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'''Darshan Singh Vohra''' was an Indian Army officer,<ref name="Brief Historical Prespective">{{cite web | url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/documents/corp_of_eme.pdf | title=Brief Historical Prespective [sic] | publisher=Indian Army | date=2015 | access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> an engineer, one of the pioneers of [[prosthetics]] in Asia and the founder of the first prosthetic centre in Asia, ''Artificial Limb Centre'', [[Pune]]<ref name="AMFC profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.afmc.nic.in/Departments/Hospitals/alc.html | title=AMFC profile | publisher=Armed Forces Medical College, Pune | date=2015 | access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> and ''Nevedac Prosthetic Centre'', another prosthetic facility in [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Founder's profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.nevedacprostheticcentre.com/page2.htm | title=Founder's profile | publisher=Nevedac Prosthetic Centre | date=2015 | access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> After obtaining advanced training in prosthetics from Germany and England, he joined the [[Indian Army]] and was holding the rank of a colonel at the time of his [[superannuation]].<ref name="Karam Singh Saini vs State Of Punjab">{{cite web | url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/490169/ | title=Karam Singh Saini vs State Of Punjab | publisher=India Kanoon | date=2015 | access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> He founded the first prosthetic centre in Asia, ''Artificial Limb Centre'', immediately after [[World War II]], in 1944, at Pune, for the rehabilitation of soldiers who lost their limbs in war and the facility has grown to become a 190 bedded healthcare centre, working attached to the [[Armed Forces Medical College (India)|Armed Forces Medical College]], Pune.<ref name="AMFC profile" />

After retiring from the Army, the [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]] invited him to set up a similar centre in Punjab and he established ''Nevedac Prosthetic Centre'', in the village of [[Zirakpur]] in the state in 1972.<ref name="Karam Singh Saini vs State Of Punjab" /> He served as an honorary adviser to the [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]], [[Government of Haryana]] and Chandigarh Administration and was a consultant to the National Industrial Corporation Limited, New Delhi for the setting up of the ''Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation'' at [[Kanpur]].<ref name="Founder's profile" /> Holder of a doctoral degree in Therapeutic Philosophy from [[The World University]], Arizona, he was a fellow of the British Institute of Surgical Technologists, Artificial Limb Fitters, Great Britain and the Orthotics - Prosthetics Society of India and was a member of the Orthopaedic Works, West Germany and the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Copenhagen (ISPO).<ref name="Founder's profile" /> He also served as the president of the Orthotic - Prosthetic Society of India,  from 1987 to 1991.<ref name="Founder's profile" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1988.<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 |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=15 November 2014 }}</ref>