Cardiologist
Mani Kumar Chetri is an Indian cardiologist, a former director of West Bengal State Health Services and a former director of the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.[2] He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[3] and a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1974.[4]
Biography
Mani Kumar Chetri was born on 23 May 1920 in Teesta Valley T.E.,[5] one of the oldest tea gardens situated on the banks of Teesta River in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal,[6] in a gorkha family[7] to P. L. Singh Chettri and H. M. Chettri.[2] He did his early schooling at the Darjeeling Municipal Primary School and Turnbull High School and completed his matriculation from the Government High School, Darjeeling in 1936.[2] After passing his intermediate examination from St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, he secured a graduate degree in medicine (MBBS) from the Government Medical College, Calcutta and the degree of FRCP from London on government scholarship in 1956.[2]
Chetri joined the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital in 1960 as the director and a professor of the department of cardiology.[2] In 1976, he was appointed as the Director of West Bengal Health Services in 1976[5] and served as the personal doctor of the then chief minister, Jyoti Basu.[8] In 1997, when the Advanced Medical Research Institute was started in Dhakuria,[5] Chetri was made the managing director, but he continued his association with PGIMER as an advisor.[2] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of Padma Shri in 1974.[4]
See also
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References
- ↑ Moni Kumar Chetri after Bidhanchandra Roy in West Bengal's Health Services. ABP Ananda(2020-05-31).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Personality of the Month. Darjeeling Times(27 December 2007). Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ List of Fellows - NAMS. National Academy of Medical Sciences(2016). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Padma Shri. Padma Shri(2015). Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 GJM cries foul in arrest of Padmashree Doctor in AMRI case. I Sikkim(31 January 2012). Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ↑ Dazzling Darjeeling. Darjeeling Times(2 April 2015). Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ↑ Notable Indian Gorkhas. World Gorkha Foundation Trust(2015). Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ↑ All India Gorkha League (AIGL) condemns the arrest of Dr. Mani Kumar Chettri. Mungpoo News(29 January 2012). Retrieved 9 June 2015.