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'''Dr. Ketan Desai''' is the former president of [[Medical Council of India]] and the President 2016 of the [[World Medical Association]]. He has served as Head of Urology department at [[B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ketan-desais-journey-from-bjmc-to-mci/610639/2 |title=Ketan Desai's journey from BJMC to MCI |newspaper=Indian Express |date=2010-04-24 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref> He is currently a member of Gujarat Medical Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmcgujarat.org/Aboutus.asp |title=Gujarat Medical Council About Us |accessdate=2014-07-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622192810/http://www.gmcgujarat.org/Aboutus.asp |archivedate=2014-06-22 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Desai is a native of Gujarat’s [[Maroli]] village. He completed his school graduation from [[Hansraj Morarji Public School]], where his father Dirubhai Desai was a teacher for the primary section. After school, he completed his [[MBBS]] and [[M.Ch]] in [[urology]] in the year 1983 from [[B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad]] .<ref name="indianexpressmci">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ketan-desais-journey-from-bjmc-to-mci/610639/ |title=Ketan Desai's journey from BJMC to MCI |newspaper=Indian Express |date=2010-04-24 |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref>

==Career==
After graduating from B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad in 1983, he became the head of urology department in the same year and still serves as Head. He became the youngest head ever in Indian history{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}. He later became [[syndicate]] and senate member of the [[Gujarat University]] with most of the time uncontested. He became president of Gujarat Medical Council in the 1990s and became president of [[Medical Council of India]] in 2001. He has also served as president of [[Indian Medical Association]] and [[Dental Council of India]]. He later become president of [[World Medical Association]] in 2016.<ref name="indianexpressmci"/>

On 23 April 2010, he and other doctors were arrested on [[corruption]] charges of Rs 2 crore to recognize a college in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-23/india/28143618_1_gyan-sagar-medical-college-cbi-on-corruption-charges-mci-boss-ketan-desai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307090020/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-23/india/28143618_1_gyan-sagar-medical-college-cbi-on-corruption-charges-mci-boss-ketan-desai |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-07 |title=MCI boss Ketan Desai arrested |date=2010-04-23 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref> His medical practitioner's license was suspended by the MCI in October.<ref name="The Times of India">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ketan-Desai-is-back-in-Medical-Council-of-India/articleshow/24841425.cms|title=Ketan Desai is back in Medical Council of India - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/news/why-is-mci-secretive-about-charges-against-dr-ketan-desai-wma-corruption-cbi-british-medical-journal|title=Why is MCI secretive about charges against Dr Ketan Desai?|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en}}</ref>

In the year 2010 he was reelected as senate member of [[Gujarat University]] after a legal challenge was dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-26/ahmedabad/30666303_1_ketan-desai-election-gujarat-university |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129180140/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-26/ahmedabad/30666303_1_ketan-desai-election-gujarat-university |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-01-29 |title=GU defends Ketan Desai's election to senate in SC |date=2012-01-26 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ketan-desai-enters-gujarat-university-senate-body-1469472|title=Ketan Desai enters Gujarat University senate body {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2010-11-20|work=dna|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2013, the Gujarat University senate unanimously nominated Dr Desai to the MCI, which apparently has no powers to reject the nomination. <ref name="The Times of India"/>

==Controversy==
The MCI was dissolved by the President of India on 15 May 2010 following the arrest of MCI's president Ketan Desai by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] on 22 April 2010. Desai, alleged middle-man J. P. Singh and doctors Sukhwinder Singh and Kanwaljit Singh have been booked under the [[Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988|Prevention of Corruption Act]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article429819.ece|title=Court extends judicial custody of Ketan Desai by 14 days |work=The Hindu|date=14 May 2010 | accessdate=17 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article430812.ece|title=President signs ordinance on MCI |work=The Hindu|date=15 May 2010 | accessdate=17 May 2010}}</ref> The CBI recovered 1.5 kg of gold and 80 kg of silver from Desai's premises. Further, gold worth ₨ 35 lakhs were recovered from Desai's bank lockers in Ahmedabad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/cbi-desai-owns-10-houses/611648/|title = CBI: Desai owns 10 houses - Indian Express}}</ref> CBI told that he had more than 35 lockers which were then yet to be opened and contents noted. He also was reported to own more than 400 properties across the country.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://drketandesai.com Official Website]

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