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	She joined the [[Indian Air Force]] in 1968. She married [[Wing commander (rank)\|Wing Commander]] S. N. Bandopadhyay, a fellow air force officer.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rETtLRO4z8o \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/rETtLRO4z8o \|archive-date=2021-12-15 \|url-status=live\|title=तेजस्विनीः भारत की पहली महिला एयर मार्शल, डॉ. पद्मा बंधोपाध्याय से ख़ास बातचीत\|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] (VSM)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/11528\|title=Service Record for Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay 11528 MED at Bharat Rakshak.com\|website=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref> for her conduct during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. Sati Nath and Padma were the first IAF couple to receive a President's award in the same investiture parade.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MxaDwAAQBAJ&q=first+VSM+couple&pg=PT252\|title = Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best\|date = 5 May 2018\|isbn = 9789351952404}}</ref>		She joined the [[Indian Air Force]] in 1968. She married [[Wing commander (rank)\|Wing Commander]] S. N. Bandopadhyay, a fellow air force officer.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rETtLRO4z8o \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/rETtLRO4z8o \|archive-date=2021-12-15 \|url-status=live\|title=तेजस्विनीः भारत की पहली महिला एयर मार्शल, डॉ. पद्मा बंधोपाध्याय से ख़ास बातचीत\|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] (VSM)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/11528\|title=Service Record for Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay 11528 MED at Bharat Rakshak.com\|website=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref> for her conduct during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. Sati Nath and Padma were the first IAF couple to receive a President's award in the same investiture parade.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MxaDwAAQBAJ&q=first+VSM+couple&pg=PT252\|title = Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best\|date = 5 May 2018\|isbn = 9789351952404}}</ref>

	She was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Society of India and the first Indian woman to conduct scientific research at the North Pole.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.anusandhan.net/women/suc_padma.htm\|title=Success Story\|website=anusandhan.net}}</ref> She is also the first woman Armed Forces officer to have completed the [[Defence Services Staff College]] course in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/83280/brave-women-soldiers-indian-armed-forces/\|title=Marching Ahead: 14 Incredibly Brave Women in Indian Armed Forces Who Broke the Glass Ceiling\|date=24 January 2017\|website=The Better India}}</ref> She was the Director General Medical Services (Air) at the Air Headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indianyouth.net/padmavathy-bandopadhyay-woman-air-marshal/\|title=Padmavathy Bandopadhyay – Inspiring story of the first woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force\|first=Anshika\|last=Kumar\|date=15 September 2017\|website=indianyouth.net}}</ref> In 2002, she became the first woman to be promoted to [[air vice marshal]] ([[two-star rank]]). She subsequently became the first woman [[Air Marshal (India)\|air marshal]] of Indian Air Force. Bandopadhyay is an [[aviation medicine]] specialist and a member of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/First-woman-Air-Vice-Marshal/articleshow/29296950.cms \| title=First woman Air Vice Marshal \| date=26 November 2002 \| newspaper=The Times of India \| access-date=5 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		She was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Society of India and the first Indian woman to conduct scientific research at the North Pole.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.anusandhan.net/women/suc_padma.htm\|title=Success Story\|website=anusandhan.net}}</ref> She is also the first woman Armed Forces officer to have completed the [[Defence Services Staff College]] course in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/83280/brave-women-soldiers-indian-armed-forces/\|title=Marching Ahead: 14 Incredibly Brave Women in Indian Armed Forces Who Broke the Glass Ceiling\|date=24 January 2017\|website=The Better India}}</ref> She was the Director General Medical Services (Air) at the Air Headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indianyouth.net/padmavathy-bandopadhyay-woman-air-marshal/\|title=Padmavathy Bandopadhyay – Inspiring story of the first woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force\|first=Anshika\|last=Kumar\|date=15 September 2017\|website=indianyouth.net}}</ref> In 2002, she became the first woman to be promoted to [[air vice marshal]] ([[two-star rank]]). She subsequently became the first woman [[Air Marshal (India)\|air marshal]] of Indian Air Force. Bandopadhyay is an [[aviation medicine]] specialist and a member of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/First-woman-Air-Vice-Marshal/articleshow/29296950.cms \| title=First woman Air Vice Marshal \| date=26 November 2002 \| newspaper=The Times of India \| access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref>

	==Military awards and decorations==		==Military awards and decorations==
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	* Ati Vishist Seva Medal, January 2002		* Ati Vishist Seva Medal, January 2002
	* Param Vishist Seva Medal, January 2006		* Param Vishist Seva Medal, January 2006
	* Padma Shree Award, January 2020<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/padma-awards-2020-conferred-to-13-unsung-heroes-of-medicine-62617 \| title=Padma Awards 2020 Conferred To 13 Unsung Heroes Of Medicine \| date=27 January 2020 \| newspaper=Medical Dialogues \| access-date=27 January ~~2022~~}}</ref>		* Padma Shree Award, January 2020<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/padma-awards-2020-conferred-to-13-unsung-heroes-of-medicine-62617 \| title=Padma Awards 2020 Conferred To 13 Unsung Heroes Of Medicine \| date=27 January 2020 \| newspaper=Medical Dialogues \| access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Bandopadhyay was born on 4 November 1944 at [[Tirupati (city)\|Tirupathi]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. ~~Her~~ mother ~~was bedridden with~~ [[tuberculosis]] and Padma became her primary caregiver at ~~the~~ age ~~of four or five years~~. In addition, her neighbor in the [[Gole Market]] neighborhood in New Delhi was Dr [[S. I. Padmavati]], Professor of Medicine at [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]]. ~~She~~ has said that her experience with her mother's illness and hospitalization at [[Safdarjung Hospital]] and having a neighbouring lady doctor with the same name as her were early motivations to become a doctor.<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.amazon.in/Lady-Blue-memoirs-First-Marshal-ebook/dp/B078K451F9\|title=The Lady in Blue: The memoirs of First Lady Air Marshal\|first=Padma\|last=Bandopadhyay\|date=21 December 2017\|via=Amazon}}</ref>		Bandopadhyay was born as Padmavathy Swaminathan on 4 November 1944 at [[Tirupati (city)\|Tirupathi]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] into a [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] speaking [[Iyer]] family. When Padma was four or five years old, her mother contracted [[tuberculosis]] and eventually became bedridden. Therefore, medical issues began occupying Padma's mind space since the time she was very young, and she also became her mother's primary caregiver at a relatively young age. In addition, her neighbor in the [[Gole Market]] neighborhood in New Delhi was Dr. [[S. I. Padmavati]], Professor of Medicine at [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]]. Padma has said that her experience with her mother's illness and hospitalization at [[Safdarjung Hospital]], and having a neighbouring lady doctor with the same name as her were early motivations to become a doctor.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.amazon.in/Lady-Blue-memoirs-First-Marshal-ebook/dp/B078K451F9\|title=The Lady in Blue: The memoirs of First Lady Air Marshal\|first=Padma\|last=Bandopadhyay\|date=21 December 2017\|publisher=Zorba Books\|via=Amazon}}</ref>

	==Education==		==Education==
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	==Career==		==Career==
	She joined the [[Indian Air Force]] in 1968. She married [[Wing commander (rank)\|Wing Commander]] S. N. Bandopadhyay, a fellow air force officer.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rETtLRO4z8o\|title=तेजस्विनीः भारत की पहली महिला एयर मार्शल, डॉ. पद्मा बंधोपाध्याय से ख़ास बातचीत\|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] (VSM)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/11528\|title=Service Record for Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay 11528 MED at Bharat Rakshak.com\|website=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref> for her conduct during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. Sati Nath and Padma were the first IAF couple to receive a President's award in the same investiture parade.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MxaDwAAQBAJ&q=first+VSM+couple&pg=PT252\|title = Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best\|date = 5 May 2018\|isbn = 9789351952404}}</ref>		She joined the [[Indian Air Force]] in 1968. She married [[Wing commander (rank)\|Wing Commander]] S. N. Bandopadhyay, a fellow air force officer.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rETtLRO4z8o \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/rETtLRO4z8o \|archive-date=2021-12-15 \|url-status=live\|title=तेजस्विनीः भारत की पहली महिला एयर मार्शल, डॉ. पद्मा बंधोपाध्याय से ख़ास बातचीत\|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] (VSM)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/11528\|title=Service Record for Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay 11528 MED at Bharat Rakshak.com\|website=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref> for her conduct during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. Sati Nath and Padma were the first IAF couple to receive a President's award in the same investiture parade.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MxaDwAAQBAJ&q=first+VSM+couple&pg=PT252\|title = Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best\|date = 5 May 2018\|isbn = 9789351952404}}</ref>

	She was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Society of India and the first Indian woman to conduct scientific research at the North Pole.<ref>http://www.anusandhan.net/women/suc_padma.htm</ref> She is also the first woman Armed Forces officer to have completed the Defence ~~Service~~ Staff College course in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/83280/brave-women-soldiers-indian-armed-forces/\|title=Marching Ahead: 14 Incredibly Brave Women in Indian Armed Forces Who Broke the Glass Ceiling\|date=24 January 2017\|website=The Better India}}</ref> She was the Director General Medical Services (Air) at the Air Headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indianyouth.net/padmavathy-bandopadhyay-woman-air-marshal/\|title=Padmavathy Bandopadhyay – Inspiring story of the first woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force\|first=Anshika\|last=Kumar\|date=15 September 2017}}</ref> In 2002, she became the first woman to be promoted to [[air vice marshal]] ([[two-star rank]]). She subsequently became the first woman [[Air Marshal (India)\|air marshal]] of Indian Air Force. Bandopadhyay is an [[aviation medicine]] specialist and a member of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/First-woman-Air-Vice-Marshal/articleshow/29296950.cms \| title=First woman Air Vice Marshal \| date=26 November 2002 \| newspaper=The Times of India \| access-date=5 September ~~2019~~}}</ref>		She was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Society of India and the first Indian woman to conduct scientific research at the North Pole.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.anusandhan.net/women/suc_padma.htm\|title=Success Story\|website=anusandhan.net}}</ref> She is also the first woman Armed Forces officer to have completed the [[Defence Services Staff College]] course in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/83280/brave-women-soldiers-indian-armed-forces/\|title=Marching Ahead: 14 Incredibly Brave Women in Indian Armed Forces Who Broke the Glass Ceiling\|date=24 January 2017\|website=The Better India}}</ref> She was the Director General Medical Services (Air) at the Air Headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indianyouth.net/padmavathy-bandopadhyay-woman-air-marshal/\|title=Padmavathy Bandopadhyay – Inspiring story of the first woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force\|first=Anshika\|last=Kumar\|date=15 September 2017\|website=indianyouth.net}}</ref> In 2002, she became the first woman to be promoted to [[air vice marshal]] ([[two-star rank]]). She subsequently became the first woman [[Air Marshal (India)\|air marshal]] of Indian Air Force. Bandopadhyay is an [[aviation medicine]] specialist and a member of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/First-woman-Air-Vice-Marshal/articleshow/29296950.cms \| title=First woman Air Vice Marshal \| date=26 November 2002 \| newspaper=The Times of India \| access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>

	==Military awards and decorations==		==Military awards and decorations==
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	* Ati Vishist Seva Medal, January 2002		* Ati Vishist Seva Medal, January 2002
	* Param Vishist Seva Medal, January 2006		* Param Vishist Seva Medal, January 2006
	* Padma Shree Award, January 2020<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/padma-awards-2020-conferred-to-13-unsung-heroes-of-medicine-62617 \| title=Padma Awards 2020 Conferred To 13 Unsung Heroes Of Medicine \| date=27 January 2020 \| newspaper=Medical Dialogues \| access-date=27 January ~~2020~~}}</ref>		* Padma Shree Award, January 2020<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/padma-awards-2020-conferred-to-13-unsung-heroes-of-medicine-62617 \| title=Padma Awards 2020 Conferred To 13 Unsung Heroes Of Medicine \| date=27 January 2020 \| newspaper=Medical Dialogues \| access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
			* [[Women in the Indian Armed Forces]]
	* [[Punita Arora]]		* [[Punita Arora]]
	* [[Madhuri Kanitkar]]		* [[Madhuri Kanitkar]]
			* [[Sheila S. Mathai]]
			* [[Rajshree Ramasethu]]
			* [[Arti Sarin]]

	==References==		==References==
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| name = Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[President's honorary surgeon|PHS]]
| image = Padma Bandopadhyay.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Bandopadhyay in 2012
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1944|11|04}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupathi]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (now Andhra Pradesh)
| death_place =
| nickname = Padma
| birth_name = Padmavathy Swaminathan
| allegiance = India
| branch = [[Indian Air Force]]
| serviceyears = 1968 - 2005
| rank = [[File:India-AirForce-OF-8-collected.svg|30px]] [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| servicenumber = 11528 MED (MR-2246)
| unit =
| commands = DGMS(Air)
| battles =
| battles_label =
| awards = PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Padma Shri
| relations =
| laterwork =
| spouse = [[Wg Cdr]] Sati Nath Bandopadhyay (m. 1968–2015; his death)
| children = 2
| alma_mater = Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
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[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Padma Bandopadhyay''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], PHS (born 4 November 1944) is a decorated former [[flight surgeon]] in the [[Indian Air Force]]. She was the first woman to be promoted to the rank of [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] in the [[Indian Air Force]]. She is the second woman in the [[Indian Armed Forces]] to be promoted to a [[three-star rank]], after Surgeon [[Vice Admiral]] [[Punita Arora]].

==Early life==
Bandopadhyay was born on 4 November 1944 at [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupathi]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Her mother was bedridden with [[tuberculosis]] and Padma became her primary caregiver at the age of four or five years. In addition, her neighbor in the [[Gole Market]] neighborhood in New Delhi was Dr [[S. I. Padmavati]], Professor of Medicine at [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]]. She has said that her experience with her mother's illness and hospitalization at [[Safdarjung Hospital]] and having a neighbouring lady doctor with the same name as her were early motivations to become a doctor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Lady-Blue-memoirs-First-Marshal-ebook/dp/B078K451F9|title=The Lady in Blue: The memoirs of First Lady Air Marshal|first=Padma|last=Bandopadhyay|date=21 December 2017|via=Amazon}}</ref>

==Education==
She studied at [[Delhi Tamil Education Association Senior Secondary Schools]] in the humanities stream. After graduating from school, she made the difficult and uncommon transition from humanities to the science stream in Delhi University. She studied [[pre-medical]] at [[Kirori Mal College]] and then joined the [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune]], in 1963.

==Career==
She joined the [[Indian Air Force]] in 1968. She married [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] S. N. Bandopadhyay, a fellow air force officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rETtLRO4z8o|title=तेजस्विनीः भारत की पहली महिला एयर मार्शल, डॉ. पद्मा बंधोपाध्याय से ख़ास बातचीत|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] (VSM)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/11528|title=Service Record for Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay 11528 MED at Bharat Rakshak.com|website=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref> for her conduct during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. Sati Nath and Padma were the first IAF couple to receive a President's award in the same investiture parade.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MxaDwAAQBAJ&q=first+VSM+couple&pg=PT252|title = Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best|date = 5 May 2018|isbn = 9789351952404}}</ref>

She was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Society of India and the first Indian woman to conduct scientific research at the North Pole.<ref>http://www.anusandhan.net/women/suc_padma.htm</ref> She is also the first woman Armed Forces officer to have completed the Defence Service Staff College course in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/83280/brave-women-soldiers-indian-armed-forces/|title=Marching Ahead: 14 Incredibly Brave Women in Indian Armed Forces Who Broke the Glass Ceiling|date=24 January 2017|website=The Better India}}</ref> She was the Director General Medical Services (Air) at the Air Headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianyouth.net/padmavathy-bandopadhyay-woman-air-marshal/|title=Padmavathy Bandopadhyay – Inspiring story of the first woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force|first=Anshika|last=Kumar|date=15 September 2017}}</ref> In 2002, she became the first woman to be promoted to [[air vice marshal]] ([[two-star rank]]). She subsequently became the first woman [[Air Marshal (India)|air marshal]] of Indian Air Force. Bandopadhyay is an [[aviation medicine]] specialist and a member of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/First-woman-Air-Vice-Marshal/articleshow/29296950.cms | title=First woman Air Vice Marshal | date=26 November 2002 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref>

==Military awards and decorations==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|colspan="4"|[[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|105px]] [[File:Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|105px]] [[File:IND Paschimi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
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|[[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Operation Vijay medal.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]
|-
|[[File:IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]
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|colspan="1"|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|colspan="2"|[[Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|colspan="1"|[[Paschimi Star]]
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|[[Sangram Medal]]
|[[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|Operation Vijay Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|High Altitude Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|-
|}

==Awards and honors==
* Vishist Seva Medal, January 1973
* Indira Priyadarshini award
* Ati Vishist Seva Medal, January 2002
* Param Vishist Seva Medal, January 2006
* Padma Shree Award, January 2020<ref>{{cite news | url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/padma-awards-2020-conferred-to-13-unsung-heroes-of-medicine-62617 | title=Padma Awards 2020 Conferred To 13 Unsung Heroes Of Medicine | date=27 January 2020 | newspaper=Medical Dialogues | access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Punita Arora]]
* [[Madhuri Kanitkar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}

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