Mani Kumar Chetri

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Mani Kumar Chetri
Born23 May 1920 [1]
Teesta Valley, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
OccupationCardiologist
Parent(s)P. L. Singh Chettri
H. M. Chettri.
AwardsPadma Shri

Mani Kumar Chetri is an Indian cardiologist, a former director of West Bengal State Health Services and a former director of the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.[2] He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[3] and a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1974.[4]

Biography[edit | edit source]

AMRI Hospital, Dhakuria

Mani Kumar Chetri was born on 23 May 1920 in Teesta Valley T.E.,[5] one of the oldest tea gardens situated on the banks of Teesta River in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal,[6] in a gorkha family[7] to P. L. Singh Chettri and H. M. Chettri.[2] He did his early schooling at the Darjeeling Municipal Primary School and Turnbull High School and completed his matriculation from the Government High School, Darjeeling in 1936.[2] After passing his intermediate examination from St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, he secured a graduate degree in medicine (MBBS) from the Government Medical College, Calcutta and the degree of FRCP from London on government scholarship in 1956.[2]

Chetri joined the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital in 1960 as the director and a professor of the department of cardiology.[2] In 1976, he was appointed as the Director of West Bengal Health Services in 1976[5] and served as the personal doctor of the then chief minister, Jyoti Basu.[8] In 1997, when the Advanced Medical Research Institute was started in Dhakuria,[5] Chetri was made the managing director, but he continued his association with PGIMER as an advisor.[2] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of Padma Shri in 1974.[4]

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  1. ↑ "Moni Kumar Chetri after Bidhanchandra Roy in West Bengal's Health Services". ABP Ananda (in Bengali). Today in Focus. 31 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Personality of the Month". Darjeeling Times. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "List of Fellows - NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "GJM cries foul in arrest of Padmashree Doctor in AMRI case". I Sikkim. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dazzling Darjeeling". Darjeeling Times. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Notable Indian Gorkhas". World Gorkha Foundation Trust. 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "All India Gorkha League (AIGL) condemns the arrest of Dr. Mani Kumar Chettri". Mungpoo News. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
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