M. M. Joshi (ophthalmologist)

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'''Mahipathi Madhwacharya Joshi''' (born 1935) is an Indian ophthalmologist and the founder of ''M. M. Joshi Eye Institute'' (''Padma Nayanalaya''), a 75-bedded super-specialty eye hospital, located in [[Hubli]] and [[Dharwad]], and the largest in the region.<ref name="M M Joshi Eye Institute in Dharwad">{{cite web | url=https://www.askme.com/dharwad/outlets/m-m-joshi-eye-institute-dharwad-belgaum-road-krishinagar-u2091873584l39267485 | title=M M Joshi Eye Institute in Dharwad | publisher=Ask Me | date=2016 | accessdate=30 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818132100/https://www.askme.com/dharwad/outlets/m-m-joshi-eye-institute-dharwad-belgaum-road-krishinagar-u2091873584l39267485 | archive-date=18 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The first post graduate private practitioner in the state of [[Karnataka]], he is one of the founders of ''Karnataka Ophthalmic Society'' and a recipient of [[Rajyotsava Prashasti]], the second highest civilian award of the Government of Karnataka.<ref name="M.M. Joshi, Venkateshkumar among winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/mm-joshi-venkateshkumar-among-winners/article8153628.ece | title=M.M. Joshi, Venkateshkumar among winners | publisher=The Hindu | date=26 January 2016 | accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to medicine.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=3 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | archive-date=3 August 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Biography ==
M. M. Joshi was born on 10 May 1935 in the village of Nimbal in [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]] of the south Indian state of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="Founder">{{cite web | url=http://www.mmjoshieyeinstitute.com/founder.html | title=Founder | publisher=M M Joshi Eye Clinic | date=2016 | accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref> After securing a post graduate degree (MS) in ophthalmology, he started his private practice in [[Hubli]], the first post graduate ophthalmologist from Karnataka to enter private practice, and in 1967, founded M. M. Joshi Eye Institute. The institution has over the years grown to become a two-location (Hubli and Dharwad) super specialty hospital group and is a post graduate institute in ophthalmology.<ref name="M M Joshi Eye Institute in Dharwad" /> Under the egis of his institute, Joshi is involved in organizing free eye camps<ref name="Cataract Surgery for screened patients at M.M. Joshi Eye Institute, Hubli under CSR - Kaiga Site">{{cite web | url=http://www.npcil.nic.in/pdf/news_05jun2014_02.pdf | title=Cataract Surgery for screened patients at M.M. Joshi Eye Institute, Hubli under CSR - Kaiga Site | publisher=Nuclear Power Corporation of India | date=20 May 2014 | accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Blinded by greed">{{cite web | url=http://www.iijnm.org/mastersproject2015/navalgund-blinded-by-greed-2015.html | title=Blinded by greed | publisher=Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media | date=2016 | accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref> and [[Continuing medical education]] programs.<ref name="CME on ophthalmology draws 170 participants">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/12/stories/2004101201230300.htm | title=CME on ophthalmology draws 170 participants | date=12 October 2004 | work=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=30 July 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> he is reported to have established the first [[eye bank]] in the state of Karnataka and is known to have initiated the first eye donation program in the state.<ref name="M.M. Joshi, Venkateshkumar among winners" /> He is one of the founders of ''Karnataka Ophthalmic Society'' and it was the only professional body in ophthalmology in the state when it was established in 1980. The Government of Karnataka honored him with [[Rajyotsava Prashasti]] in 1989 and he received the national civilian honor of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2016.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> Joshi, a recipient of an honorary doctorate from [[Karnataka University]], also received the National Award of [[FIE Foundation]] in 1997 and Lifetime Achievement Award of the All India Ophthalmic Society in 2015.<ref name="M.M. Joshi, Venkateshkumar among winners" /> The Karnataka Ophthalmic Society have instituted an annual award, ''Dr. M.M. Joshi Best Paper Award'', in his honor for recognizing innovations in ophthalmology.<ref name="Orations & Awards">{{cite web | url=http://kos.drgiri.org/index.php/orations-awards | title=Orations & Awards | publisher=Karnataka Ophthalmic Society | date=2016 | accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Dr Padmamalini Mahendradas">{{cite web | url=http://www.narayananethralaya.org/doctors/dr-padmamalini/ | title=Dr Padmamalini Mahendradas | publisher=Narayana Netthralaya | date=2016 | accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Eye bank]]
{{portal|India|Medicine}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWUU7d782Hw | title=Dr. M. M. Joshi awarded the "PADMA SHRI" Award | publisher=M. M. Joshi Eye Institute | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=5 April 2016 | accessdate=30 July 2016}}

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[[Category:People from Bijapur district, Karnataka]]
[[Category:Scientists from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian ophthalmologists]]
[[Category:Indian medical administrators]]
[[Category:Indian medical academics]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:20th-century surgeons]]

S. A. Ramadas

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = S. A. Ramadas
| office1 =Minister of State for Medical Education of Karnataka
| term_start1 = 23 September 2010
| term_end1 = 13 May 2013
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| office2 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Krishnaraja (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Krishnaraja]]
| term_start2 = 2018
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| predecessor2 = M. K. Somashekhar
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| term_start3 = 2008
| term_end3 = 2013
| predecessor3 = M. K. Somashekhar
| successor3 = M. K. Somashekhar
| constituency3 = [[Krishnaraja (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Krishnaraja]]
| term_start4 = 1994
| term_end4 = 2004
| predecessor4 = K. M. Somasundaram
| successor4 = M. K. Somashekhar
| constituency4 = [[Krishnaraja (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Krishnaraja]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mysore]]
| residence = No. 1063/77, A 1st Main Road, 6th Cross, Vidhyaranyapura, Mysore – 570008.<ref name="address">{{cite web|url=http://bjpkarnataka.org/kan/?page_id=109|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410041827/http://bjpkarnataka.org/kan/?page_id=109|url-status=usurped|archive-date=10 April 2009|publisher=Karnataka government|title=MLA's of Karnataka|access-date=23 February 2009}}</ref>
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| occupation = [[Politician]], [[Social worker]]
}}

'''S.Ashwath Narayan Rao<ref>https://myneta.info/karnataka2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=6498</ref> Ramadas''' is an Indian politician. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).

He is a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)]] from Krishnaraja constituency in [[Mysore district|Mysore]], Karnataka.<ref name="mla">{{cite web|url=http://www.sarkaritel.com/states/karnataka/members_legislative_assembly_mla.htm|publisher=sarkari.com|title=Members of Legislative Assembly|access-date=23 February 2009}}</ref> In the 2008 [[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|Karnataka assembly elections]], he contested against Congress leader M. K. Somashekar, a former MLA and won by a margin of about 20000 votes. He is considered one of the main Hindu leaders of Mysore. He has been elected from this constituency on two earlier occasions in 1994 and 1999 but lost to M.K.Somashekar in 2004.<ref name="votes">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/02/stories/2008060253830400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605131924/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/02/stories/2008060253830400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2008|title=Mysore BJP delegation to meet leadership on ministerial berth|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 Jun 2008|access-date=23 February 2009}}</ref>

Following the historic victory of the BJP in [[Karnataka]] in May 2008, he was appointed as [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the Chief Minister [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]].<ref name="secretary">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/16/stories/2008091652670300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918102513/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/16/stories/2008091652670300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=MYSORE MUSINGS|date=16 Sep 2008|access-date=23 February 2009}}</ref> In 2010, he was appointed as a Cabinet minister in the [[Yeddyurappa]] government and entrusted with the Medical Education portfolio. He continued in the same post in the [[D.V. Sadananda Gowda]] government. He was also the district in-charge minister for [[Mysore district]] in the 2008 - 2013 assembly. In 2013, he contested from Krishnaraja constituency and was defeated by M K Somshekar of INC.

Ramdas heads a [[voluntary organisation]] called ''Aasare Foundation'' which is into social service in [[Mysore]].<ref name="aasare">{{cite web|url=http://www.mysoretrendz.com/News/newsdetail.aspx?id=4806&y=12/7/2008|publisher=mysoretrendz.com|title=Prison inmates shine on stage|date=12 July 2008|access-date=23 February 2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://myneta.info/karnataka2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=37 S. A. Ramadas affidavit]

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[[Category:1959 births]]

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