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{{Short description|Indian physician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kamlakar Tripathi
| birth_place = Madanpur
| occupation = Physician
| known_for = Giving free consultation to patients
| notable_works =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
| honours =
}}

'''Kamlakar Tripathi''' (born [[Madanpur, India|Madanpur]], [[Siddharth nagar]]) is an Indian physician and Former Professor in the Department of Medicine, [[Banaras Hindu University|BHU Institute of Medical Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-31 |title=SSU fetes three Padma awardees from Varanasi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/ssu-fetes-three-padma-awardees-from-varanasi-101643646871191.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=पद्म पुरस्‍कार 2022 : बीएचयू चिकित्सा विज्ञान संस्थान के पूर्व प्रोफेसर डा. कमलाकर त्रिपाठी को पद्मश्री सम्मान |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-padma-awards-2022-padma-bhushan-to-dr-kamalakar-tripathi-former-professor-of-bhu-institute-of-medical-sciences-hpjagranspecial-22413447.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=[[Dainik Jagran]] |language=hi}}</ref> He has been the Head of Nephrology Department. He has served as the Chairman of the Department of General Medicine, BHU from 1998 to 2001 and the President of the Indian Hypertension Society from 2008 to 2009. He also held the responsibility of Dean in-charge of the BHU Institute.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=Padma Awards 2022: From Radheshyam Khemka to Swami Shivanand... these 6 personalities of Kashi got the Padma Award |url=https://newsbuzz.live/states-news/uttar-pradesh-news/padma-awards-2022-from-radheshyam-khemka-to-swami-shivanand-these-6-personalities-of-kashi-got-the-padma-award/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=News Buzz |language=en-GB}}</ref>

He was also the President of UP Diabetes Association from 2009 to 2011. Tripathi has received 2 international and 15 national awards.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=वाराणसी के कमलाकर त्रिपाठी को मिला पद्मश्री सम्मान:अबतक मिले 2 अंतरराष्ट्रीय और 15 नेशनल अवॉर्ड, कोरोना काल में की जनता की सेवा |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/varanasi-interview-with-kamalakar-ram-tripathi-said-my-life-is-incomplete-without-medicine-129339664.html}}</ref>

The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian honor of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2022, for his contributions in the field of medicine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=Padma Vibhushan for two, Padma Shri for nine in Uttar Pradesh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/padma-vibhushan-for-two-padma-shri-for-nine-in-uttar-pradesh-101643140890275.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Padma Awards 2022: 25 awardees are from poll-bound states; check full list here |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/padma-awards-2022-25-awardees-are-from-poll-bound-states-check-full-list-here |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=[[Free Press Journal]] |language=en}}</ref>

He has been serving patients for free for the past several years. He provides free consultation to 100 to 150 patients every day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-28 |title=Padma Award: काशी के ये डॉक्टर फ्री में करते हैं मरीजों की सेवा,अब मिला पद्मश्री सम्मान |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-padma-award-these-doctors-of-kashi-serve-patients-for-free-now-got-padma-shri-award-3977144.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=पद्म पुरस्‍कार 2022 : बीएचयू चिकित्सा विज्ञान संस्थान के पूर्व प्रोफेसर डा. कमलाकर त्रिपाठी को पद्मश्री सम्मान |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-padma-awards-2022-padma-bhushan-to-dr-kamalakar-tripathi-former-professor-of-bhu-institute-of-medical-sciences-hpjagranspecial-22413447.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== Personal life ==
He currently resides in Ravindrapuri Extension of [[Varanasi]].<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}
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{{Portal|India|Medicine}}

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Marinavan at 23:20, 7 February 2026