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'''Kantilal H. Sancheti''' (born 24 July 1936) is an [[orthopaedic]] [[physician]] who invented India's first indigenous knee implant, the Indus Knee, and founder of Maharashtra's first orthopaedic dedicated specialty hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanchetihospital.org/about-us/team-behind/board-of-directors/dr-k-h-sancheti.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608032734/http://www.sanchetihospital.org/about-us/team-behind/board-of-directors/dr-k-h-sancheti.html |archive-date=8 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
Sancheti was born in a Shewtamber Jain family. He holds the academic degrees and fellowships of M.S. (Ortho), F.R.C.S (Edinburgh) U.K., Ph.D (Ortho), F.I.C.S., F.A.C.S. (U.S.A.).

==Career==
*Founder Director and Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, at Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (SIOR). SIOR is a hospital specialising in joint replacement, traumatology, spinal surgery, paediatrics, orthopaedic, arthroscopy and sports injuries, hand and plastic surgery.
*Chairman, Post Graduate Institute of Orthopaedics, Post Graduate Institute for Physiotherapy and Hospital Management.
*Hon. Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Governor of Maharashtra and Indian Armed Forces.
*Hon. Professor, Examiner, and member of several high level core committees of various universities and healthcare-related committees of Government of Maharashtra and [[Medical Council of India]].
*President Indian Orthopaedic Association and former President of Maharashtra Orthopaedic Association.
*Professor Emeritus in Orthopaedics, Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sancheti Hospital & Centre for Joint Replacement Surgery, Pune.

== Awards ==
The Government of India presented him with its highest civilian awards: the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881|title= Padma Awards|publisher=pib|date= 27 January 2013 |access-date= 27 January 2013 }}</ref>

*Maharana Mewar Award by the Maharana Mewar Foundation - 2003
*Fellowship of the [[Royal College of Surgeons]], Edinburg, United Kingdom - 2004
*Lifetime Achievement award of The International Medical Integration Council from the Government of Maharashtra - 2004
*International Award for Medical Excellence by [[Harvard Medical School]] (USA) - 2005
*Jeevan Sadhana Gaurav Puraskar by Pune University 2010 <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sanchetihospital.org/about-us/board-of-directors/ | title=Board of Directors| date=9 August 2017}}</ref>

He organized over 500 health camps for handicapped children all over India. Sancheti also acted in the capacity of hospital design consultant to over 120 hospitals in India.

== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–09}}

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