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Indira Hinduja | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | Bombay University |
| Awards | Padma Shri (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Infertility |
| Institutions | KEM Hospital, Mumbai |
Indira Hinduja is an Indian gynecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist based in Mumbai.[1] She pioneered the Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) technique resulting in the birth of India's first GIFT baby on 4 January 1988. Previously she delivered India's first test tube baby at KEM Hospital on 6 August 1986.[2] She is also credited for developing an oocyte donation technique for menopausal and premature ovarian failure patients, giving the country's first baby out of this technique on 24 January 1991.[3]
Academic career[edit | edit source]
She has obtained PhD degree for her thesis entitled 'Human in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer' from the Bombay University. She is a full-time practicing Obstetrician and Gynaecologist of the P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Mahim West, Bombay.[3]
Hinduja is currently also honorary obstetrician and gynecologist at P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre in Mumbai.
Awards[edit | edit source]
- Young Indian Award (1987)
- Outstanding Lady Citizen of Maharashtra State Jaycee Award (1987)
- Bharat Nirman Award for Talented Ladies (1994)
- International Women's Day Award by the Mayor of Bombay (1995; 2000)
- Lifetime Achievement Award by Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of India (1999)
- Dhanvantari Award by The Governor of Maharashtra (2000)
- Padma Shri award from Government of India (2011)[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Profile of Dr. Indira Hinduja at Hinduja Hospital.
- ↑ "India First Test Tube Baby". New Straits Times. 8 August 1986.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dr. Indira Ahuja Profile". NDTV Doctor. 20 July 2009.
- ↑ "Padma Awards Announced" (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2011.
- Living people
- People from Shikarpur District
- Medical doctors from Mumbai
- University of Mumbai alumni
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine
- Indian women gynaecologists
- Indian gynaecologists
- 20th-century Indian women scientists
- 20th-century Indian medical doctors
- Indian obstetricians
- Women scientists from Maharashtra
- 20th-century women physicians