Bhalchandra Nilkanth Purandare: Difference between revisions

| birth_place            = [[Maharashtra]], India

'''Bhalchandra Nilkanth Purandare''' (27 October 1911 - 10 November 1990), was an Indian Gynecologist<ref name="Indian Contribution to Obstetrics and Gynaecology">{{cite journal | pmc=3763051 | title=Indian Contribution to Obstetrics and Gynaecology |author1=C. N. Purandare |author2=M. A. Patel |author3=G. D. Balsarkar  |name-list-style=amp | journal=J Obstet Gynaecol India | year=August 2013 | volume=63 | issue=4 | pages=216–217 | doi=10.1007/s13224-013-0464-5 | pmid=24431644}}</ref> and the director of the ''Dr. N.A. Purandare Medical Centre for Family Welfare and Research'', Mumbai.<ref name="Obituary-Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/obit.pdf | title=Obituary-Fellows | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> He served as the president of the [[International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics]] (FIGO) from 1973 to 1976<ref name="FIGO presidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.figo.org/sites/default/files/uploads/FIGO%20Presidents.pdf | title=FIGO presidents | publisher=International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics | date=2016 | access-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> and the ''Mumbai Obstetric and Gynecological Society'' (MOGS) from 1966 to 1968.<ref name="MOGS Past Presidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.mogsonline.org/past_prezs.html | title=MOGS Past Presidents | publisher=Mumbai Obstetric and Gynecological Society | date=2016 | access-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> He was an honorary fellow of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]]<ref name="THIS DOCTOR CARRIES AHEAD HIS FAMILY’S TRADITION">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-this-doctor-carries-ahead-his-family-s-tradition-1321695 | title=THIS DOCTOR CARRIES AHEAD HIS FAMILY’S TRADITION | publisher=DNA India | date=9 December 2009 | access-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> and an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] (1961).<ref name="Obituary-Fellows" /> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1972, for his contributions to medicine.<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=2016 |access-date=January 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref> His brother Dr. Vithal N. Purandare was also an acclaimed obstetrician and gynaecologist, renowned for his surgical prowess. He  served as President of the Mumbai Obstetrics and Gynecology society(1973-1975) and FOGSI President in 1981.<ref>{{cite journal| pmc=3763051 | pmid=24431644 | doi=10.1007/s13224-013-0464-5 | volume=63 | issue=4 | title=Indian contribution to obstetrics and gynaecology | year=2013 | journal=J Obstet Gynaecol India | pages=216–7 | author=Purandare CN, Patel MA, Balsarkar GD}}</ref><ref>http://www.mogsonline.org/past_prezs.html</ref> Their nephew Dr. C. N. Purandare, is a prominent gynaecologist and an ex President of FIGO.<ref name="THIS DOCTOR CARRIES AHEAD HIS FAMILY’S TRADITION" /><ref>https://www.sehat.com/dr-cn-purandare-obstetricians-and-gynecologist-mumbai</ref>

He died on 10 November 1990 at the age of 80.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239986489_Professor_Bhalchandra_Nikanth_Purandare_1911-1990</ref>