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{{Short description|Indian pharmacologist}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
| image = Ranjit Roy Chaudhury 2012 conference interview.jpg
| caption = Chaudhury in a 2012 [[NDTV Profit]] interview
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|10|27|1930|11|4|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| restingplace =
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| othername =
| occupation = Clinical pharmacologist Medical academic Health planner
| yearsactive =
| parents = P. C. Roy Chaudhury Indu Roy Chaudhury
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]] [[Unichem Laboratories|Unichem Award]] [[Chulalongkorn University]] Award Amrut Modi Award Vishisht Bihari Samman
}}

'''Ranjit Roy Chaudhury''', {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|FRCPE]]}} (4 November 1930 – 27 October 2015) was an Indian clinical [[pharmacologist]], medical academic and health planner,<ref name="Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury">{{cite web|url=http://nhsrcindia.org/biodata/Biodata-Prof-Ranjit-Roy-Chaudhury.pdf|title=Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury|publisher=National Health Systems Resource Centre|date=2015|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807055227/http://nhsrcindia.org/biodata/Biodata-Prof-Ranjit-Roy-Chaudhury.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> who headed the National Committee for formulating the policy and guidelines on drugs and clinical trials in India.<ref name="CHAUDHURY EXPERT COMMITTEE">{{cite web|url=https://www.healthlawyers.org/Events/Programs/Materials/Documents/AM14/bbb_wilenzick_report_prof_ranjit_roy_chaundry_expert_cmte.pdf|title=CHAUDHURY EXPERT COMMITTEE|publisher=Health Lawyers|date=2015|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090843/https://www.healthlawyers.org/Events/Programs/Materials/Documents/AM14/bbb_wilenzick_report_prof_ranjit_roy_chaundry_expert_cmte.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the chairman of the joint programme of [[World Health Organization]] and Government of India on ''Rational Use of Drugs in India''.<ref name="ND TV Expert profile">{{cite web|url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/193/Prof_Ranjit_Roy_Chaudhury.html|title=ND TV Expert profile|publisher=ND TV|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> He was the founder president of the [http://delhimedicalcouncil.org Delhi Medical Council] and the president of the Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs.<ref name="Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury"/>

A recipient of the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]] and the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], Chaudhury was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India, in 1998.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|title=Padma Awards|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|date=2015|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-date=15 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Biography==
Chaudhury was born in 1930 in [[Patna]], in the Indian state of [[Bihar]], to Indu and P.C. Roy Chaudhury.<ref name="Bhatnagar Laureates, 1958-91">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9srAQAAMAAJ&q=Ranjit+Roy+Chaudhury+1930|title=Bhatnagar Laureates, 1958–91|publisher=Human Resource Development Group, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research|date=1992|access-date=31 October 2015|pages=492}}</ref> His graduate studies in medicine were at the [[Prince of Wales Medical College]],(present [[Patna Medical College and Hospital]]) Patna.<ref name="Bloomberg profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=83585719&privcapId=61111973 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151126174255/http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=83585719&privcapId=61111973 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-11-26 |title=Bloomberg profile |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2015 |access-date=26 October 2015 }}</ref> Later, he secured the doctoral degree of DPhil from [[Lincoln College, Oxford]]<ref name="Experts' Talk">{{cite web|url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expertinterview/ndtv/expertintid/49/expertid/193/Prof_Ranjit_Roy_Chaudhury.html|title=Experts' Talk|publisher=ND TV|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126050951/http://doctor.ndtv.com/expertinterview/ndtv/expertintid/49/expertid/193/Prof_Ranjit_Roy_Chaudhury.html|archive-date=26 November 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and joined the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] in 1958 and served as an assistant professor till 1960, when he moved to [[Ciba-Geigy]] Research Center, Bombay as a professor of pharmacology.<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/>

In 1964, he was appointed as the Head of the Department of Pharmacology at the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]] (PGIMER), [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="ND TV Expert profile"/> He served the institution as its dean and superannuated in 1980 as its director, during which time he started a DM course in clinical pharmacology, a first time for India.<ref name="Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury"/> When the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] set up the ''Toxicology Review Panel'', he was appointed as its founder chairman.<ref name="NAMS profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.nams-india.in/docs_pdfs/directory%20of%20emer.pdf|title=NAMS profile|publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref>

His next posting was at the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), with his base in Geneva. His service with WHO lasted till 1991 and he worked at the Regional Offices at [[Alexandria]] and [[Yangon]] and at the [[Chulalongkorn University]], [[Bangkok]].<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/> Returning to India in 1991, he was involved in various medical organization activities. He was one of the co-founders of Delhi Medical Council, working as its founder president and served PGIMER as the chairman of its selection committee, while retaining his position as a WHO consultant.<ref name="Experts' Talk"/> He was also involved with the [[National Institute of Immunology, India|National Institute of Immunology]], New Delhi as the Emeritus Scientist, holding the post till 2005.<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/>

During this period, Chaudhury chaired the Board of Trustees of the [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2037863 International Clinical Epidemiological Network] (INCLEN) for two terms till 2006 and held its membership.<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/> He has also been a member of the ''Sub-Commission in Macroeconomics and Health'' set up by the Government of India in 2005.<ref name="Sub-Commission in Macroeconomics and Health">{{cite book|url=https://www.who.int/macrohealth/action/Report%20of%20the%20National%20Commission.pdf|title=Sub-Commission in Macroeconomics and Health|publisher=World Health Organization|work=Commission Report|date=2005|access-date=26 October 2015|isbn=978-81-7525-633-0}}</ref> He became a non-executive independent director of the Indraprastha Medical Corporation in 2008 but relinquished the post in 2014 when he was appointed as the Advisor to the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]].<ref name="Indraprastha Medical's director Ranjit Roy Chaudhury resigns">{{cite web|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/indraprastha-medicals-director-ranjit-roy-chaudhury-resigns_1180358.html|title=Indraprastha Medical's director Ranjit Roy Chaudhury resigns|publisher=Money Control|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> He has also been a Non-Executive Director of Super Religare Laboratories<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/> and is a member of the Task Force for Research of the Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation.<ref name="Doctors">{{cite web|url=https://www.apollohospitals.com/corporate/awards-accolades/doctors|title=Doctors|publisher=Apollo Hospitals|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> He sat in the governing bodies of several medical and health institutions and organizations such as PGIMER, ''Population Foundation of India'', [[Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology]], and the ''Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions'' and the Advisory Council of the [[India International Centre]].<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/>

In February 2013, the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]] constituted a committee, ''National Committee for formulating the policy and guidelines on drugs and clinical trials in India'' under the chairmanship of Chaudhury<ref name="India must become an active centre for ethical clinical research: Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/India-must-become-an-active-centre-for-ethical-clinical-research-Professor-Ranjit-Roy-Chaudhury/articleshow/28737797.cms|title=India must become an active centre for ethical clinical research: Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury|publisher=Times of India|date=13 January 2014|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> and the committee submitted a report. ''Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury Expert Committee to Formulate Policy and Guidelines for Approval of New Drugs, Clinical Trials and Banning of Drugs'', recommending significant changes in the system.<ref name="Panel recommends sweeping changes in clinical trials">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/panel-recommends-sweeping-changes-in-clinical-trials/article5141590.ece|title=Panel recommends sweeping changes in clinical trials | work=The Hindu|date=18 September 2013|access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> Researchers acknowledged the usefulness of his proposals.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gupta |first1=YK |last2=Kumar |first2=BD |title=Clinical trials and evolving regulatory science in India. |journal=Indian Journal of Pharmacology |date=2014 |volume=46 |issue=6 |pages=575–8 |doi=10.4103/0253-7613.144887 |pmid=25538325|pmc=4264069 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The Ministry subsequently accepted the proposals.<ref name="Govt accepts Ranjit Roy panel report on approval of new drugs, clinical trials & banning of drugs">{{cite web|url=http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=78617&sid=1|title=Govt accepts Ranjit Roy panel report on approval of new drugs, clinical trials & banning of drugs|publisher=Pharma Biz|date=8 November 2013|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513155947/http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=78617&sid=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> Besides 275 articles<ref name="Essential drugs and lower costs">{{cite journal|url=https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted/handle/10665/55235|title=Essential drugs and lower costs|author1=Ranjit Roy Chaudhury|author2=J. S. Bapna|journal=Who-Iris|year=1997|volume=18|issue=34|pages=345–47|archive-date=13 May 2021|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513155947/https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted/handle/10665/55235|url-status=dead}}</ref> in national and international journals, he has written 25 textbooks of medical education<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/> and a book on Ayurveda, titled ''The Healing Powers of Herbs''.<ref name="The Healing Powers of Herbs">{{cite book|title=The Healing Powers of Herbs|publisher=Sterling Publishers|author=Ranjit Roy Chaudhury|year=1960|asin=B00ZLVDZSM}}</ref>

Chaudhury died on 27 October 2015, eight days before his 85th birthday, during a visit to [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], where he was attending a conference on Pharmacovigilance.<ref name="Medical researcher Ranjit Roy Chaudhury passes away">{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/medical-researcher-ranjit-roy-chaudhury-passes-away-115102700687_1.html|title=Medical researcher Ranjit Roy Chaudhury passes away|publisher=Business Standard|date=28 October 2015|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
Chaudhury, the first Indian doctor<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/> to receive a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] in 1955,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lifescienceworld.in/dr-ranjit-roy-chaudhuryon-current-ethics-and-norms-of-medical-practising/ | title=Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury on current ethics and norms of medical practising | publisher=Life Science World | date=2015 | access-date=26 November 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/page/rhodes-scholars-from-india|title=Rhodes Scholars from India|publisher=The Rhodes Trust|website=The Rhodes Scholarships|year=2015|access-date=1 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501193554/http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/page/rhodes-scholars-from-india|archive-date=1 May 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> was a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]] and a recipient of the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from the [[Chulalongkorn University]].<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/> He was the Patron of the India chapter of the International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)<ref name="ISPOR Patron">{{cite web|url=http://www.ispor.org/RegionalChapters/GetLeadershipFile/16|title=ISPOR Patron|publisher=International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042426/http://www.ispor.org/RegionalChapters/GetLeadershipFile/16|url-status=dead}}</ref> and an Emeritus Professor and an elected Fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="Emeritus Professor">{{cite web|url=http://www.nams-india.in/webpages/directory.html|title=Emeritus Professor|publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]], the highest Indian award in the science and technology category, in 1969,<ref name="SS Bhatnagar Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Utilities/Frames/career/main_page.asp?a=topframe.htm&b=leftcon.htm&c=../../../Heads/career/awards.htm|title=SS Bhatnagar Award|publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210163924/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Utilities/Frames/career/main_page.asp?a=topframe.htm&b=leftcon.htm&c=..%2F..%2F..%2FHeads%2Fcareer%2Fawards.htm|archive-date=10 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the [[Medical Council of India]] honoured him with the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian medical award.<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/>

The Government of India included him in the 1998 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day Honours]] list for the civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]]. The [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] (FICCI) awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.<ref name="Dr Ranjit Roy Chaudhury honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2013/09/05/dr-ranjit-roy-chaudhury-honoured-with-lifetime-achievement-award|title=Dr Ranjit Roy Chaudhury honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award|publisher=India Medical Times|date=5 September 2013|access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> He was also a recipient of awards such as ''Vishisht Bihari Samman'',<ref name="Doctors"/> [[Unichem]] Award, [[Chulalongkorn University]] Award,<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/> and the Amrut Modi Award of the UNITRUST.<ref name="NAMS profile"/>

== See also ==
{{Portal|India|Medicine}}
* [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]]
* [[Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | title=The Healing Powers of Herbs | publisher=Sterling Publishers | author=Ranjit Roy Chaudhury | year=1960 | asin=B00ZLVDZSM}}
* {{cite journal | title=Essential drugs and lower costs |author1=Ranjit Roy Chaudhury |author2=J. S. Bapna | journal=Who – Iris | year=1997 | volume=18 | issue=34 | pages=345–347}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expertinterview/ndtv/expertintid/49/Prof_Ranjit_Roy_Chaudhury.html | title=Expert's Talk – Ranjit Roy Chaudhury | publisher=ND TV | work=Q&A Colum | date=2015 | access-date=26 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064324/http://doctor.ndtv.com/expertinterview/ndtv/expertintid/49/Prof_Ranjit_Roy_Chaudhury.html | archive-date=8 December 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.healthlawyers.org/Events/Programs/Materials/Documents/AM14/bbb_wilenzick_report_prof_ranjit_roy_chaundry_expert_cmte.pdf | title=Chaudhury Expert Committee Report – Full text | publisher=Health Lawyers | date=2015 | access-date=25 October 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090843/https://www.healthlawyers.org/Events/Programs/Materials/Documents/AM14/bbb_wilenzick_report_prof_ranjit_roy_chaundry_expert_cmte.pdf | url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzCsFzEdAB4 | title=Integrating Ayurveda with Modern Medicine | publisher=AYUSH | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=3 May 2013 | access-date=26 October 2015}}

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