Autar Singh Paintal was an Indian medical scientist who made pioneering discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences. He is the first Indian Physiologist to become the Fellow of the Royal Society, London.
The University of Lucknow is a public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. the University of Lucknow is one of the oldest government owned institutions of higher education in India. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh, University Road area of the city with a second campus at Jankipuram. It is the largest state university of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the only public university of the state to offer both on-campus and online programmes of study.
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) is a medical Institute under the State Legislature Act in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 14 km (8.7 mi) south of Hazratganj on Raebareli Road. It was established in 1983 and is named after Sanjay Gandhi. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked the institute 6th in its medical ranking 2024.
Integral University is a private university in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India, It is located in the North-eastern part of the city in Dashauli, approximately 17Km from the center of the City. Integral University, the first enacted Minority University in the country, started functioning from 1 April 2004. U.G.C. accorded Integral University recognition under section 2(f) of the U.G.C. Act, 1956. The university was founded in 2004.
Dr. Mahendra Bhandari is an Indian surgeon who has made substantial contributions to the specialty of urology, medical training, hospital administration, robotic surgery and medical ethics. For his efforts, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India in 2000. Bhandari is currently Senior Bio-scientist and Director of Robotic Surgery Research & Education at the Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) in Detroit, MI. He was the Symposium coordinator of the International Robotic Urology Symposium. He also has been the CEO of the Vattikuti Foundation since 2010.
Mahdi Hasan was an anatomist from Uttar Pradesh, India.
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli (NIPER-Raebareli) established 2008, is an Indian public pharmacy research university running from a transit campus at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It a part of the seven National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, under India's Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. The institute offers Masters and Doctoral degrees in pharmaceutical sciences. As an Institute of National Importance it plays an important role in the Human Resource Development for the ever growing Indian Pharmaceutical industry, which has been in the forefront of India’s science-based industries with wide ranging capabilities in drug manufacturing.
Balram Bhargava is an Indian physician scientist, cardiologist, medical educationist, and innovator. He is currently serving as the Chief of Cardiothoracic Centre, AIIMS. He is the former Director General at the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi and secretary of the Department of Health Research; a division under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
The Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, is a medical institute with state university status located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The institute offers MBBS, Bachelor of Science in Nursing BSN, DM, MCh, MD and Ph.D. degrees. It was established in 2006 and was affiliated with King George's Medical University till 2018. On 12 September 2018, it was notified as an state university with degree-granting status and privileges.
Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founding president of the Samajwadi Party, former Minister of Defence in India, and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Mohan Chandra Pant (1956–2015) was an Indian radiation oncologist, institution builder and the founder vice chancellor of the H. N. B. Uttarakhand Medical Education University, Dehradun. He served as the director of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, and was the Dean and head of the Radiotherapy Department at the King George's Medical University at the time of his death. He received the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category, from the Medical Council of India in 2005. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2008, for his contributions to medicine.
Khushwant Lal Wig (1904–1986) was an Indian physician, medical academic, writer and the director of the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1964, for his contributions to the Medical science.
Tallamraju Prabhakar or T. Prabhakar, VSM, MBBS, MD, PDCC, is a retired Deputy Director General of Indian Armed Forces Medical Services and a professor of Anaesthesia. He was first Vice-Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences.
Ravi Kant is a professor of Surgery at Sharda University, who was the director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh from 2017 to 2021 and the Vice Chancellor of King George's Medical University from 2014 to 2017. Earlier he was head of surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Bhopal and faculty at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2016.
Rajan Saxena was born on 01-03- in Lucknow and is Dean and Head of the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, a medical institution of national importance in India and Padma Shri (2004) awardee. He is an alumnus of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, and specialises in hepatobiliary pancreatic and liver transplant surgery.
Institute under State Legislature Act is a type of university-level institution in India, established or incorporated by a state legislature act. Although such institutes do not come under the higher education department of the state and are run and funded by another department, they enjoy academic status and privileges like state universities. Other categories of university-level institutions in India including central university, state university, private university, deemed university.
Rajendra Prasad is a chest physician and professor of Pulmonary Medicine based in Lucknow. He is an MBBS (1974) and MD (1979) from King George's Medical College which was then under University of Lucknow. After some time he joined same institution as faculty member and later became head of department of Pulmonary Medicine department of King George's Medical University. He also worked as director of U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research and Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute. Now he is working as Director Medical Education and Professor & Head of Department, Pulmonary Medicine of Era University's ERA's Lucknow Medical College and also doing private practice at his clinic at Lucknow's Aliganj area.
