Dr. B. C. Roy Award
National award for contributions to science
Awarded forMedical science award
Sponsored byMedical Council of India
Reward(s)
  • Citation Plaque
  • 100,000
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First awarded1962
Last awarded2018
Highlights
First winnerSandip Mukerjee
WebsiteMedical Council of India

Dr. B. C. Roy Award was instituted in 1962 in memory of Bidhan Chandra Roy by Medical Council of India. The Award is given annually in each of the following categories: Statesmanship of the Highest Order in India, Medical man-cum-Statesman, Eminent Medical Person, Eminent person in Philosophy, Eminent person in Science and Eminent person in Arts.[1] It is presented by President of India in New Delhi on July 1, National Doctors' Day. It was first awarded in 1973 to Sandip Mukerjee, FRCS, of Willingdon Hospital (now Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital), New Delhi, by V. V. Giri, the then President of India.0000

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Bidhan Chandra Roy

Bidhan Chandra Roy MRCP, FRCS; (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an Indian physician, educationist, philanthropist, freedom fighter and politician who served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948 until his death in 1962. Bidhan Roy is often considered the Maker of Modern West Bengal[2] due to his key role in the founding of several institutions and five eminent cities, Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashokenagar and Habra. He is one of the few people in history to have obtained F.R.C.S. and M.R.C.P. degrees simultaneously. In India, the National Doctors' Day is celebrated in his memory every year on 1 July. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on 4 February 1961, India's highest civilian honour.[3]

Category Year started Total recipients First recipient
Biological Sciences
1960
95
Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan
Chemical Sciences
1960
92
Tuticorin Raghavachari Govindachari
Earth, Atmosphere Ocean and Planetary Sciences
1972
47
Kshitindramohan Naha
Engineering Sciences
1960
77
Homi Nusserwanji Sethna
Mathematical Sciences
1959
67
Komaravolu Chandrasekharan
Medical Sciences
1961
61
Ram Behari Arora
Physical Sciences
1958
96
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
Gender of recipients
Gender Number
Male
519
Female
16

Biological Sciences

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List of awardees, showing the year, place,[note 2] and specialization
Year Recipient Place Specialization
1960 Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan Tamil Nadu Plant pathology
1961 Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan Tamil Nadu Genetics

Chemical Sciences

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List of awardees, showing the year, place,[note 2] and specialization
Year Recipient Place Specialization
1960 T. R. Govindachari Tamil Nadu Bioorganic chemistry
1961 Asima Chatterjee West Bengal Phytomedicine

Earth, Atmosphere Ocean and Planetary Sciences

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List of awardees, showing the year, place,[note 2] and specialization
Year Recipient Place Specialization
1972 Kshitindramohan Naha West Bengal Precambrian geology
1976 Mihir Kumar Bose West Bengal Igneous petrology

Engineering Sciences

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List of awardees, showing the year, place,[note 2] and specialization
Year Recipient Place Specialization
1960 Homi Nusserwanji Sethna Maharashtra Chemical Engineering
1962 Man Mohan Suri Punjab Suri-Transmission

Mathematical Sciences

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List of awardees, showing the year, place,[note 2] and specialization
Year Recipient Place Specialization
1959 K. S. Chandrasekharan Andhra Pradesh Number theory
1959 Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Karnataka Cramér–Rao bound

Medical Sciences

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List of awardees, showing the year, place,[note 2] and specialization
Year Recipient Place Specialization
1961 Ram Behari Arora Rajasthan Cardiovascular pharmacology
1963 Bal Krishan Anand Uttar Pradesh Neurophysiology

Physical Sciences

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List of awardees, showing the year, place,[note 2] and specialization
Year Recipient Place Specialization
1958 Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan Tamil Nadu Raman scattering
1960 M. G. K. Menon Kerala Particle physics

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Notes

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  1. ^ The retainer is paid till the recipient attains the age of 65.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Birth place is given precedence over place of residence

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. B.C. Roy National Award Fund". 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Kalra, R. N. (3 July 2011). "A doctor par excellence". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy: Vision for young India – The 15 'Gods' India draws inspiration from Archived 26 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine. News.in.msn.com (20 November 2009). Retrieved on 9 October 2013.
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