Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti
Indian surgeon
Kantilal H. Sancheti (born 24 July 1936) is an orthopaedic physician who invented India's first indigenous knee implant, the Indus Knee, and founder of Maharashtra's first orthopaedic dedicated specialty hospital.[1]
Early life
Sancheti was born in a Shewtamber Jain family. He holds the academic degrees and fellowships of M.S. (Ortho), F.R.C.S (Edinburgh) U.K., Ph.D (Ortho), F.I.C.S., F.A.C.S. (U.S.A.).
Career
- Founder Director and Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, at Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (SIOR). SIOR is a hospital specialising in Joint Replacement, Traumatology, Spinal Surgery, Paediatrics, Orthopaedic, Arthroscopy and Sports Injuries, Hand and Plastic Surgery.
- Chairman, Post Graduate Institute of Orthopaedics, Post Graduate Institute for Physiotherapy and Hospital Management.
- Hon. Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Governor of Maharashtra and Indian Armed Forces.
- Hon. Professor, Examiner, and member of several high level core committees of various universities and Health Care related committees of Government of Maharashtra and Medical Council of India.
- President Indian Orthopaedic Association and Past President of Maharashtra Orthopaedic Association.
- Professor Emeritus in Orthopaedics, Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sancheti Hospital & Centre for Joint Replacement Surgery, Pune.
Awards
The Government of India presented him with its highest civilian awards: the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2012.[2]
- Maharana Mewar Award by the Maharana Mewar Foundation - 2003
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg, United Kingdom - 2004
- Lifetime Achievement award of The International Medical Integration Council from the Government of Maharashtra - 2004
- International Award for Medical Excellence by Harvard Medical School (USA) - 2005
- Jeevan Sadhana Gaurav Puraskar by Pune University 2010 [3]
He organized over 500 health camps for handicapped children all over India. Sancheti also acted in the capacity of hospital design consultant to over 120 hospitals in India.
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Recipients of Padma Shri in Social Work
- Mary Clubwala Jadhav (1955)
- R. S. Subbalakshmi (1958)
- Sailabala Das (1959)
- Lakshman Singh Jangpangi (1959)
- Nanabhai Bhatt (1960)
- Bina Das (1960)
- Sophia Wadia (1960)
- Kamalabai Hospet (1961)
- Mithuben Petit (1961)
- N. Ramaswami Ayyar (1962)
- Mother Teresa (1962)
- Brij Krishna Chandiwala (1963)
- Leela Sumant Moolgaokar (1963)
- Leela Sumant Moolgaokar (1963)
- Ambujammal (1964)
- Mona Chandravati Gupta (1965)
- Lakshmi Mazumdar (1965)
- Gordhandas Bhagwandas Narottamdas (1965)
- John Richardson (1965)
- Manibhai Desai (1968)
- Bhaurao Gaikwad (1968)
- Shalini Moghe (1968)
- Sis Ram Ola (1968)
- Kalyan Singh Gupta (1969)
- Mangru Ganu Uikey (1969)
- Indumati Chimanlal Sheth (1970)
- Maniben Kara (1970)
- Baba Amte (1971)
- Robin Banerjee (1971)
- Lila Ramkumar Bhargava (1971)
- Savita Behen (1971)
- Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav (1971)
- Yudhvir Singh (1971)
- Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1971)
- Badri Prasad Bajoria (1972)
- Kanta Saroop Krishen (1972)
- Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya (1972)
- Chandraprabha Saikiani (1972)
- Sarojini Varadappan (1973)
- Queenie H. C. Captain (1974)
- L. Kijungluba Ao (1976)
- Bishambhar Nath Pande (1976)
- Ismail Ahmed Cachalia (1977)
- Dhani Prem (1977)
- Kunwar Singh Negi (1981)
- Bhagat Puran Singh (1981)
- Claire Vellut (1981)
- Swami Kalyandev (1982)
- Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya (1982)
- M. P. Nachimuthu (1983)
- Omem Moyong Deori (1984)
- Zainulabedin Gulamhusain Rangoonwala (1984)
- Ela Bhatt (1985)
- Ratnappa Kumbhar (1985)
- Anutai Wagh (1985)
- Chandi Prasad Bhatt (1986)
- Mahasweta Devi (1986)
- Krishan Dev Dewan (1986)
- Tushar Kanjilal (1986)
- Avdhash Kaushal (1986)
- Narayan Singh Manaklao (1986)
- Bunker Roy (1986)
- Begum Zaffar Ali (1987)
- Jaya Arunachalam (1987)
- Darshan Singh Vohra (1988)
- Mithu Alur (1989)
- Vedaratnam Appakutti (1989)
- Rajmohini Devi (1989)
- Krishnammal Jagannathan (1989)
- Mag Raj Jain (1989)
- Edward Kutchat (1989)
- Anna Hazare (1990)
- Renana Jhabvala (1990)
- Silverine Swer (1990)
- Silverine Swer (1991)
- Vimla Dang (1991)
- T. G. K. Menon (1991)
- Jagdish Kashibhai Patel (1991)
- D. Y. Patil (1991)
- Sundaram Ramakrishnan (1991)
- Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti (1991)
- Shanthi Ranganathan (1992)
- Vidyaben Shah (1992)
- Leonarda Angela Casiraghi (1998)
- Antony Padiyara (1998)
- Shantha Sinha (1998)
- Kanta Tyagi (1998)
- Acharya Ramamurti (1999)
- T. Sailo (1999)
- Natwar Thakkar (1999)
- Neidonuo Angami (2000)
- Jagan Nath Kaul (2000)
- Patricia Mukhim (2000)
- Janaky Athi Nahappan (2000)
- Hanumappa Sudarshan (2000)
- Rabindra Nath Upadhyay (2000)
- Tulasi Munda (2001)
- Norma Alvares (2002)
- Prakash Amte (2002)
- Kiran Martin (2002)
- Prema Narendra Purao (2002)
- Sivananda Rajaram (2002)
- Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty (2003)
- Queenie Rynjah (2004)
- Hema Bharali (2005)
- Nana Chudasama (2005)
- Lalsawma (2005)
- Theilin Phanbuh (2005)
- Gladys Staines (2005)
- Suwalal Bafna (2006)
- Anil Prakash Joshi (2006)
- Sudha Murty (2006)
- Sudha Varghese (2006)
- Melhupra Vero (2006)
- Runa Banerjee (2007)
- S. M. Cyril (2007)
- M. A. Yusuff Ali (2008)
- Sheela Borthakur (2008)
- Karuna Mary Braganza (2008)
- V. R. Gowrishankar (2008)
- Kshama Metre (2008)
- Kutikuppala Surya Rao (2008)
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- Bilkees Latif (2009)
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- Kranti Shah (2010)
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- Nomita Chandy (2011)
- Martha Chen (2011)
- Azad Moopen (2011)
- Sheela Patel (2011)
- Anita Reddy (2011)
- Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor (2011)
- Shamshad Begum (2012)
- Reeta Devi (2012)
- P. K. Gopal (2012)
- G. Muniratnam (2012)
- Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya (2012)
- Uma Tuli (2012)
- S. P. Varma (2012)
- Phoolbasan Bai Yadav (2012)
- Binny Yanga (2012)
- Jharna Dhara Chowdhury (2013)
- S. K. M. Maeilanandhan (2013)
- Nileema Mishra (2013)
- Reema Nanavati (2013)
- Manju Bharat Ram (2013)
- Narendra Dabholkar (2014)
- Mukul Chandra Goswami (2014)
- Durga Jain (2014)
- J. L. Kaul (2014)
- Mathur Savani (2014)
- Ashok Bhagat (2015)
- Janak Palta McGilligan (2015)
- Meetha Lal Mehta (2015)
- Veerendra Raj Mehta (2015)
- Bimla Poddar (2015)
- Madeleine Herman de Blic (2016)
- Madhu Pandit Dasa (2016)
- Ajoy Kumar Dutta (2016)
- Damal Kandalai Srinivasan (2016)
- Sunitha Krishnan (2016)
- Sundar Menon (2016)
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- P. Gopinathan Nair (2016)
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- Girish Bharadwaj (2017)
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- Bipin Ganatra (2017)
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- Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar (2017)
- Daripalli Ramaiah (2017)
- Balbir Singh Seechewal (2017)
- Damodar Ganesh Bapat (2018)
- Sitavva Joddati (2018)
- Subhasini Mistry (2018)
- Sulagitti Narasamma (2018)
- Abdullah Bin Othman (2018)
- Sampat Ramteke (2018)
- Draupadi Ghimiray (2019)
- Bulu Imam (2019)
- Friederike Irina Bruning (2019)
- Chinna Pillai (2019)
- Shabbir Sayyad (2019)
- Jyoti Kumar Sinha (2019)
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- Jamuna Tudu (2019)
- Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli (2019)
- Jagdish Lal Ahuja (2020)
- Popatrao Baguji Pawar (2020)
- Usha Chaumar (2020)
- Lia Diskin (2020)
- Sangkhumi Bualchhuak (2020
- Tulsi Gowda (2020)
- Harekala Hajabba (2020)
- Tetsu Nakamura (2020)
- S. Ramakrishnan (2020)
- Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri (2020)
- Mohammed Sharif (2020)
- Ramjee Singh (2020)
- Agus Indra Udayana (2020)
- Sundaram Verma (2020)
- Sindhutai Sapkal (2021)
- Girish Prabhune (2021)
- Prabhaben Shah (2022)
- Savaji Bhai Dholakia (2022)
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- Om Prakash Gandhi (2022)
- K V Rabiya (2022)
- Srimad Baba Balia (2022)
- Prem Singh (2022)
- Baba Iqbal Singh Ji (2022)
- S Damodaran (2022)
- Basanti Devi (2022)
- Bhiku Ramji Idate (2023)
- Bikram Bahadur Jamatia (2023)
- Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme (2023)
- Hirabai Lobi (2023)
- Moolchand Lodha (2023)
- Gajanan Jagannath Mane (2023)
- Uma Shankar Pandey (2023)
- V. P. Appukutta Poduval (2023)
- Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan (2023)
- Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar (2023)
- Laxman Singh (2023)
- Palam Kalyana Sundaram (2023)
- Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) (2023)
- Sangthankima (2024)
