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Obituary - Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
clinical epidemiology and global health 3 (2015) S114
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OBITUARY
Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
November 4, 1930 – October 27, 2015 Prof. Chaudhury was born in 1930 in Patna. He did his MBBS from he Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna., and DPhil from Oxford University. He joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi in 1958 and served as an assistant professor till 1960, when he moved to Ciba-Geigy Research Center, Bombay. In 1964, he was appointed as the Head of the Department of Pharmacology at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. He served the institution as its Dean and superannuated in 1980 as its Director, during which time he started a DM course in Clinical Pharmacology, a first time for India. When the Indian Council of Medical Research set up the Toxicology Review Panel, he was appointed as its founder chairman. His served in various capacities at the World Health Organization (WHO till 1991 and he worked at the Regional Offices at Alexandria and Yangon and at the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Returning to India in 1991, he was involved in various medical organization activities. He was one of the co-founders of Delhi Medical Council, working. He was also involved with the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi as the Emeritus Scientist, holding the post till 2005. During this period, he chaired the Board of Trustees of the International Clinical Epidemiological Network (INCLEN) for doi:10.1016/S2213-3984(15)00099-8
two terms till 2006 and held its membership. He has also been a member of the Sub-Commission in Macroeconomics and Health set up by the Government of India in 2005. In February 2013, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare constituted a committee, National Committee for formulating the policy and guidelines on drugs and clinical trials in India under the chairmanship of Dr. Chaudhury. Dr Choudhary was the receipient of national awards like Padma Shri, Dr. B. C. Roy Award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, Unichem Amrut Modi Award Vishisht Bihari Samman and International Chulalongkorn University Award. Dr Chaudhury was the founder member on the Editorial Board of IndiaClen’s official journal, Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. In his last communication to the journal on 2nd September 2015, to a request to review manuscripts for Supplement on PG Research work, he wrote, “I would be very glad to review papers in clinical trials and clinical pharmacology and traditional medicine and medicinal plants”. The members of the editorial board of the Journal expressed their profound grief at his demise and remembered him as a “versatile” and dynamic person always encouraging and supporting all endeavors. He will be remembered as “truly BHISHM PITAMAH of our fraternity”.
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com
ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cegh
OBITUARY
Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
November 4, 1930 – October 27, 2015 Prof. Chaudhury was born in 1930 in Patna. He did his MBBS from he Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna., and DPhil from Oxford University. He joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi in 1958 and served as an assistant professor till 1960, when he moved to Ciba-Geigy Research Center, Bombay. In 1964, he was appointed as the Head of the Department of Pharmacology at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. He served the institution as its Dean and superannuated in 1980 as its Director, during which time he started a DM course in Clinical Pharmacology, a first time for India. When the Indian Council of Medical Research set up the Toxicology Review Panel, he was appointed as its founder chairman. His served in various capacities at the World Health Organization (WHO till 1991 and he worked at the Regional Offices at Alexandria and Yangon and at the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Returning to India in 1991, he was involved in various medical organization activities. He was one of the co-founders of Delhi Medical Council, working. He was also involved with the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi as the Emeritus Scientist, holding the post till 2005. During this period, he chaired the Board of Trustees of the International Clinical Epidemiological Network (INCLEN) for doi:10.1016/S2213-3984(15)00099-8
two terms till 2006 and held its membership. He has also been a member of the Sub-Commission in Macroeconomics and Health set up by the Government of India in 2005. In February 2013, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare constituted a committee, National Committee for formulating the policy and guidelines on drugs and clinical trials in India under the chairmanship of Dr. Chaudhury. Dr Choudhary was the receipient of national awards like Padma Shri, Dr. B. C. Roy Award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, Unichem Amrut Modi Award Vishisht Bihari Samman and International Chulalongkorn University Award. Dr Chaudhury was the founder member on the Editorial Board of IndiaClen’s official journal, Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. In his last communication to the journal on 2nd September 2015, to a request to review manuscripts for Supplement on PG Research work, he wrote, “I would be very glad to review papers in clinical trials and clinical pharmacology and traditional medicine and medicinal plants”. The members of the editorial board of the Journal expressed their profound grief at his demise and remembered him as a “versatile” and dynamic person always encouraging and supporting all endeavors. He will be remembered as “truly BHISHM PITAMAH of our fraternity”.