List of the Recipients of ICMR Awards and Prizes for 1996
1. BASANTI DEVI AMIR CHAND PRIZE (FOR 1997) 

 
Jointly Awarded To: 

Dr.(Mrs) Kamala Krishnaswamy,
Director, 
National Institute of Nutrition, 
Jamai Osmania PO, 
HYDERABAD - 500007 

AND

Diet & Cancer 
Dr.(Ms) M.Gourie-Devi, 
Director and Vice-Chancellor, 
National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, (NIMHANS), 
Hosur Road, 
BANGALORE - 560029
Neuroepidemiology
2. DR.P.N.RAJU ORATION AWARD (ORTHOPAEDICS)

 
Dr.O.N.Nagi, 
Professor & Head, 
Dept. Of Orthopaedics, 
PGIMER, 
CHANDIGARH - 160012 
Bone Grafting - New Techniques
3. SANDOZ ORATION AWARD (CANCER RESEARCH)

 
Jointly awarded to :

Dr.B.B.Yeole 
Deputy Director, 
Bombay Cancer Registry, 
Indian Cancer Society, 
74, Jerbai Wadia Road, Parel, 
Mumbai - 400012 

AND

Cancer Epidemiology 
Dr.Ranju Ralhan,  
Additional Professor, 
Dept. Of Biochemistry, 
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 
NEW DELHI - 110029 
Tumour Suppressor Genes
4. DR.Y.S.NARAYANA RAO ORATION AWARD (MICROBIOLOGY) 

 
Dr. Gita Satpathy,  
Additional Professor (Microbiology), 
Dr.Rajendra Prasad Centre for 
Ophthalmic Sciences, 
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 
NEW DELHI - 110029
Chlamydial Infections
5. DR.KAMALA MENON MEDICAL RESEARCH AWARD (INTERNAL MEDICINE)

 
Dr.Dipika Mohanty
Director, 
Institute of lmmunohaematology,  
13 th Floor, New Multi-storey Building, 
KEM Hospital, Parel, 
MUMBAI - 400012
Molecular basis, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management of bleeding disorders
6. KSHANIKA ORATION AWARD FOR WOMEN SCIENTISTS 

 
Dr. Asha Mathur  
Professor & Head,  
Dept. Of Microbiology, 
K.G.Medical College, 
LUCKNOW - 226001. 
Role of Chemotactic cytokine in JE virus infection
7. DR.M.K.SESHADRI PRIZE (PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE) 

 
Dr.Umesh Kapil, 
Additional Professor, 
Human Nutrition Unit, 
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 
NEW DELHI - 110029
Community Medicine and Maternal and Child Health
 8.JALMA TRUST FUND ORATION AWARD (LEPROSY)

 
Dr.N.K.Mehra,  
Professor & Head,  
Dept.of Histocompatibility 
And Immunogenetics, 
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 
NEW DELHI - 110029
Molecular basis of susceptibility to leprosy: HLA studies 
9.  ICMR PRIZE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOR SCIENTISTS BELONGING TO UNDER-PRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES 

 
Dr.R.K.Kale  
Associate Professor, 
School of Life Sciences, 
Jawaharlal Nehru University, 
NEW DELHI - 110067 
Radiation / Cancer Biology
10. ICMR PRIZE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN UNDER-DEVELOPED AREAS

 
Dr.(Ms) Neeru Singh  
Deputy Director, 
Malaria Research Centre Field Station, 
Medical College Building, 
JABALPUR - 482003
Malaria
11..BGRC SILVER JUBILEE ORATION AWARD( HAEMATOLOGY /  IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY)

 
Jointly Awarded to:
 
Dr.Roshan Colah,  
Assistant Director, 
Institute of lmmunohaematology, 
13th Floor, New Multi-storey Building, 
KEM Hospital, Parel, 
MUMBAI - 400012 

AND 

Molecular Genetics & Prevention of major haemoglobinopathies in India 
Dr.K.Madhavan Nair, 
Senior Research Officer, 
National Institute of Nutrition, 
Jamai Osmania PO, 
HYDERABAD - 500007
Nutritional Haematology 
12. M.O.T.IYENGAR MEMORIAL AWARD (MALARIA, FILARIASIS, PLAGUE OR MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY)

 
Dr. T.Adak, 
Assistant Director,  
Malaria Research Centre, 
2, Nanak Enclave Radio Colony, 
DELHI - 110009 
Diagnostic tools for identification of malaria vectors
13. PROF. B.K.AIKAT ORATION AWARD (TROPICAL DISEASES) 

 
Dr.Neeloo Singh 
Scientist  
Divn . of Biochemistry, 
Central Drug Research Institute, 
Chattar Manzil PB 173, 
LUCKNOW - 226001
Molecular parasitology of Leishmaniasis
14. AMRUT MODY UNICHEM PRIZE (NEUROLOGY) 

 
Dr.Atul Goel,  
Associate Professor, 
Dept.of Neurosurgery, 
Seth G.S.Medical College, 
KEM Hospital, Parel, 
MUMBAI - 400012  
Cranio-vertebral and spinal stability
15. AMRUT MODY UNICHEM PRIZE (CHEST DISEASES)

 
Dr.S.K.Sharma,
Professor, 
Dept. Of Medicine, 
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 
NEW DELHI - 110029
Granulomatous lung disorders
16.LALA RAM CHAND KANDHARI AWARD (DERMATOLOGY & STDs)

 
Dr.V.K.Sharma,  
AdditionalProfessor,
Dept.of Dermatology, 
PGIMER, 
CHANDIGARH - 160012 
Clinical, Immunological & Therapeutic studies on Alopecia Areata
17. PROF.SURINDAR MOHAN MARWAH AWARD (GERIATRICS) 

 
Dr.Kalluri Subba Rao,  
Professor & Head,  
Dept. Of Biochemistry, 
University of Hyderabad, 
HYDERABAD - 500046
Biochemical & Molecular basis of Aging

                 AWARDS / PRIZES for YOUNG SCIENTISTS 

18. SHAKUNTALA AMIR CHAND PRIZES (MEDICAL SCIENCES)
      (Upto four prizes given each year)

 
  1. Dr.Sunil Pradhan  
    Associate Professor, 
    Dept. Of Neurology, 
    Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of 
    Medical Sciences, 
    Rae Bareli Road, 
    LUCKNOW - 226014
 Clinical Neurophysiology
  1. Dr.Vedantam Rajshekar, 
    Professor of Neurosurgery,  
    Dept. Of Neurological Sciences, 
    Christian Medical college, 
    VELLORE - 632004
 Computerised tomographic stereotactic surgery
  1. Dr.Ashim Ghatak, 
    Scientist E-1, 
    Divn . of Cilinical & Experimental Medicine, 
    Central Drug Research Institute, 
    Chattar Manzil PB 173,
    LUCKNOW - 226001 
 Cardiovascular Medicine 
  1. Dr.Poonam Kakkar, 
    Scientist E-1, 
    Ecotoxicology Section, 
    Industrial toxicology Research Centre, 
    PB 80, M.G.Marg, 
    LUCKNOW - 226001 
 Studies on Oxidative Stress
19.RAJA RAVI SHER SINGH OF KALSIA MEMORIAL AWARD (CANCER)

 
Dr.B.M.Biswal, 
Sr. Research Associate, 
Dept.of Radiation Oncology, 
Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, 
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 
NEW DELHI - 110029
Clinical research in Cancer 
20.TILAK VENKOBA RAO AWARD (PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE)

 
Dr.R.K.Chaddha,  
Associate Professor, 
Institute of Human Behaviour and 
Allied Sciences, 
Shahdara, 
DELHI - 110095
Somatisation in Pschiatry
21.DR.T.RAMACHANDRA RAO AWARD (MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY)

 
Dr.B.N.Nagpal, 
Sr.Research Officer, 
Malaria research Centre, 
20, Madhuban, Vikas Marg, 
DELHI -110092
Anophelines in India 
22.DR.D.V.DATTA MEMORIAL ORATRION AWARD (LIVER DISEASES)

 
Dr.R.K.Dhiman,  
Assistant Professor,  
Dept. Of Hepatology, 
PGIMER, 
CHANDIGARH - 160012
Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Portal Hypertension
23.PROF.B.C.SRIVASTAVA FOUNDATION AWARD (COMMUNITY MEDICINE) 

 
Dr.K.K.Ganguly,  
Sr. Research Officer,  
ICMR Headquarters, 
NEW DELHI- 110029 
Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of opium use
24.MAJ.GEN.SAHEB SINGH SOKHEY AWARD (COMMUNICABLE DISEASES) 

 
Dr.Samiran Panda, 
5/3, Snuff Mill Street,  
Belghoria, 
CALCUTTA -700056 
Clinical epidemiology of HIV disease in Manipur
25.DR.H.B.DINGLEY MEMORIAL AWARD (PAEDIATRICS)

 
Dr.Shally Awasthi,  
Associate Professor,  
Dept. Of Paediatrics, 
K.G.Medical College, 
LUCKNOW -226003 
Effect of air pollution on respiratory disease in preschool children

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