Prakash Narain Tandon (born 13 August 1928) is an Indianneuroscientist andneurosurgeon.[1]
Hailing from Himachal Pradesh. He graduated with anMBBS andMS from the [KGMC] in 1950 and 52 respectively, and then trained at theUniversity of London and obtained hisFRCS in 1956. He further obtained specialist training in neurosurgery atOslo, Norway andMontreal, Canada. After a brief tenure as a professor at theK.G. Medical College,Lucknow (1963–65), he moved to theAll India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi where he founded the neurosurgery department, has been a professor of neurosurgery, a Bhatnagar Fellow (CSIR) and then a professor emeritus. Tandon, an elected fellow of theNational Academy of Medical Sciences,[2] was the President of theIndian National Science Academy in 1991-92 and has been awarded thePadma Shri (1973) andPadma Bhushan (1991) by theGovernment of India.[3][4] He is also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of Madras Neuro Trust.[5]Tandon also serves as the president of theNational Brain Research Centre Society, Manesar, Haryana, India.[6][7] He is a member of theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[8] Noted neurosurgeonB. K. Misra is one of his students.[9]
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