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Amongst the many units of neurosurgery he helped set up, the [[National Brain Research Centre]] ([[Manesar]], near [[New Delhi]]), as an apex body for the coordination of brain research in the country, was his dream come true. He also became a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in 1962, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences in 1972, Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1981 and Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Medicine]] of London in 1983. He was the Founder Secretary of the [[Neurological Society of India]]. He was awarded the [[Raja-Lakshmi Award]] in the year 1987 by [[Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation]] Chennai. He trained many eminent neurosurgeons including Dr. Raja, who is now known as the father of the Neurosurgery department at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. Dr. Ramamurthi has been himself associated with the Neurosurgery department at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, having first visited the hospital briefly in 1979 and persuaded his student Dr. Raja to join the Neurosurgery department there, and also having inaugurated the use of advanced medical equipment there in 1991. | Amongst the many units of neurosurgery he helped set up, the [[National Brain Research Centre]] ([[Manesar]], near [[New Delhi]]), as an apex body for the coordination of brain research in the country, was his dream come true. He also became a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in 1962, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences in 1972, Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1981 and Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Medicine]] of London in 1983. He was the Founder Secretary of the [[Neurological Society of India]]. He was awarded the [[Raja-Lakshmi Award]] in the year 1987 by [[Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation]] Chennai. He trained many eminent neurosurgeons including Dr. Raja, who is now known as the father of the Neurosurgery department at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. Dr. Ramamurthi has been himself associated with the Neurosurgery department at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, having first visited the hospital briefly in 1979 and persuaded his student Dr. Raja to join the Neurosurgery department there, and also having inaugurated the use of advanced medical equipment there in 1991. | ||
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The Ramamurthi Neurosciences Museum in Chennai is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/01/27/stories/2002012705500400.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812023047/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/01/27/stories/2002012705500400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-08-12 |title=Ramamurthi Neurosciences Museum opened |date=2002-01-27 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> His autobiography "Uphill all the way" (Tamil translation - "thadaigal pala thandi") was released by the Chief Minister Karunanidhi in January 2000.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sridhar K |url=http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2004;volume=52;issue=1;spage=27;epage=31;aulast=Sridhar |title=Prof. B. Ramamurthi: The legend and his legacy Sridhar K Neurol India |publisher=Neurologyindia.com |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> | |||
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