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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ram Behari Arora
| image =File:Dr. Ram Behari Arora (1961).jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|3|31}}
| birth_place = [[Rajasthan]], India
| death_date =Unknown
| death_place =
| residence =
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Pharmacology]] | [[Clinical Cardiology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Sawai ManSingh Medical College]] }}
| alma_mater =
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Medical academics and studies on pharmacology
| awards = {{ublist|[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|1961 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}
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'''Ram Behari Arora''' (1917–1997) was an Indian pharmacologist, medical academic, and the founding head of the department of pharmacology at [[Sawai ManSingh Medical College]], the first medical college in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.medicaleducation.rajasthan.gov.in/jaipur/history.asp |title=History |date=2017 |publisher=Sawai ManSingh Medical College}}</ref><ref name="History of Medical Education in Rajasthan">{{Cite web |url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/NAMSCON_2013_Souvenir.pdf |title=History of Medical Education in Rajasthan |date=2013 |publisher=NAMSCON 2013}}</ref> He was one of the founder fellows of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="Founder Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://nams-india.in/knowledgehub.php?n=obituary |title=Founder Fellows |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences}}</ref><ref name="Obituary">{{Cite web |url=http://nams-india.in/webpages/obituary.html |title=Obituary |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences}}</ref>

Born on 31 March 1917, Arora was known for his contributions to the field of cardiovascular pharmacotherapeutics.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=275 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref> He researched traditional Indian medicine and published several medical papers on the subject;<ref name="Author profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Arora%20RB%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=11619600 |title=Author profile |date=2017 |publisher=PubMed}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} his articles have been cited by many authors.<ref name="Zysk1998">{{cite book|author=Kenneth G. Zysk|title=Medicine in the Veda: Religious Healing in the Veda : with Translations and Annotations of Medical Hymns from the Ṛgveda and the Atharvaveda and Renderings from the Corresponding Ritual Texts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDw6kFsqGTsC&pg=PA289|year=1998|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1401-1|pages=289–}}</ref><ref name="Zysk1992">{{cite book|author=Kenneth G. Zysk|title=Religious Medicine: The History and Evolution of Indian Medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jl6jKmhm0AC&pg=PA289|date=1 October 1992|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-3302-8|pages=289–}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1961,<ref name="Medical Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |title=Medical Sciences |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224074105/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=2013-02-24 }}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}} making him the first physician to receive the honor.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=275|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|website=ssbprize.gov.in|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Singh TJ, Gupta OP, Tariq M, Arora RB|title=Effect of caffeine and coffee on serum cholesterol, free fatty acids and triglycerides levels in pigs |journal=Indian J Med Res |date=1970 |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=125–9 |pmid=5439942}}
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Seth SD, Arora RB, Guleria JS |title=Beneficial effect of hydrocortisone & hydrocortisone-antivenene combination in the treatment of Russell's viper envenomation |journal=Indian J Exp Biol |date=1971 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=183–6 |pmid=5092731}}
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Arora RB, Bagchi N, Gupta OP |title=The effects of reserpine and propranolol on the therapeutic and toxic effects of peruvoside in the heart-lung preparation and intact dogs |journal=Indian J Med Res |date=1972 |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=143–52 |pmid=5029118}}
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Sharma JN, Arora RB|title=Arthritis in ancient Indian literature |journal=Indian J Hist Sci |date=1973 |volume=8 |issue=1–2 |pages=37–42 |pmid=11619600}}
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Seth SD, Mukhopadhyay AB, Bagchi N, Prbhakar MC, Arora RB|title=Antihistaminic and spasmolytic effects of musk |journal=Jpn J Pharmacol |date=1973 |volume=23 |issue=5 |pages=673–9 |pmid=4148817|doi=10.1254/jjp.23.673 |doi-access=free }}

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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Sharma J.N., Arora R.B. |title=Arthritis in ancient Indian literature |url=http://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol08_1and2_3_JNSharma.pdf |journal=Indian J Hist Sci |date=1973 |volume=8 |issue=1–2 |pages=37–42 |pmid=11619600}}

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