Hariharan Srinivasan
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Dr. Hariharan Srinivasan | |
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Born | 7 September 1929 Vellore, Tamil Nadu |
Died | December 21, 2015 | (aged 86)
Other names | Charvakan |
Occupation(s) | orthopedic surgeon, writer |
Dr. Hariharan Srinivasan (7 September 1929 – 21 December 2015[1]) was an Indian orthopedic surgeon who worked primarily with leprosy. He wrote under the pen name Charvakan in Tamil.[2] He retired in 2008.
Personal life
Dr. Srinivasan spent most of his working life in correcting the deformed hands and feet of leprosy-affected persons. During his active period he was highly regarded for his academic and research work in the management and prevention of deformities and disabilities in persons with insensitive and paralysed hands and feet in general and the leprosy-affected in particular. He retired from active work in 2008.
Dr.Srinivasan attended
Dr.Srinivasan was interested in Tamil literature from an early age. His grandfather Krishna Iyer and uncle, Krishna Sivarman were Tamil scholars. Srinivasan himself is a writer in Tamil Stories and one of which was selected as "best short story of the year" by a Tamil Literary Forum in 1971.[2] His short stories are collected and published as Charvakan kathaigal.[3]
Career
Srinivasan worked in Vellore in 1953, and travelled to England in 1954. From 1954 to 1958 he worked in Hospitals in Birmingham,
He joined
Awards and honours
Dr.Srinivasan has received various awards, including the
- Padma Shri in 1984 [5]
- "JALMA Indian council of medical research
- "International Gandhi Award" in 2004.
- He was conferred a "Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa)" by the Medical University of Tamil Nadu in 2004.
- The International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand awarded him "Pioneer of Hand Surgery" in 2007.[6]
References
- ^ "அஞ்சலி: சார்வாகன் - எதற்காக எழுத வேண்டும், யார் படிக்கிறார்கள்?". 27 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Alumni MMC - Recollection". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ "சார்வாகன் கதைகள்". Natrinai books. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Dr. H. Srinivasan (1929–2015)" (PDF). LEPRA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Padma Shri Awards List" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Pioneers of Hand Surgery". IFSSH. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2018.