Ratan Chandra Kar

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Ratan Chandra Kar is an Indian physician and health official who worked in Andaman and Nicobar. He is known for helping the Jarawas (Andaman Islands) from disease outbreaks, such as measles in 1998. [1]

Life and career

Ratan Chandra Kar was born in Ghatal. [2] He is a general physician and is the author of the book The Jarawas of the Andamans. [3] [4] He is an alumnus of Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital. [2]

He worked with the remote indigenous people, learning their language and gaining their trust, from 1998 to 2003. [2] As the local medical official, he worked out of a thatched hut which served as the primary health centre. [4] He then went to work in Port Blair in 2003, but continued his visits to the Jarawas. In 2006, he became the deputy director (tribal and welfare) of the Andaman and Nicobar administration. From 2012 to 2013, he was posted at Neil Island. Following his 2014 retirement, he continued to work locally, and then returned with his family to Bangalore. [2]

In 2023, he was awarded the Padma Shri. [5] [ citation needed ] [6] Locally, he was known as Jarawa Doctor.

References

  1. ↑ ""Don't Have Words To Express My Happiness": Andamans' Padma Shri Awardee". NDTV. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "West Bengal: Padma awardee Ratan Chandra Kar, feted for Jarawa measles care, hopes to inspire youth to work in remote areas". The Times of India. 2023-02-03. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  3. ↑ "The Jarawas of the Andamans". Goodreads. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 "The Doctor's Diary That Holds Clues About the Residents of North Sentinel". The Wire. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Padma Awards 2023 announced". PIB. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Doctor to the Jarawas on Padma list". Press Trust of India. January 26, 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.


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