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{{Infobox person
| name = Kirpal Singh Chugh
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|12|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Patti, Punjab|Patti]], [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|17|1932|12|12|df=y}}
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| occupation = Nephrologist
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| children = Sumant Chugh, Sumeet Chugh
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[B. C. Roy Award]] [[National Kidney Foundation]] Award Nihon University Medical School Gold Medal [[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Outstanding Research Award Motashaw Memorial Award M. D. Adatia Award Indian Society of Nephrologists Award Association of Physicians of India Award K. B. Kanwar Memorial Award Dhanwantari National Award Nephrology Forum Award
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'''Kirpal Singh Chugh''' (12 December 1932 – 17 September 2017) was an Indian nephrologist<ref name="The Tribune">{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/chandigarh/dr-kirpal-chugh-india-s-father-of-nephrology-dies-at-85-468473 | title=The Tribune | date=2017 | access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> from [[Patti, Punjab|Patti]], a neighbouring town to [[Amritsar]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="Scientist India">{{cite web | url=http://www.scientistindia.com/specialization%20phy.htm | title=Scientist India | publisher=Scientist India | date=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> He was reportedly the first qualified Indian nephrologist and is considered by many to have been the father of Nephrology in India<ref name="Lokvani">{{cite web | url=http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=8103 | title=Lokvani | publisher=Lokvani | date=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> for his pioneering efforts in starting the first medical department in the discipline in 1956 and establishing the first medical course in nephrology (DM) at the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]], Chandigarh .<ref name="Scientist India" />

Born on 12 December 1932,<ref name="ISN Video Legacy Project">{{cite web | url=http://cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/ISN/VLP/Trans/chugh.htm | title=ISN Video Legacy Project | publisher=ISN Video Legacy Project | date=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> Chugh won many awards and honours such as [[B. C. Roy Award]] (1993), [[National Kidney Foundation]] Award, Nihon University Medical School Gold Medal (1979), [[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Outstanding Research Award (1978), Motashaw Memorial Award (1975), M. D. Adatia Award (1976), Indian Society of Nephrologists Award (1976), Association of Physicians of India Award (1978), K. B. Kanwar Memorial Award (1979), Dhanwantari National Award and Nephrology Forum Award.<ref name="Scientist India" /><ref name="ISN Video Legacy Project" />

A member of the Advisory Board of World Kidney Forum<ref name="American Journal of Kidney Diseases">{{cite web | url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://211.144.68.84:9998/91keshi/Public/File/16/54-4/pdf/1-s2.0-S0272638609009469-main.pdf | title=American Journal of Kidney Diseases | publisher=American Journal of Kidney Diseases | date=2009 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> and an elected Fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]],<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> he was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific data has listed 262 publications of K. S. Chugh.<ref name="ResearchGate">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kirpal_Chugh | title=ResearchGate | work=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
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>Rajasekhar1961 at 18:42, 17 June 2021