Ajit Kumar Basu Explained

Ajit Kumar Basu
Birth Date:	1912
Birth Place:	India
Death Date:	3 December 1986
Occupation:	Cardiac surgeon
Known For:	Open Heart surgery
Awards:	Padma Shri Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Ajit Kumar Basu (1912–1986) was an Indian cardiac surgeon.^{[1] [2]} He was a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian science award in 1967.^[3] He was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.^[4] He qualified for his FRCS in 1946. He was the first Indian to be appointed examiner of the Royal College and served as its Hunterian Professor.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Ajit Kumar Basu . S. M. Sengupta . Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery . 1985 . 4 . 1 . 95–96 . 10.1007/BF02664099. free .
2. Himadri Sarkar: Premature demise of a genius . Arunava Choudhury . Indian J. Urol. . July 2009. 25 . 3 . 288–290 . 10.4103/0970-1591.56172 . 2779946 . 19881117 . free .
3. Web site: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize . Council of Scientific and Industrial Research . 2015 . May 14, 2015.
4. Web site: Padma Shri . Padma Shri . 2015 . November 11, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . October 15, 2015 .
5. Web site: Ajit Kumar Basu (19121986). dokumen.tips. ha. 2019-12-03.