Lalit Kumar | |
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| Born | India |
| Alma mater | Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai Royal Postgraduate Medical School |
| Occupation | Medical Oncologist |
| Awards | Padma Shri B. C. Roy Award ICMR Award Ranbaxy Science Foundation Award Fulbright fellowship |
Lalit Kumar is an Indianoncologist, known to have contributed to the development oflow costmedical facilities inDelhi.[1] TheGovernment of India honoured him, in 2014, with the award ofPadma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of medicine.[2]
Cancer cells grow everyday and very fast. So, loss of even a day is a great loss, says Dr. Lalit Kumar.[3]
Kumar is a graduate in medicine fromSarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra.[4] He completed his higher studies (DM) at theAdyar Cancer Institute, Chennai and followed it up with a post doctoral fellowship at theRoyal Postgraduate Medical School of theHammersmith Hospital, London. Kumar, aFulbright scholar,[4] is the Professor and Head of the Medical Oncology department atDr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital,[5]All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi[1][6] where he focuses onMultiple Myeloma and Gynaecological malignancies. During his tenure at the AIIMS, Kumar is known to have developed cost effective treatment protocols for sustainedbone marrow andstem cell transplantations.[1][4]
Kumar is a member of the Indo British Health Initiative (IBHI),[7] a foundation promoting scientific collaboration on healthcare between theUK andIndia.[8] He represents AIIMS in the inter institutional collaborative initiative with Institute of Women's Health (IfWH) of theUniversity College of London (UCL) in the area of gynecological oncology.[9] He is also a member of the Expert Committee to examine theSerious Adverse Events (SAE) of deaths occurring during clinical trials.[10]
Kumar's researches have been documented.[11] Pubfacts, a knowledge repository withPubMed scientific data, has listed over 50 articles by Dr. Lalit Kumar.[12] He also attends international conferences on a regular basis.[13]
Kumar has been honoured by theIndian Academy of Sciences (FASc) and theNational Academy of Medical Sciences of India (FAMS) with fellowships.[4][5] He is also a recipient of theIndian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) award and Ranbaxy Science Foundation award.[4] In 2008, theGovernment of India honoured him withDr. B. C. Roy Award,[4] the highest award by theIndian government in the medical category.[14] This was followed by another government honour, thePadma Shri when he was included in theRepublic Day honours in 2014.[2]
