Etawah district is one of the districts in the western portion of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Etawah town is the district headquarters. The district covers an area of 2311 km2. It has a population of 1,581,810.
The Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences,formerly U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research,is a medical school,hospital and medical research public university located at Saifai in the Etawah District of Uttar Pradesh,India. It came into being after the upgrade of UP Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research by Government of Uttar Pradesh under Act 15 of 2016.
Shivpal Singh Yadav is a politician and educationist from Uttar Pradesh,India. He was born in Saifai village,Etawah district,and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader late Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav. He is a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly,representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district,from 1996 till now. He is also the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party and was appointed on 29 January 2023.
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.
The Saifai Airstrip is an airstrip in Saifai tehsil of Etawah District,Uttar Pradesh with only unscheduled chartered flights. This airstrip has an existing land area of 370 acres and it is suitable for Airbus A320/Boeing 737 with turning pads at both ends.
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.
Yash Bharati Awardis the highest civilian award of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Instituted in 1994,it is awarded to those personalities whose contribution is remarkable in the field of literature,social work,medicine,film,science,journalism,handicrafts,culture,education,music,drama,sports,industry and astrology.
Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya or Hemchand Yadav University,formerly Durg Vishwavidyalaya,is a state university in Durg,Chhattisgarh,India. It was established in 2015 and later renamed in 2018.
Ashok Katariya is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and he has served as Transport Minister with Independent Charge and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of Uttar Pradesh till March 2022.
Raj Kumar is a professor of neurosurgery and director of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences. He was a founding director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences,Rishikesh and former vice-chancellor of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences.
Hiralal Yadav was an Indian folk singer,who was awarded the Padma Shri,the fourth highest civilian award in India in 2019. He was awarded the Yash Bharti Award in 2015.
Maharshi Vashishtha Autonomous State Medical College,Basti is a government autonomous state medical college in Basti,Uttar Pradesh,India. The college is affiliated with King George's Medical University and is recognized by the National Medical Commission.
Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University,Gorakhpur,formerly State Ayush University,Uttar Pradesh, is an affiliating State University located in Gorakhpur. It was established through the Uttar Pradesh Act No. 6 of 2020,specializing in Ayurveda,yoga &naturopathy,Unani,Siddha and homoeopathy (AYUSH). It was renamed as Maha Yogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University,Gorakhpur by the Uttar Pradesh Act No. 6 of 2021.
Rakesh Yadav is a cardiologist and a professor working at All India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi.
Sarvesh Asthana is an Indian poet,writer and satirist,who writes and performs in the Hindi language. He has authored around 12 books. Asthana has contributed to various genres of Hindi literature,including Hasya Kavita,Vyangya (satire) and Bal kavita. He was honored with the Yash Bharati,the highest civilian award of the Government of Uttar Pradesh for his contribution in the field of literature in 2016. He is also the recipient of the Sohan Lal Dwivedi Award by the Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan,Government of Uttar Pradesh. Asthana was appointed the Advisor to the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in 2019.
Kashinath Yadav is an Indian folk singer and politician from Ghazipur,Uttar Pradesh,who is famous for singing Biraha,an ethnic Bhojpuri folk genre of Ahir communities. He held the position of Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh in Samajwadi Party's rule. He served as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council three times. With the support of Bahujan Samaj Party's founder Kanshiram,he was made an MLC for the first time. Later,Kashinath left BSP and joined the Samajwadi Party. He was a Member of the UP's Legislative Council twice from Samajwadi Party. He was appointed as the National President of Samajwadi Party's Cultural Cell in March 2021.
Urmilesh Shankhdhar was an Indian Hindi-language poet,writer and lyricist. He was one of the popular poets of contemporary Hindi literature. He was awarded Yash Bharti,the highest award of the Government of Uttar Pradesh,posthumously in 2007. Shankhdhar was a professor of Hindi department in Nehru Memorial Shivnarayan Das Memorial College,Budaun.
Manu Pal is a female international Indian lawn bowler.
Usha Yadav is an Indian educationist,writer of contemporary Hindi literature,and recipient of the Padma Shri award. She has been a faculty member at Central Institute of Hindi,Agra,Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University,and Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi Institute of Hindi. She is the President of the Literary and Cultural Organization Indradhanush and Secretary of the Oriental Research Institute. She has been honored with over 10 major accolades,including the highest honour of children's literature,the Balsahitya Bharti by UP Hindi Sansthan,Lucknow. She has published more than a hundred books,out of which her novel 'Kahe Ri Nalini' was awarded the All India Veersingh Dev Award by Sahitya Academy,Madhya Pradesh. In 2021,she was honoured with the Padma Shri in the field of Hindi literature and education at the Rashtrapati Bhavan,New Dehli by the Government of India,which is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
Hridaya Shanker Singh is the first Vice Chancellor of Maa Shakumbhari University in Uttar Pradesh.
