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Kantilal H. Sancheti (born 24 July 1936) is anorthopaedicphysician who invented India's first indigenous knee implant, the Indus Knee, and founder of Maharashtra's first orthopaedic dedicated specialty hospital.^[1]

Sancheti was born in a Shewtamber Jain family. He holds the academic degrees and fellowships of M.S. (Ortho), F.R.C.S (Edinburgh) U.K., Ph.D (Ortho), F.I.C.S., F.A.C.S. (U.S.A.).

• Founder Director and Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, at Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (SIOR). SIOR is a hospital specialising in joint replacement, traumatology, spinal surgery, paediatrics, orthopaedic, arthroscopy and sports injuries, hand and plastic surgery.
• Chairman, Post Graduate Institute of Orthopaedics, Post Graduate Institute for Physiotherapy and Hospital Management.
• Hon. Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Governor of Maharashtra and Indian Armed Forces.
• Hon. Professor, Examiner, and member of several high level core committees of various universities and healthcare-related committees of Government of Maharashtra andMedical Council of India.
• President Indian Orthopaedic Association and former President of Maharashtra Orthopaedic Association.
• Professor Emeritus in Orthopaedics, Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sancheti Hospital & Centre for Joint Replacement Surgery, Pune.

The Government of India presented him with its highest civilian awards: the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and thePadma Vibhushan in 2012.^[2]

• Maharana Mewar Award by the Maharana Mewar Foundation - 2003
• Fellowship of theRoyal College of Surgeons, Edinburg, United Kingdom - 2004
• Lifetime Achievement award of The International Medical Integration Council from the Government of Maharashtra - 2004
• International Award for Medical Excellence byHarvard Medical School (USA) - 2005
• Jeevan Sadhana Gaurav Puraskar by Pune University 2010^[3]

He organized over 500 health camps for handicapped children all over India. Sancheti also acted in the capacity of hospital design consultant to over 120 hospitals in India.

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• 1936 births
• Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work
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• 20th-century Indian surgeons

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