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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Harbans Singh Wasir<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = Harbans Singh Wasir<br />
| birth_date = 13 August 1937<br />
| birth_place = India<br />
| death_date = 23 August 2004<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]]<br />
| occupation = Cardiologist<br />
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2000)<br/>[[Padma Shri]]<br/>[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]<br/>[[Indian Council for Medical Research|ICMR]] Research Award<br />
| restingplace = Dayanand Muktidham Cremation Ground and Electric Crematorium<br />
| restingplacecoordinates = {{Coord|28|35|21|N|77|14|27|E}}<br />
| yearsactive = 1937&ndash;2004<br />
| known for = Preventive cardiology<br />
}}<br />
'''Harbans Singh Wasir''',<ref name="Tribute">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/DR-Prof-Harbans-Singh-Wasir/tributeshow/9674030.cms | title=Tribute | newspaper=Times of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 August 2015}}</ref> was an Indian cardiologist, medical researcher and writer, and the professor and head of the Department of Cardiology at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]], known for his contributions in the fields of [[hypertension]] and [[rheumatic heart disease]]s.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite journal | url=http://www.nmji.in/archives/Volume_18-1_january_february2005/Obituary/Harbans_Singh_Wasir.htm | title=Obituary | author=S. S. Kothari | journal=National Medical Journal of India | date=January 2005 | volume=18 | issue=1 | pages=41 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225170927/http://www.nmji.in/archives/Volume_18-1_january_february2005/Obituary/Harbans_Singh_Wasir.htm | archive-date=2016-02-25 }}</ref> He was a recipient of [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian award in the medical category. The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1987 and followed it up with the third highest honour of [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2000.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Born on 13 August 1937, Wasir graduated in [[medicine]] from the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi]] and continued his studies there to secure MD in medicine in 1965 and DM in cardiology in 1969.<ref name="Obituary" /> His career started at his alma mater itself where he rose in ranks to become the professor and head of the department of cardiology during his thirty years of service there. After [[superannuation]] from service in 1997, he joined Batra Hospital, Delhi and served the institution till his death on 23 August 2004.<ref name="Dr H.S. Wasir passes away">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040825/delhi.htm#12 | title=Dr H.S. Wasir passes away | work=The Tribune | date=24 August 2004 | access-date=21 August 2015 | archive-date=29 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629100723/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040825/delhi.htm#12 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
Wasir served as the honorary physician to four of the [[Presidents of India]]<ref name="Obituary" /> and was a Consultant to the [[World Health Organization]] on Cardiovascular Diseases. He is credited with research on the topic of preventive cardiology and his research findings have been published by way of several books in English and Hindi, such as ''Preventive Cardiology'',<ref name="Preventive Cardiology: An Introduction">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfB_AAAACAAJ | title=Preventive Cardiology: An Introduction | publisher=Vikas Publishing House | author=Harbans Singh Wasir | year=1991 | pages=409 | isbn=9780706961386}}</ref> ''Aging and Heart Care'',<ref name="Aging and Heart Care">{{cite book | title=Aging and Heart Care | publisher=Vikas Publishing House | author=H. S. Wasir | year=1993 | isbn=978-0706965674}}</ref> ''Heart to Heart&nbsp;— A Holistic Approach to Heart Care'', ''Traditional Wisdom in Heart Care'',<ref name="Traditional Wisdom for Heart Care">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R5QLPQAACAAJ | title=Traditional Wisdom for Heart Care | publisher=Vikas Publishing House | author=Harbans Singh Wasir | year=1995 | pages=100 | isbn=9780706997392}}</ref> ''Life Styles and Longevity'' and ''Heart Care for Holistic Health''<ref name="Heart Care for Holistic Health">{{cite book | url=http://www.rolibooks.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&category_id=2&product_id=312&Itemid=3 | title=Heart Care for Holistic Health | publisher=Roli Books | author=H.S. Wasir | year=2001 | pages=84 | isbn=9788174361189 | access-date=21 August 2015 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072017/http://www.rolibooks.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&category_id=2&product_id=312&Itemid=3 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and over 400 medical papers.<ref name="Obituary" /><ref name="Thrombolytic therapy in infants and children">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ahjonline.com/article/0002-8703(94)90676-9/abstract | title=Thrombolytic therapy in infants and children |author1=Shyam Sunder Kothari |author2=Sudhir Varma |author3=Harbans Singh Wasir | journal=American Heart Journal |date=March 1994 | volume=127 | issue=3 | pages=651–657 | doi=10.1016/0002-8703(94)90676-9| pmid=8122615 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> He also delivered over 350 lectures<ref name="Heart Care for Holistic Health" /> on cardiology in India and abroad and served as a visiting professor at universities in Sweden, Belgium and Russia.<ref name="Obituary" /> On duty with the World Health Organization, he worked as a consultant at Mauritius, Nepal and Bhutan.<br />
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Harbans Singh Wasir was a recipient of [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] from the [[Medical Council of India]] and two civilian awards from the [[Government of India]], the [[Padma Shri]] in 1987 and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2000.<ref name="Obituary" /> He also received the Research Award from the [[Indian Council for Medical Research]] and DSc (honoris causa) in Medical Sciences<ref name="Obituary" /> and was an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="NASI Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/deceased.htm | title=NASI Fellow | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2015 | access-date=21 August 2015 | archive-date=28 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528102550/http://www.nasi.org.in/deceased.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was married to Bhupendra Kaur, a gynecologist and the couple had two sons, Harpreet Wasir (Wife- Dr.Kamal Preet Kaur Wasir) and Jasjeet Wasir( Wife - Dr. Vani Wasir), with 3 beautiful grandchildren namely Gitali Wasir, Mehar Wasir and Amanpreet Wasir<br />
.<ref name="Dr H.S. Wasir passes away" /> Both the children are medical doctors.<ref name="Dr H.S. Wasir passes away" /><br />
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==Selected bibliography==<br />
* {{cite journal | title=Thrombolytic therapy in infants and children |author1=Shyam Sunder Kothari |author2=Sudhir Varma |author3=Harbans Singh Wasir | journal=American Heart Journal |date=March 1994 | volume=127 | issue=3 | pages=651–657 | doi=10.1016/0002-8703(94)90676-9|pmid=8122615 }}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Traditional Wisdom for Heart Care | publisher=Vikas Publishing House | author=Harbans Singh Wasir | year=1995 | pages=100 | isbn=9780706997392}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Preventive Cardiology: An Introduction | publisher=Vikas Publishing House | author=Harbans Singh Wasir | year=1991 | pages=409 | isbn=9780706961386}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Aging and Heart Care | publisher=Vikas Publishing House | author=H.S. Wasir | year=1993 | isbn=978-0706965674}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Heart Care for Holistic Health | publisher=Roli Books | author=H.S. Wasir | year=2001 | pages=84 | isbn=9788174361189}}<br />
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