar Pradesh
Soniya Nityanand
A haematologist who set up Uttar Pradesh's first bone-marrow transplant programme and now heads KGMU, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao
A Visakhapatnam surgeon who did free corrective surgery for polio patients for decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. He died in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Andhra Pradesh
Suresh Hanagavadi
A pathologist with severe haemophilia who founded the Karnataka Hemophilia Society, which gives free care, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2026
- Karnataka
Tejas Madhusudan Patel
An Ahmedabad cardiologist known for transradial and telerobotic procedures who has trained thousands, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2015
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Gujarat
Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan
The North Chennai 'five rupees doctor', who ran evening clinics for a token fee for 45 years, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021 (posthumous)
- Tamil Nadu
Veeraswamy Seshiah
A Chennai doctor who started India's first diabetology department and a simple test for diabetes in pregnancy, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Tamil Nadu
Vijayalaxmi Deshmane
A cancer surgeon who rose from a Kalaburagi slum to head surgical oncology at Bengaluru's Kidwai institute, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Karnataka
Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre
A Mumbai doctor who worked for decades against leprosy and its stigma, and led the Voluntary Health Association of India, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Maharashtra
Vilas Dangre
A Nagpur homeopath who has kept his clinic open for nearly five decades, even after losing his sight, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Maharashtra
Yazdi Maneksha Italia
A Valsad scientist who set up India's first sickle cell clinic and designed Gujarat's sickle cell programme, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2024
- Gujarat