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'''Ratan Chandra Kar''' is an [[India|Indian]] physician and health official who worked in [[Andaman and Nicobar]]. He is known for helping the [[Jarawas (Andaman Islands)]] from disease outbreaks, such as measles in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |title="Don't Have Words To Express My Happiness": Andamans' Padma Shri Awardee |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/dont-have-words-to-express-my-happiness-andamans-padma-shri-awardee-3726191 |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=NDTV}}</ref><br />
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== Life and career ==<br />
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Ratan Chandra Kar was born in [[Ghatal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-02-03 |title=West Bengal: Padma awardee Ratan Chandra Kar, feted for Jarawa measles care, hopes to inspire youth to work in remote areas |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-padma-awardee-ratan-chandra-kar-feted-for-jarawa-measles-care-hopes-to-inspire-youth-to-work-in-remote-areas/articleshow/97565712.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-05-25 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He is a general physician and is the author of the book ''The Jarawas of the Andamans.''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Jarawas of the Andamans |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29861550-the-jarawas-of-the-andamans |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=Goodreads}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=The Doctor's Diary That Holds Clues About the Residents of North Sentinel |work=The Wire |url=https://thewire.in/health/jarawa-north-sentinel-andaman-tribes |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref> He is an alumnus of [[Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He worked with the remote indigenous people, learning their language and gaining their trust, from 1998 to 2003.<ref name=":0" /> As the local medical official, he worked out of a thatched hut which served as the primary health centre.<ref name=":1" /> He then went to work in [[Port Blair]] in 2003, but continued his visits to the Jarawas. In 2006, he became the deputy director (tribal and welfare) of the Andaman and Nicobar administration. From 2012 to 2013, he was posted at [[Neil Island]]. Following his 2014 retirement, he continued to work locally, and then returned with his family to Bangalore. <ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 2023, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]]. <ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2023 announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1893797 |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=PIB}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}<ref>{{cite news |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Doctor to the Jarawas on Padma list |agency=Press Trust of India |url=https://www.ptinews.com/news/national/doctor-to-the-jarawas-on-padma-list/501820.html |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref> Locally, he was known as Jarawa Doctor.<br />
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