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{{short description|Indian neurosurgeon}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Satya Paul Agarwal
| birth_place = Nakodar, Punjab, India
| occupation = [[Neurosurgeon]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]
}}
'''Satya Paul Agarwal''' is an Indian [[neurosurgeon]], academician and public health administrator.<ref name="GFUH bio">{{cite web | url=http://www.gfuh.org/docs/AGARWAL%20Satya%20Paul.pdf | title=GFUH bio | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="Cochrane bio">{{cite web | url=http://www.cochrane.org/sites/default/files/uploads/Evidence_aid/2012%20Evidence%20Aid%20conference%20speakers.pdf | title=Cochrane bio | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> He is the incumbent Secretary General of the [[Indian Red Cross Society]].<ref name="IRCS" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 2010, with the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of medicine and public health.<ref name="Padma announcement">{{cite web | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57307 | title=Padma announcement | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>

Agarwal has been active during several disaster relief operation such as epidemic control activities and the tsunami of 2004 for which he was awarded the Henry Dunant Medal. He has also written several books and articles.<ref name="GFUH bio" /> He is the spokesperson for the ''Red Cross and Red Crescent Statutory Meetings'' on ''Health and access to safe water and improved sanitation''<ref name="RCRC spokesperson">{{cite web | url=http://www.rcrcmeetings.org/news/media/media-spokespersons/ | title=RCRC spokesperson | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="RCRC spokesperson 2">{{cite web | url=https://www.ifrc.org/PageFiles/135763/201311-statutory-meetings-spokesperson-list.pdf | title=RCRC spokesperson 2 | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> He has delivered several lectures and keynote addresses in seminars and conferences<ref name="MHPSS seminar">{{cite web | url=http://mhpss.net/event/2014-evidence-aid-symposium/ | title=MHPSS seminar | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="Evidence Aids">{{cite web | url=http://www.urban-response.org/events.aspx | title=Evidence Aids | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>

==Positions==
{{quotebox|align = right|width=24em|qalign=center|''More than 80% of dental surgeons are catering to the needs of 20% of the population in urban areas, while almost no dental treatment facilities are available to 80% of the population living in the rural areas,'' '''says Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal, on the new initiative by the [[Government of India]]''', ''We envisage implementation of the oral health project right down to village level.''<ref name="GOI initiative">{{cite journal | title=GOI initiative | pmc=1174285 | page=1030 | volume=320 | issue=7241 | journal=BMJ | doi=10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030}}</ref>}}
* Secretary General of the [[Indian Red Cross Society]] – 2005 onwards<ref name="IRCS">{{cite web | url=http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?id=511/511604 | title=IRCS | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
* Chair of the IFRC Advisory Body on Sustainable Development and Health – [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent]]<ref name="IFRC&RC">{{cite web | url=http://www.gfuh.org/docs/AGARWAL%20Satya%20Paul.pdf | title=IFRC&RC | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
* Director General of Health Services, [[Government of India]] – 1996 to 2005<ref name="IFRC&RC" />
* President – [[Tuberculosis in India#Tuberculosis Association of India|Tuberculosis Association of India]] (TAI)

==Awards and recognitions==
* [[Padma Bhushan]] – 2010<ref name="GFUH bio" /><ref name="Padma announcement" />
* [[DSc]] – [[Punjab University, Chandigarh|Punjab University]] – 2007<ref name="Cochrane bio" />
* Life Time Achievement Award for [[Tuberculosis|TB]] – 2005<ref name="GFUH bio" /><ref name="Cochrane bio" />
* [[B. C. Roy Award|Dr. B. C. Roy National Award]] for the ''Eminent Medical Person'' – 2002<ref name="GFUH bio" /><ref name="Cochrane bio" />
* [[Henry Dunant Medal]] – [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent]] Movement<ref name="GFUH bio" /><ref name="Cochrane bio" />
* Belgian Redcross Flanders Gold Medal, 2014 – Belgian Redcross Flanders

==Writings==
* {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.in/Analogy-Pain-Dr-Satya-Paul/dp/8180562441/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407584794&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Dr.+Satya+Paul+Agarwal | title=Analogy of Pain: 1 | publisher=B. Jain Publishers | author=Dr. Satya Paul | date=1 April 2006 | pages=386 | isbn=978-8180562440}}

{{portal|India}}

==External links==
* Meeting with [[Ban Ki Moon]], [[UN Secretary General]]<ref name="Ban Ki Moon">{{cite web | url=https://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/?nid=2319 | title=Ban Ki Moon | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
* Reference on Rate MDs<ref name="Rate MDs">{{cite web | url=http://www.ratemds.com/doctor-ratings/3798161/Dr-Agarwal+Satya-Paul-New+Delhi-PB.html | title=Rate MDs | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Times of India]] news<ref name="TOI news">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Doctors-and-artists-in-Delhis-Padma-gallery/articleshow/5500595.cms | title=TOI news | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
* ND TV news<ref name="ND TV news">{{cite web | url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/president-confers-padma-awards-18868 | title=ND TV news | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
* Padma Awards report<ref name="Siddha">{{cite web | url=http://jrksiddha.com/JK-Chi/news.asp | title=Siddha | access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
* Reference on Pearson General Knowledge Manual – 2011<ref name="Pearson GK">{{cite book | title=Pearson General Knowledge Manual – 2011 | publisher=Pearson Education India | author=Thorpe Edgar | date=1 September 2011 | pages=Page D-71 of 808 pages | isbn=9788131756409}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners]]
[[Category:Indian neurosurgeons]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:20th-century surgeons]]

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