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{{short description|Indian gynecologist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Indira Hinduja
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| birth_place = [[Shikarpur, Sindh|Shikarpur]], [[British Sindh]], [[British India]]
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| fields = [[Infertility]]
| workplaces = [[KEM Hospital]], Mumbai
| alma_mater = [[Bombay University]]
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| prizes = [[Padma Shri]] (2011)
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'''Indira Hinduja''' is an Indian [[gynecologist]], [[obstetrician]] and [[infertility]] specialist based in Mumbai.<ref name=hin>[http://www.hindujahospital.com/hindujaivfcentre/specialist/dr-indira-hinduja.html Profile of Dr. Indira Hinduja] at [[Hinduja Hospital]].</ref> She pioneered the [[Gamete intrafallopian transfer]] (GIFT) technique resulting in the birth of India's first GIFT baby on 4 January 1988. Previously she delivered India's first [[test tube baby]] at [[KEM Hospital]] on 6 August 1986.<ref>{{cite news |title=India First Test Tube Baby.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I9RHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=po4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6814,2022108&dq=indira+hinduja&hl=en |newspaper=[[New Straits Times]]|date=8 August 1986 }}</ref> She is also credited for developing an [[oocyte donation]] technique for menopausal and premature ovarian failure patients, giving the country's first baby out of this technique on 24 January 1991.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news |title=Dr. Indira Ahuja Profile |url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/84/Indira_Hinduja.html |publisher=NDTV Doctor |date=20 July 2009}}</ref>

==Academic career==
She has obtained PhD degree for her thesis entitled 'Human in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer' from the [[Bombay University]]. She is a full-time practicing Obstetrician and Gynaecologist of the P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Mahim West, Bombay.<ref name=ndtv/>

Hinduja is currently also honorary obstetrician and gynecologist at [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre]] in Mumbai.

==Awards==
*Young Indian Award (1987)
*Outstanding Lady Citizen of Maharashtra State Jaycee Award (1987)
*Bharat Nirman Award for Talented Ladies (1994)
*International Women's Day Award by the Mayor of Bombay (1995; 2000)
*Lifetime Achievement Award by Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of India (1999)
*Dhanvantari Award by The Governor of Maharashtra (2000)
*[[Padma Shri]] award from Government of India (2011)<ref name=pib2>{{cite press release|title=Padma Awards Announced|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=25 January 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}
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