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{{Indian name|Benjamin|Perakath Verghese}}'''Perakath Verghese Benjamin''' was an Indian physician and medical writer. Born in a [[Saint Thomas Christians|Saint Thomas Christian]] family in the South Indian state of Kerala,{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} Benjamin was a former [[Tuberculosis]] advisor to Government of India and a technical advisor to the Tuberculosis Association of India.<ref name="Med India">{{cite web | url=http://medind.nic.in/ibr/t03/i1/ibrt03i1p1.pdf | title=Med India | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="TBASS">{{cite web | url=http://tbassnindia.org/home.html | title=TBASS | publisher=TBASS | date=2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> He also served as the founder editor of the ''Indian Journal of Tuberculosis'' (IJT).<ref name="Med India" /><ref name="Indian Journal of Tuberculosis">{{cite book | url=http://www.journals.elsevier.com/indian-journal-of-tuberculosis/ | title=Indian Journal of Tuberculosis | publisher=Elsevier | year=2015}}</ref> He chronicled the efforts of the Indian Government in the fight against tuberculosis in the post independence era in a book, ''India's Fight Against Tuberculosis - 1956''.<ref name="India's Fight Against Tuberculosis - 1956">{{cite book | url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/INDIAS-FIGHT-Against-TUBERCULOSIS-1956-P-V-Benjamin-/380352523294 | title=India's Fight Against Tuberculosis - 1956 | publisher=Diocesan Press, Madras | author=Dr. P. V. Benjamin | year=1956}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 1955, with the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the field of medicine. He was the first person from the state of kerala to win this award.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref><br />
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* [[Tuberculosis in India]]<br />
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* {{cite book | title=India's Fight Against Tuberculosis - 1956 | publisher=Diocesan Press, Madras | author=Dr. P. V. Benjamin | year=1956}}<br />
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