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{{Short description|Indian neurologist, medical writer, academic}}
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| occupation = [[Neurology|Neurologist]]<br />[[Medical writing|Medical writer]]
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| known for = Founder of the department of neurology at [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research|PGIMER]]
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nagarkoti |first1=Rajinder |title=Administration recommends four PGI doctors for Padma awards |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/administration-recommends-four-pgi-doctors-for-padma-awards/articleshow/65826626.cms |access-date=20 January 2019 |agency=[[The Times Group]] |issue=1 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 September 2018}}</ref><br />[[B. C. Roy Award]]<br />[[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Amrut Mody Research Award
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'''Jagjit Singh Chopra''' (15 June 1935<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ganapathy |first1=Krishnan |title=Past Presidents, 2000—2016 |url=http://www.neurosocietyindia.com/site/Ebook/Past%20Presidents%202000-2016.pdf |website=neurosocietyindia.com |publisher=Neurological Society of India |access-date=20 January 2019 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144423/http://www.neurosocietyindia.com/site/Ebook/Past%20Presidents%202000-2016.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> – 18 January 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/eminent-neurologist-jagjit-singh-chopra-dies-at-84/716284.html|title=Eminent neurologist Jagjit Singh Chopra dies at 84|date=19 January 2019|website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=20 January 2019|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403175048/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/eminent-neurologist-jagjit-singh-chopra-dies-at-84/716284.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> was an Indian neurologist, medical writer and an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Neurology at the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]] (PGIMER).<ref name="Modern lifestyle leading to health problems">{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/modern-lifestyle-leading-to-health-problems/ | title=Modern lifestyle leading to health problems | newspaper=Indian Express | date=10 January 2016 | access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>

He was the founder-principal of the [[Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh]],{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and a past president of the Indian Academy of Neurology.<ref name="Reflections of Former Presidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.ian.net.in/uploads/files/A-Saga-of-Indian-Neurology-Book-1-283.pdf | title=Reflections of Former Presidents | publisher=Sagar Hospital and Agadi Hospital | date=2011 | access-date=19 June 2016 | author=H. V. Srinivas | archive-date=2 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502062650/http://ian.net.in/uploads/files/A-Saga-of-Indian-Neurology-Book-1-283.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

He authored the book ''Neurology in Tropics'',<ref name="Chopra1999">{{cite book|author=Jagjit S. Chopra|title=Neurology in Tropics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThGCtgAACAAJ|year=1999|publisher=B.I. Churchill Livingstone Pvt Limited|isbn=978-81-7042-121-4}}</ref> which is a compilation of contributions from 146 neurologists.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/life-style/gyan-zone/walk-your-way-to-fitness/181814.html|title=Walk your way to fitness|last=Ahuja|first=Manika|date=10 January 2016|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>

==Life ==
Chopra was elected by the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] as a fellow in 1980 and six years later, he received the [[B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian honor in the medical category.<ref name="NAMS Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=NAMS Fellow | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 June 2016 | pages=27 of 162}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Goyal|first1=Manoj K.|last2=Lal|first2=Vivek|date=2018-01-01|title=PGIMER, Chandigarh: A temple of holistic Neurology|url=http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2018;volume=66;issue=1;spage=188;epage=203;aulast=Lal;type=0|journal=Neurology India|language=en|volume=66|issue=1|pages=188–203|doi=10.4103/0028-3886.222812|issn=0028-3886|pmid=29322985|s2cid=37595889 |doi-access=free |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He delivered several award orations such as those for Dr. R. S. Allison Oration and M. S. Sen Award Oration of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (ICMR) and was also a recipient of Amrut Mody Research Award of ICMR (1981). The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2008, for his contributions to Indian medicine.<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=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of Madras Neuro Trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.madrasneurotrust.org/lifetime-achivement.html |title=MADRAS NEURO TRUST |website=www.madrasneurotrust.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013643/http://www.madrasneurotrust.org/lifetime-achivement.html |archive-date=2017-02-20}} </ref>

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==Death==

After suffering from a [[stroke]] at Chandigarh, despite attempts to save him for a month at the [[Intensive care unit|ICU unit]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/pgi-neurology-dept-founder-dr-chopra-passes-away-at-84/articleshow/67606240.cms|title=PGI neurology department founder Dr Chopra passes away at 84|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=20 January 2019 |access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref> Chopra died on 19 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/news/agencies/eminent-neurologist-jagjit-chopra-dies-3534108/|title=Eminent neurologist Jagjit Chopra dies|last=Feeds|first=P. T. I.|date=2019-01-19|website=India.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/eminent-neurologist-jagjit-chopra-dies-119011900652_1.html|title=Eminent neurologist Jagjit Chopra dies|date=2019-01-19|work=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref>

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