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'''Banoo Jehangir Coyaji''' (7 September 1917 – 15 July 2004) was an | '''Banoo Jehangir Coyaji''' (7 September 1917 – 15 July 2004) was an Indian physician and activist in [[family planning]] and [[population control]]. She was director of [[King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College|King Edward Memorial Hospital]] in [[Pune]], and started programmes of community health workers in rural areas of [[Maharashtra]], the third largest state in India. She became an advisor to the union government and an internationally recognised expert. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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== Awards and recognition == | == Awards and recognition == | ||
* 1989 – [[Padma Bhushan]]'''<ref name="Padma Awards2">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|title=Padma Awards|date=2015|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|archive-url=https:// | * 1989 – [[Padma Bhushan]]'''<ref name="Padma Awards2">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|title=Padma Awards|date=2015|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>''' | ||
* 1992 – [[Punyabhushan Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punyabhushan.com/punyabhushans.html|title=Punyabhushan Foundation {{!}} Tridal Pune {{!}} Punyabhushan.com {{!}} Dr. Satish Desai|website=punyabhushan.com|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> | * 1992 – [[Punyabhushan Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punyabhushan.com/punyabhushans.html|title=Punyabhushan Foundation {{!}} Tridal Pune {{!}} Punyabhushan.com {{!}} Dr. Satish Desai|website=punyabhushan.com|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> | ||
* 1993 – [[Ramon Magsaysay Award|Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service]]<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-15/pune/27161484_1_family-planning-ramon-magsaysay-reproductive-health|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308234957/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-15/pune/27161484_1_family-planning-ramon-magsaysay-reproductive-health|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Social worker Banoo Coyaji passes away|access-date=31 August 2013}}</ref> | * 1993 – [[Ramon Magsaysay Award|Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service]]<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-15/pune/27161484_1_family-planning-ramon-magsaysay-reproductive-health|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308234957/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-15/pune/27161484_1_family-planning-ramon-magsaysay-reproductive-health|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Social worker Banoo Coyaji passes away|access-date=31 August 2013}}</ref> | ||
== Interests == | == Interests == | ||
Banoo had a persistent interest in literature that was passed on to her from her father. She pursued this interest through her involvement in the [[Sakal|Sakal Group of Newspapers]] as its director for 30 years.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Aggarwal1989">{{cite book|author=S. K. Aggarwal|title=Media Credibility|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDmn6LI_ZDEC&pg=PA228|year=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-157-1|pages=228–}}</ref>In addition to this, she obtained honorary degrees in literature in 1994 from the University of Pune and SNDT University.<ref name=":3" /> | Banoo had a persistent interest in literature that was passed on to her from her father. She pursued this interest through her involvement in the [[Sakal|Sakal Group of Newspapers]] as its director for 30 years.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Aggarwal1989">{{cite book|author=S. K. Aggarwal|title=Media Credibility|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDmn6LI_ZDEC&pg=PA228|year=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-157-1|pages=228–}}</ref> In addition to this, she obtained honorary degrees in literature in 1994 from the University of Pune and SNDT University.<ref name=":3" /> | ||
She also learned Western classical music during her time at the Convent of Jesus and Mary and enjoyed playing piano at her grandparents' house. Banoo performed for examiners from London's [[Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance|Trinity College of Music]].<ref name=":02" /> | She also learned Western classical music during her time at the Convent of Jesus and Mary and enjoyed playing piano at her grandparents' house. Banoo performed for examiners from London's [[Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance|Trinity College of Music]].<ref name=":02" /> | ||
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[[Category:20th-century Indian women scientists]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian women scientists]] | ||
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[[Category:Medical doctors from Maharashtra]] | [[Category:Medical doctors from Maharashtra]] | ||
[[Category:Women scientists from Maharashtra]] | [[Category:Women scientists from Maharashtra]] | ||
[[Category:21st-century Indian women scientists]] | [[Category:21st-century Indian women scientists]] | ||
[[Category:21st-century Indian medical doctors]] | [[Category:21st-century Indian medical doctors]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century women physicians]] | [[Category:20th-century women physicians]] | ||
[[Category:21st-century women physicians]] | [[Category:21st-century women physicians]] | ||