Ajit Kumar Basu
Born1912
India
Died3 December 1986
OccupationCardiac surgeon
Known forOpen Heart surgery
AwardsPadma Shri
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Ajit Kumar Basu (1912–1986) was an Indian cardiac surgeon.[1][2] He was a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian science award in 1967.[3] He was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[4] He qualified for his FRCS in 1946. He was the first Indian to be appointed examiner of the Royal College and served as its Hunterian Professor.[5]

References

  1. ^ S. M. Sengupta (1985). "Ajit Kumar Basu". Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 4 (1): 95–96. doi:10.1007/BF02664099.
  2. ^ Arunava Choudhury (July 2009). "Himadri Sarkar: Premature demise of a genius". Indian J. Urol. 25 (3): 288–290. doi:10.4103/0970-1591.56172. PMC 2779946. PMID 19881117.
  3. ^ "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Ajit Kumar Basu (19121986)". dokumen.tips (in Hausa). Retrieved 3 December 2019.


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