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{{about|the Indian surgeon|the Indian-American TV journalist|Hari Sreenivasan}}
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{{infobox person
|name =Dr. Hariharan Srinivasan
|birth_date =7 September 1929
|birth_place =Vellore, Tamil Nadu
|death_date ={{death date and age|2015|12|21|1929|9|7}}
|occupation =orthopedic surgeon, writer
|other_names =Charvakan
}}
'''Dr. Hariharan Srinivasan''' (7 September 1929 – 21 December 2015<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/general/literature/அஞ்சலி-சார்வாகன்-எதற்காக-எழுத-வேண்டும்-யார்-படிக்கிறார்கள்/article8034031.ece | title=அஞ்சலி: சார்வாகன் - எதற்காக எழுத வேண்டும், யார் படிக்கிறார்கள்? | access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref>) was an Indian orthopedic surgeon who worked primarily with [[leprosy]]. He retired in 2008. He wrote under the pen name '''Charvakan''' in Tamil.<ref name=mmc>{{cite web|url=http://alumnimmc.com/halloffame-hari.php |title=Alumni MMC - Recollection |access-date=10 March 2011}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Dr. Srinivasan spent most of his working life in correcting the deformed hands and feet of leprosy-affected persons. During his active period he was highly regarded for his academic and research work in the management and prevention of deformities and disabilities in persons with insensitive and paralysed hands and feet in general and the leprosy-affected in particular. He retired from active work in 2008.

Dr.Srinivasan attended [[elementary school|elementary]] and [[middle school]] at Vellore, and [[high school]] in the District Board High School in Arni. He studied at [[Madras Christian College]] in Tambaram, later joining the [[Madras Medical College]] and receiving his MBBS degree in 1952. He got his FRCS (Edinburgh) in 1957 and FRCS (England) in 1958. He was in UK from 1954 to 1958 and worked in Hospitals in Birmingham, North Wales and London in different capacities such as House Surgeon, Senior House Surgeon, Registrar and Locum Consultant.<ref name=mmc />

Dr.Srinivasan was interested in [[Tamil literature]] from an early age. His grandfather Krishna Iyer and uncle, Krishna Sivarman were Tamil scholars. Srinivasan himself is a writer in Tamil Stories and one of which was selected as "best short story of the year" by a [[Tamil Literary Forum]] in 1971.<ref name=mmc/> His short stories are collected and published as ''Charvakan kathaigal''.<ref>{{cite web|title=சார்வாகன் கதைகள்|url=http://natrinaibooks.com/book/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=157|publisher=Natrinai books|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref>

== Career ==
Srinivasan worked in Vellore in 1953, and travelled to England in 1954. From 1954 to 1958 he worked in Hospitals in Birmingham, [[North Wales]] and London. He was later married in London in 1957. In 1959, he returned to India and joined [[Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore]], and worked in [[Government Wenlock Hospital]], [[Mangalore, Karnataka]]. His work with leprosy began there. In 1962, he became a full-time orthopaedic surgeon in [[Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute]][http://cltri.gov.in/ (CLTRI)] in [[Chengalpattu]], formerly Chingleput. After retiring from the Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, He worked as a research consultant at the Portland Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation Centre in [[Portland, Oregon]] United States from 1984 to 1986, focusing on [[carpal tunnel syndrome]].<ref name=mmc/> He became a member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel for leprosy in 1985<ref name="lepra">{{cite web|title=Dr. H. Srinivasan (1929–2015)|url=https://www.lepra.org.uk/platforms/lepra/files/lr/Mar16/Obituary_87_1.pdf|website=LEPRA|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref>

He joined [[Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy]] in [[Agra, India]] from 1987 to 1990. During that time, he conducted a number of surgical workshops sponsored by the [[World Health Organization]] for medical [[Universities and colleges in India|colleges in India]], training approximately 100 surgeons. Srinivasan became editor of the [[Indian Journal of Leprosy]] in 1990 to 2001, and joined a panel for leprosy in the World Health Organization in 1985. He has published approximately 90 papers in [[medical journal]]s, authored three books, and contributed chapters in ten [[textbook]]s on Leprosy, [[dermatology]] and [[surgery]].<ref name=lepra/>

==Awards & Honours==
Dr.Srinivasan has received various awards, including the
* [[Padma Shri]] in 1984 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://mha.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017.pdf |title=Padma Shri Awards List |access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref>
* "JALMA [[Trust law|Trust Fund]] Oration Award" in 1979 from the [[Indian council of medical research]]
* "International Gandhi Award" in 2004.
* He was conferred a "Doctor of Science ([[Honorary degree|Honoris Causa]])" by the Medical University of [[Tamil Nadu]] in 2004.
* The [[International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand]] awarded him "Pioneer of Hand Surgery" in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pioneers of Hand Surgery|url=http://www.ifssh.info/pioneers.html|publisher=IFSSH|access-date=23 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003163334/http://www.ifssh.info/pioneers.html|archive-date=3 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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