Ilias Ali (born 1955) is a surgeon fromAssam, India. In 2019, Ali was conferred thePadma Shri civilian honour by thePresident of India,Ram Nath Kovind, for his contribution towards raising awareness about family planning and birth control measures in the remote areas of Assam.[1]
He is a retired medical surgeon from the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital.[1] He founded the Emergency Medicine department at theGauhati Medical College and Hospital.[2]
Since 1993, Ali has been championing the cause of family planning and the necessity to adopt birth control measures in the remote areas of Assam, especially within the Bengali Muslim settlements where the use of contraceptives is prominently considered to be non-Islamic in nature. He encourages the people to undergo theNo Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) and despite strong resistance, he has motivated around 55,000 people to undergo the NSV procedure between 2008 and 2018. Ali has also spoken out against child marriage and polygamy.[3]
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