Ranjit Roy Chaudhury

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Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
Unichem Award
Chulalongkorn University
Award
Amrut Modi Award
Vishisht Bihari Samman

Ranjit Roy Chaudhury,

pharmacologist, medical academic and health planner,[1] who headed the National Committee for formulating the policy and guidelines on drugs and clinical trials in India.[2] He was the chairman of the joint programme of World Health Organization and Government of India on Rational Use of Drugs in India.[3] He was the founder president of the Delhi Medical Council and the president of the Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs.[1]

A recipient of the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award and the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, Chaudhury was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri by the Government of India, in 1998.[4]

Biography

Chaudhury was born in 1930 in

Ciba-Geigy Research Center, Bombay as a professor of pharmacology.[6]

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.[3] 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.[1] When the Indian Council of Medical Research set up the Toxicology Review Panel, he was appointed as its founder chairman.[8]

His next posting was at the World Health Organization (WHO), with his base in Geneva. His service with WHO lasted till 1991 and he worked at the Regional Offices at Alexandria and Yangon and at the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.[6] 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 as its founder president and served PGIMER as the chairman of its selection committee, while retaining his position as a WHO consultant.[7] He was also involved with the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi as the Emeritus Scientist, holding the post till 2005.[6]

During this period, Chaudhury chaired the Board of Trustees of the International Clinical Epidemiological Network (INCLEN) for two terms till 2006 and held its membership.

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, and the Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions and the Advisory Council of the India International Centre.[6]

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 Chaudhury[12] and the committee submitted a report. Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury Expert Committee to Formulate Policy and Guidelines for Approval of New Drugs, Clinical Trials and Banning of Drugs, recommending significant changes in the system.[13] Researchers acknowledged the usefulness of his proposals.[14] The Ministry subsequently accepted the proposals.[15] Besides 275 articles[16] in national and international journals, he has written 25 textbooks of medical education[6] and a book on Ayurveda, titled The Healing Powers of Herbs.[17]

Chaudhury died on 27 October 2015, eight days before his 85th birthday, during a visit to Chennai, Tamil Nadu, where he was attending a conference on Pharmacovigilance.[18]

Awards and honours

Chaudhury, the first Indian doctor

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, the highest Indian award in the science and technology category, in 1969,[24] and the Medical Council of India honoured him with the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award.[6]

The Government of India included him in the 1998

Unichem Award, Chulalongkorn University Award,[6] and the Amrut Modi Award of the UNITRUST.[8]

See also
  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
  • Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology

References

  1. ^ a b c "Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury" (PDF). National Health Systems Resource Centre. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ "CHAUDHURY EXPERT COMMITTEE" (PDF). Health Lawyers. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "ND TV Expert profile". ND TV. 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Bhatnagar Laureates, 1958–91". Human Resource Development Group, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. 1992. p. 492. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Bloomberg profile". Bloomberg. 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Experts' Talk". ND TV. 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  8. ^ a b "NAMS profile" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  9. ISBN 978-81-7525-633-0. Retrieved 26 October 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  10. ^ "Indraprastha Medical's director Ranjit Roy Chaudhury resigns". Money Control. 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Doctors". Apollo Hospitals. 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  12. ^ "India must become an active centre for ethical clinical research: Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury". Times of India. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Panel recommends sweeping changes in clinical trials". The Hindu. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  14. PMID 25538325
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  15. ^ "Govt accepts Ranjit Roy panel report on approval of new drugs, clinical trials & banning of drugs". Pharma Biz. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  16. ^ Ranjit Roy Chaudhury; J. S. Bapna (1997). "Essential drugs and lower costs". Who-Iris. 18 (34): 345–47.
  17. ASIN B00ZLVDZSM
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  18. ^ "Medical researcher Ranjit Roy Chaudhury passes away". Business Standard. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury on current ethics and norms of medical practising". Life Science World. 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  20. ^ "Rhodes Scholars from India". The Rhodes Scholarships. The Rhodes Trust. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  21. ^ "ISPOR Patron". International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Emeritus Professor". National Academy of Medical Sciences (India). 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  23. ^ "List of Fellows - NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  24. ^ "SS Bhatnagar Award". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Dr Ranjit Roy Chaudhury honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award". India Medical Times. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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