Saroj Chooramani Gopal
| Saroj Chooramani Gopal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 July 1944 Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Education | Sarojini Naidu Medical College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| Occupation | Paediatric surgeon and academic |
| Years active | Since 1973 |
| Awards |
Padma Shri Dr. B. C. Roy Award Commonwealth Medical Scholarship INSA Senior Fellowship Indo German Fellowship Indo Finnish Fellowship University Grants Commission Fellowship President's Medal Shushila Nair Shield Dr. Mridula Rohtagi Oration Award Col. Sangam Lal Oration Award |
Saroj Chooramani Gopal, is an Indian medical doctor, medical educationist and considered as the first woman paediatric surgeon in the country. She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2013, by bestowing on her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contributions to the fields of medicine and medical education.
Saroj Chooramani Gopal was born on 25 July 1944, in the pilgrim city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. After schooling, she chose a career in medicine, graduated from the Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra in 1966 and did MS at the same college, in 1969. This was followed by securing MCh in paediatric surgery from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in 1973, the first woman to obtain a degree in paediatric surgery in India.
Saroj Gopal's career started by joining the faculty of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University in 1973 where she worked till her retirement in 2008 as the Medical Superintendent of the medical college hospital and as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. That year, she was selected as the Principal and the Vice Chancellor of the King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, becoming the first woman to head the university which for a while during the reign of Mayawati, was under the name, the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University. She retired from the university in 2011.
Saroj Chooramani Gopal is reported to have pioneered several techniques in paediatric surgery and is known for the developmental efforts put in by her during her tenure with KGMU, besides the many research articles she has published.
Gopal is credited with many low cost innovations intended to benefit the financially compromised people. The National Research Development Corporation, (NRDC) New Delhi have issued patents for six of those innovations to Saroj Gopal. She has also been reported to have invented new surgical techniques and she has published the details of three of such techniques. She helped establish a well equipped Department of Child and New Born Surgery at the Institute of Medical Sciences during her tenure at the institute. She has also organized many international symposia in paediatric surgery, has delivered key note addresses at a few of them and has participated in many social campaigns.
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