Indira Hinduja
Born (1946-08-21) 21 August 1946 (age 77)
Shikarpur, British Sindh, British India
Alma materBombay University
AwardsPadma Shri (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsInfertility
InstitutionsKEM Hospital, Mumbai

Indira Hinduja is an Indian gynecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist based in Mumbai.[1] She pioneered the Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) technique resulting in the birth of India's first GIFT baby on 4 January 1988. Previously she delivered India's first test tube baby at KEM Hospital on 6 August 1986.[2] She is also credited for developing an oocyte donation technique for menopausal and premature ovarian failure patients, giving the country's first baby out of this technique on 24 January 1991.[3]

Academic career

She has obtained PhD degree for her thesis entitled 'Human in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer' from the Bombay University. She is a full-time practicing Obstetrician and Gynaecologist of the P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Mahim West, Bombay.[3]

Hinduja is currently also honorary obstetrician and gynecologist at P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre in Mumbai.

Awards

References

  1. ^ Profile of Dr. Indira Hinduja Archived 16 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine at Hinduja Hospital.
  2. ^ "India First Test Tube Baby". New Straits Times. 8 August 1986.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Indira Ahuja Profile". NDTV Doctor. 20 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards Announced" (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2011.

[1]

  1. ^ Admin (3 January 2022). "History Today in Medicine - Prof. Dr. Indira Hinduja". CME INDIA. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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