National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) - NAMS (India)
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Pr<strong>of</strong>. Narayana P. Kochupillai, FAMS<br />
MD, FASc, FNA<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Narayana P. Kochupillai was born in Quilon, Kerala on 10 th February 1939 and<br />
joined the MBBS programme <strong>of</strong> the AIIMS in 1958 and completed his MD in internal<br />
medicine from the same institution in 1966. He joined the faculty <strong>of</strong> the AIIMS, New<br />
Delhi as a lecturer in Medicine in 1970 and retired from the AIIMS as Pr<strong>of</strong>. and Head,<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2003.<br />
He has 35 years <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional, teaching and research experience in Internal Medicine<br />
and Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. He has been a Clinical Consultant, Teacher<br />
and Researcher at the AIIMS, New Delhi for over 35 years. He worked as a Soloman A<br />
Berson fellow with Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine at<br />
the Mount Sinai <strong>Medical</strong> School during 1974-76. He has been the leading author <strong>of</strong> over<br />
125 scientific papers published, national, international peer-reviewed journals. His<br />
scientific work has been cited in international science citation index for over 30 years.<br />
His original scientific discoveries resulted in new insights into the nature <strong>of</strong> several<br />
widely prevalent endocrine and metabolic disorders in <strong>India</strong> and other 3 rd World<br />
countries, leading to adoption <strong>of</strong> successful preventive measures nationally and<br />
internationally to save millions from physical as well as mental disabilities and<br />
developmental disorders. He has provided expert tertiary care in the specialty <strong>of</strong> internal<br />
medicine as well as clinical endocrinology and metabolism to hundreds <strong>of</strong> thousands <strong>of</strong><br />
people from all over <strong>India</strong>, Nepal, Bhutan as well as several parts <strong>of</strong> southern China for<br />
over 30 years. As a teacher he has trained over 40 super-specialists in clinical medicine,<br />
clinical endocrinology and metabolism as well as Biotechnology leading to the award <strong>of</strong><br />
MD, MS, DM and PhD degrees by the AIIMS, thus contributing remarkably to speciality<br />
development in <strong>India</strong>.<br />
The merit <strong>of</strong> his pr<strong>of</strong>essional as well as scientific work and accomplishments has been<br />
recognized nationally and internationally as follows: Soloman A. Berson International<br />
fellowship, Shakuntala-Amir Chand Prize, Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize, Majumdar<br />
Oration Award, Fellowship <strong>of</strong> the <strong>India</strong>n <strong>National</strong> Science <strong>Academy</strong> (FNA), Annual<br />
Oration <strong>of</strong> the Endocrine Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>, INSA-Royal Society International Exchange<br />
Fellowship, Srikantia Memorial Oration Award, Ranbaxy International Award for<br />
Clinical Research, President <strong>of</strong> the Endocrine Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>, Guha Memorial Oration<br />
Award, B.C. Roy <strong>National</strong> Award, and the national honour <strong>of</strong> Padma Shri.<br />
Area <strong>of</strong> specialization: Endocrinology & Metabolism/Diabetes & Biotechnology<br />
Address: C/o Dr. V. Kochipillai, Chief, I.R.C.H, All <strong>India</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong>,<br />
New Delhi, Tel: (011) 26588828, Mobile: 9818309294, kochupillai@hotmail.com<br />
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