Katayun Virkar Explained

Katayun Virkar
Birth Date:1918 8, df=y
Birth Place:Bombay, British India
Death Place:India
Occupation:Medical researcher, physician

Katayun Dattatraya Virkar (4 August 1918 – 28 July 2011) was an Indian physician and medical researcher, head of the contraception division at India's National Institute of Research on Reproductive Health (NIRRH).

Early life

Virkar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai). She earned a medical degree at the University of Mumbai in 1946.[1] She held a Technical Assistance Fellowship from the Population Council, to study obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Michigan Medical Center in the United States in 1964.[2]

Career

Virkar's early career included hospital positions in Surat and Pune. She was a reproductive physiology researcher at the Indian Cancer Research Center. Virkar's research concerned the physiological effects of contraceptive methods, including intrauterine devices and hormonal contraceptives in pill, implant, and injection forms.[3] She was head of the contraception division at the National Institute for Research on Reproductive Health (NIRRH) in Mumbai, and active in the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI). In the 1980s she did research for the World Health Organization's Task Force on Oral Contraceptives.[4]

Virkar's research was published in international scholarly journals,[5] including Contraception,[6] [7] Fertility and Sterility,[8] [9] Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India,[10] Indian Journal of Medical Research,[11] [12] [13] Journal of Reproduction and Fertility,[14] [15] Journal of Family Welfare,[16] and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.[17]

Virkar was a member of the council of the Indian Academy of Cytologists,[18] and presented the academy's 1979 oration, on the subject "Review of Vaginocervical Cytology with Exogenous Estrogens and Progestins".[19] She held memberships in the Bombay Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society, the Fertility and Sterility Association, the All-India Medical Women's Association, and Friends of Trees.

Publications

Personal life

Virkar was married to a fellow doctor, and had two sons, Jeevan and Prakash. She died in 2011, in India, at the age of 92.[25]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The world who's who of women . 1976 . Cambridge, Eng. . International Biographical Centre . 978-0-900332-40-1 . 869–870.
  2. Book: United States Congress Senate Committee on Government Operations Subcommittee on Foreign Aid Expenditures . Population Crisis: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session . 1966 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 1874 . en.
  3. September 1973 . Milk nutrients lower in women using Pill . Family Planning Digest . 2 . 5 . 14.
  4. Joshi . U M . Virkar . K D . Amatayakul . K . Singkamani . R . Bamji . M S . Prema . K . Whitehead . T P . Belsey . M A . Hall . P . Parker . R A . 1986-05-01 . Impact of hormonal contraceptives vis-à-vis non-hormonal factors on the vitamin status of malnourished women in India and Thailand . Human Nutrition Clinical Nutrition . 40 . 3 . 205–220 . 0263-8290 . 3087915.
  5. Virkar . K. D. . November 1968 . Experience with oral contraceptives . The Antiseptic . 65 . 1 . 843–846 . 0003-5998 . 12255572 .
  6. Joshi . Usha M. . Lahiri . Anurupa . Kora . Shaila . Dikshit . Suhasini S. . Virkar . Katayun . October 1975 . Short-term effect of ovral and norgestrel on the vitamin B6 and B1 status of women . Contraception . 12 . 4 . 425–436 . 10.1016/0010-7824(75)90078-5 . 0010-7824 .
  7. Barsivala . Villi M. . Virkar . Katayun D. . April 1973 . The effect of oral contraceptives on concentrations of various components of human milk . Contraception . 7 . 4 . 307–312 . 10.1016/0010-7824(73)90148-0 . 0010-7824.
  8. Donde . Uday M. . Virkar . Katayun . 1975-01-01 . The Effect of Combination and Low Dose Progestogen Oral Contraceptives on Serum Lipids . Fertility and Sterility . en . 26 . 1 . 62–67 . 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)40876-9 . 0015-0282.
  9. Barsivala . Villi M. . Virkar . Katayun . Kulkarni . Ramesh D. . 1976-01-01 . Carbohydrate Metabolism of Indian Women Taking Steroid Contraceptives . Fertility and Sterility . 27 . 1 . 87–91 . 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)41599-2 . 0015-0282.
  10. Virkar . K. D. . Kelkar . S. D. . April 1968 . Cytological studies of smears from removed loops . Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India . 18 . 2 . 266–269 . 0971-9202 . 12331817.
  11. Gopalkrishnan, K., and K. D. Virkar. "A comparative study of loop smears and copper device smears." Indian Journal of Medical Research 70 (1979): 44-48.
  12. Joshi . J. . Virkar . K. D. . Devi . P. K. . July 1977 . Effect of an Ayurvedic preparation on peripheral parameters of the menstrual cycle . The Indian Journal of Medical Research . 66 . 1 . 39–42 . 0971-5916 . 924582.
  13. Sheth . A. R. . Adarkar . M. A. . Rao . S. S. . Virkar . K. D. . Kora . S. . November 1967 . Liver function tests in women using oral contraceptives . The Indian Journal of Medical Research . 55 . 11 . 1205–1212 . 0971-5916 . 5582787.
  14. Virkar . K. . Kora . S. . Dikshit . S. . Lodaya . M. . 1971-11-01 . Long-acting injectable therapy for fertility control . Reproduction . en . 27 . 2 . 305–a–305 . 10.1530/jrf.0.0270305-a . 1470-1626.
  15. Rangnekar . K. . Rao . S. . Joshi . U. . Virkar . K. . Kora . S. . Dikshit . S. . 1974-05-01 . Proceedings: Humoral antibody formation during pregnancy . Reproduction . en . 38 . 1 . 237–238 . 10.1530/jrf.0.0380237 . 1470-1626.
  16. Kirtikar, M. R., & Virkar, K. D. (1966). Socio-economic study of women attending an urban clinic and their attitude towards oral contraceptives. Journal of Family Welfare, 13(2), 22–27.
  17. Toddywalla . Willi S. . Joshi . Lata . Virkar . Katayun . 1977-02-01 . Effect of contraceptive steroids on human lactation . American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology . en . 127 . 3 . 245–249 . 10.1016/0002-9378(77)90462-8 . 0002-9378.
  18. https://www.cytoindia.com/2021/06/1979-vol-1.pdf "Message"
  19. Virkar . Katayun D. . January–June 1980 . Review of Vaginocervical Cytology with Exogenous Estrogens and Progestins . Indian Academy of Cytologists Newsletter . 5 . 1 . 7, 13.
  20. Web site: 2021-11-26 . William J. Ledger '54 . 2023-11-05 . Princeton Alumni Weekly . en.
  21. Ledger . W. J. . Virkar . K. D. . Irvin . L. A. . October 1966 . Effect of a Plastic Intrauterine Device upon Implantation in the Rabbit . Obstetrics & Gynecology . en-US . 28 . 4 . 521 . 0029-7844.
  22. Joshi . Usha M. . Rao . Shanta S. . Kora . Shaila J. . Dikshit . Suhasini S. . Virkar . Katayun D. . May 1971 . Effect of steroidal contraceptives on antibody formation in the human female . Contraception . 3 . 5 . 327–333 . 10.1016/0010-7824(71)90071-0 . 0010-7824.
  23. Barsivala . Villi . Virkar . Katayun . Kulkarni . R.D. . March 1974 . Thyroid functions of women taking oral contraceptives . Contraception . 9 . 3 . 305–314 . 10.1016/0010-7824(74)90021-3 . 0010-7824.
  24. Affandi . M.Z. . Virkar . K.D. . June 1976 . Cytological follow-up of 200 women using copper device for contraception . Contraception . 13 . 6 . 739–748 . 10.1016/0010-7824(76)90126-8 . 0010-7824.
  25. Web site: Dr. Virkar Katayun. 2020-11-18. The Times of India. en.

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