Ashok Panagariya

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{{Short description|Indian neurologist, medical researcher and academic (22 August 1950–11 June 2021)}}
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| birth_place = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], India
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| death_place = Jaipur
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| occupation = {{Hlist | Neurologist | medical researcher and academic}}
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| [[Padma Shri]]
| [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]
| [[UNESCO]] Award
| [[Government of Rajasthan]] Merit Award
| ''[[Times of India]]'' Lifetime Achievement Award
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'''Ashok Panagariya''' ({{birth based on age as of date |71 |2021|6|11|noage=1}} – 11 June 2021<ref name="death"/>) was an Indian neurologist, medical researcher and academic, known for his research on nerve cells and [[neuromyotonia]]. He was a vice chancellor of [[Rajasthan University of Health Sciences]], [[Jaipur]]<ref name="Dial me Now">{{cite web | url=http://www.dialmenowblog.com/www-dialmenow-in/padma-shri-awarded-to-dr-ashok-panagariya-moinuddin-khan-dr-om-prakash-upadhyay/ | title=Dial me Now | publisher=Dial me Now | date=2014 | access-date=2 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102110503/http://www.dialmenowblog.com/www-dialmenow-in/padma-shri-awarded-to-dr-ashok-panagariya-moinuddin-khan-dr-om-prakash-upadhyay/ | archive-date=2 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and a member of the Planning Board of the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref name="The Brothers Panagariya: Rajasthan's pride and nation's 'Padmas'">{{cite web | url=http://www.news18.com/news/rajasthan/panagariya-brothers-rajasthans-pride-and-nations-padmas-670665.html | title=The Brothers Panagariya: Rajasthan's pride and nation's 'Padmas' | publisher=News 18 | date=9 January 2015 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Docs' stir: Govt toughens stand"/> He was a recipient of the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian award in the medical category.<ref name="The Brothers Panagariya: Rajasthan's pride and nation's 'Padmas'" /> Dr. Ashok Panagariya was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2014.<ref name=pib>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364 |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6NEu2cjx3?url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |archive-date=8 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> He died on 11 June 2021 due to COVID-19 complications.<ref name="death">{{cite web|url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1609180-padma-shri-recipient-dr-ashok-panagariya-dies-of-post-covid-complications|title=Padma Shri recipient Dr Ashok Panagariya dies of post-Covid complications|work=Devdiscourse|date=11 June 2021|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>

==Biography==
Ashok Panagariya was born on 22 August 1950 {{birth based on age as of date |71 |2021|6|11|noage=1}}<ref name="death"/>{{efn|kuhadtrust.org gives his birth year as 1944,<ref name="Kuhad Trust Bio"/> but reports of his death in 2021 state he was 71 when he died.<ref name="death"/>}} in [[Jaipur]], in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]],<ref name="Kuhad Trust Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.kuhadtrust.org/ashok-pangariya.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717040159/http://www.kuhadtrust.org/ashok-pangariya.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2010 |title=Kuhad Trust Bio |publisher=Kuhad Trust |date=2015 |access-date=1 July 2015 }}</ref> in a family of freedom fighters and his father Balu Lal Panagariya was a pre-independence journalist.<ref name="The Brothers Panagariya: Rajasthan's pride and nation's 'Padmas'" /> He obtained his MBBS in the year 1972 and completed post-graduate training in Internal Medicine in 1976 at the [[Sawai Man Singh Medical College]]; he then obtained his DM in Neurology at PGI Chandigarh and became a fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians]].<ref name="Hospitals in India">{{cite web | url=http://www.hospitalsinjaipur.com/doctor/dr-ashok-panagariya | title=Hospitals in India | publisher=Hospitals in India | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015}}{{deadlink|date=June 2021}}</ref> He headed the department of neurology at the SMS Medical College and became the Principal of the institution.<ref name="Docs' stir: Govt toughens stand">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Docs-stir-Govt-toughens-stand/articleshow/4831946.cms?referral=PM | title=Docs' stir: Govt toughens stand | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=29 July 2009 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="A letter at a time, we move ahead">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/A-letter-at-a-time-we-move-ahead/articleshow/8147900.cms?referral=PM | title=A letter at a time, we move ahead | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=3 May 2011 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> He also served as vice chancellor of [[Rajasthan University of Health Sciences]],<ref name="Dial me Now" /> as the president of Indian Academy of Neurology 2010–2011<ref name="Living longer living happier: My journey from clinical neurology to complexities of brain">{{cite journal | url=http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2011;volume=14;issue=4;spage=232;epage=238;aulast=Panagariya | title=Living longer living happier: My journey from clinical neurology to complexities of brain | author=Ashok Panagariya | journal=Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology | year=2011 | volume=14 | issue=4 | pages=232–238 | doi=10.4103/0972-2327.91931| pmid=22346008 | pmc=3271458 }}</ref> and was a member of the State Planning Board on health.<ref name="The Brothers Panagariya: Rajasthan's pride and nation's 'Padmas'" /><ref name="Docs' stir: Govt toughens stand"/>

==Positions==
Panagariya was a professor emeritus of the [[Sawai Man Singh Medical College|SMS Medical College]] and an honorary neurologist to the [[Armed Forces of India]].<ref name="Kuhad Trust Bio" /> He was the chairman of DISHA Foundation, a non-profit [[non-governmental organization]] engaged in the welfare of people with special needs.<ref name="DISHA - Institute for specially abled">{{cite web | url=http://www.dishafoundation.org/governing_board.html | title=DISHA - Institute for specially abled | publisher=DISHA Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> He was also associated with the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]], Chandigarh and the Press Club of Jaipur, as a member.

==Honours==
Panagariya received the Merit award from the [[Government of Rajasthan]] in 1992.<ref name="Kuhad Trust Bio" /> The [[Medical Council of India]] awarded him the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian award in the medical category, in 2002.<ref name="Dr. B.C. Roy awards presented">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/04/stories/2004080406431200.htm | title=Dr. B. C. Roy awards presented | date=4 August 2004 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=1 July 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was awarded the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2014 by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="pib" /> He was a recipient of the [[UNESCO]] Award for medical/social contributions, the Lifetime Achievement Award from ''[[The Times of India]]''{{cn|date=June 2021}} and of the Lifetime Achievement Award of Madras Neuro Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.madrasneurotrust.org/lifetime-achivement.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 August 2020 |archive-date=7 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907203315/http://www.madrasneurotrust.org/lifetime-achivement.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Publications==
Panagariya had more than ninety publications in peer reviewed journals<ref name="Kuhad Trust Bio" /> and contributed to a textbook on neurology by Walter George Bradley.<ref name="List of Publications of Ashok Panagariya">{{cite web | url=http://www.freewebs.com/smsmedicalcollege/departments/neurology%20department.htm | title=List of Publications of Ashok Panagariya | publisher=SMS Medical College | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015}}{{deadlink|date=June 2021}}</ref> He also wrote on health issues and the science of spiritualism.<ref name="Living longer living happier: My journey from clinical neurology to complexities of brain" /><ref name="Enjoy Qualitative Longevity Using Brain and Mind">{{cite web|url=http://newsbuzzindia.com/health-wellness/enjoy-qualitative-longivity-using-brain-and-mind-dr-ashok-panagariya/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701124933/http://newsbuzzindia.com/health-wellness/enjoy-qualitative-longivity-using-brain-and-mind-dr-ashok-panagariya/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2015 |title=Enjoy Qualitative Longevity Using Brain and Mind |publisher=News Buzz |date=6 March 2015 |access-date=1 July 2015 }}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20130126135545/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-21/jaipur/28123934_1_cme-laboratory-rajasthan "Haematology lab at SMS soon"]. ''[[The Times of India]]''. 21 March 2010. Archived from the [http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-21/jaipur/28123934_1_cme-laboratory-rajasthan original] on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

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