Nitish Naik

Indian cardiologist
Nitish Naik
Born
India
OccupationIndian cardiologist
AwardsPadma Shri

Nitish Naik is an Indian cardiologist, known for his expertise in cardiovascular diseases, and is an additional professor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.[1][2] He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of medicine.[3] He is reported to have treated Manmohan Singh,[4] Sonia Gandhi[5] and the Lashkar-e-Taiba operative in India, Abdul Karim Tunda.[6]

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References

  1. ^ "AIIMS". AIIMS. 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "CTRI". CTRI. 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards Announced". Circular. Press Information Bureau, Government of India. January 25, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "Manmohan Singh". Manmohan Singh. 25 January 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "Sonia Gandhi". TOI. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  6. ^ "Tunda". Business Standard. 24 August 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
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Recipients of Padma Shri in Medicine
1950s
  • Bir Bhan Bhatia (1954)
  • V. R. Khanolkar (1954)
  • Perakath Verghese Benjamin (1955)
  • Mahesh Prasad Mehray (1955)
  • Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi (1956)
  • Chintaman Govind Pandit (1956)
  • Isaac Santra (1956)
  • Khushdeva Singh (1957)
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