Ritesh Agarwal is an Indian medical doctor and professor in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at PGIMER Chandigarh having research interests in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Medical Sciences in the year 2020 for his contributions in the field of ABPA.
Agarwal has published many research papers exploring the ABPA and novel criteria for the diagnosis and classification of ABPA.
Education
Ritesh Agarwal secured his M.B.B.S. degree in 1998 from Stanley Medical College, Chennai, and completed his Fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine from PGIMER in 2004.
Honours and recognitions
Besides the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Rohit Srivastava has been conferred several awards including the following:
- ICMR Kamal Satbir Award for the year 2009
- NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award (Medicine category) for the year 2011
- ICMR Shakuntala Amir Chand Award for the year 2012
- ICMR Chaturvedi Ghanshyam Das Jaigopal Memorial Award for the year 2019
- Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
- Fellow of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
- Fellow of Indian Chest Society
- Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow.
References
- "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. CSIR Human Resource Development Group. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- "Prof. Ritesh Agarwal awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for the year 2020 in Medical Sciences". Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- "Dr. Ritesh Agarwal, Professor". Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
External links
- Ritesh Agarwal publications indexed by Google Scholar