Science and Society Orations

Diabetes in Indians: practice and research

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Dr. Chittaranjan S. Yajnik, Director, Diabetes Unit, KEM Hospital & Research Centre, Pune.

Dr. Yajnik, a Diabetologist, is well known for his description of the ‘thin-fat’ Indian which describes the fact that though not obese by international criteria, Indians are adipose (high body fat percent). He specializes in intrauterine programming of diabetes and has demonstrated a possible role for maternal micro-nutrient nutrition in its etiology.

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2017

Organ Donation – Gift of Life

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Mrs. Arati Gokhale, Central Coordinator, Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre, KEM Hospital, Pune.

Mrs. Arati Gokhale’s pathbreaking efforts have put Pune on the map of deceased organ donation in India. As Central Coordinator, Zonal Transplant Coordination Center (ZTCC)-Pune, Arati has tackled many challenges successfully. She learnt to face challenges head-on right after she completed her Masters in Social Work from Karve Institute and started her career as a social worker in Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune.

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Year

2018

The agrarian crisis and inequality

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Shri Palagummi Sainath, Journalist and Reporter, Founder Editor – People’s Archive of Rural India, Chennai

Shri Palagummi Sainath is a renowned journalist, respected teacher and photographer. With a career spanning three decades, he is acknowledged as a champion of rural India, an advocate of equality, human rights and honest reporting. Sainath is one of the most influential voices in the public discourse on agrarian crisis. Having spent 70-80% of his time for decades in rural areas, he reports on real life issues faced by the most underprivileged sections of our society.

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Year

2019