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| name = Janak Raj Talwar<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|1|1}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|11|21|1931|1|1}}<br />
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| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Cardiology]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | Punjab Medical service | [[AIIMS Delhi]] | [[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)|Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]] | [[Holy Family Hospital (New Delhi)|Holy Family Hospital]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist|[[Government Medical College, Amritsar]] }}<br />
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| known_for = {{ublist |[[Cardiothoracic surgery]] | [[Vascular surgery]] }}<br />
| awards = {{ublist|1967&nbsp;[[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Amir Chand Prize | 1970&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}<br />
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'''Janak Raj Talwar''' (1 January 1931 – 21 November 2002) was an Indian cardiothoracic surgeon who served in many major Indian medical centres such as All [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]], [[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)|Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]], [[Holy Family Hospital (New Delhi)|Holy Family Hospital]] and Laxmipat Singhania Institute of Cardiology, Kanpur.<ref name="Obituary">{{Cite web |url=http://medind.nic.in/ibq/t03/i1/ibqt03i1p82.pdf |title=Obituary |last=J. S. Guleria |date=2017 |publisher=National Databases of Indian Medical Journals}}</ref><br />
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Talwar was known to have done significant work on the treatment of cold injuries which are resulted from exposure to extreme cold conditions and proposed [[prophylactic]] as well as therapeutic measures.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=19 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Besides, he pioneered thoracic surgery in North India and established specialty departments for the discipline at several hospitals.<ref name="Obituary" /> He received Amir Chand Prize of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 1967. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1970.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> He died on 21 November 2002 at the age of 71.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=308 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref><br />
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