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	'''Viswanathan Shanta''' (11 March 1927 – 19 January 2021)<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/dr-v-shanta-adyar-cancer-institute-chairwoman-dies/articleshow/80338564.cms \| title=Dr V Shanta, Cancer Institute chairwoman, dies in Chennai \| work=] \| date=19 January 2021 \| ~~accessdate~~=19 January 2021}}</ref> was an Indian ] and the chairperson of ], ]. She ~~was~~ best known for her efforts towards making quality and affordable cancer treatment accessible to all patients in her country.<ref name="Dr. V. Shanta From Chennai Honoured With Padma Vibhushan For Her Service In The Field Of Cancer" /><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/education/express-yourself-without-fear/article19741435.ece\|title=Express yourself without fear: Dr. V. Shanta\|last=Padmanabhan\|first=Geeta\|date=24 September 2017\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2 September 2018\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She dedicated herself to the mission of organizing care for cancer patients,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Focus-should-be-on-early-detection-of-cancer-Dr.-V.-Shanta/article14540549.ece\|title=Focus should be on early detection of cancer: Dr. V. Shanta\|date=20 September 2016\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=3 May 2019\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> study of the disease, research on its prevention and cure, spreading awareness about the disease,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/early-detection-of-cancer-is-key/article27005774.ece\|title=Early detection of cancer is key\|date=2 May 2019\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=3 May 2019\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Dr-V-Shanta/\|title=Dr V Shanta (Columnist profile)\|website=The Hindu\|language=en\|access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref> and developing specialists and scientists in various ] of oncology.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/chairman.html\|title=Dr. V. Shanta – Chairman\|website=www.cancerinstitutewia.in\|language=en\|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref> Her work ~~had~~ her ~~win~~ several awards, including the ], ], ], and ], the second highest civilian award given by the ].		'''Viswanathan Shanta''' (11 March 1927 – 19 January 2021)<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/dr-v-shanta-adyar-cancer-institute-chairwoman-dies/articleshow/80338564.cms \| title=Dr V Shanta, Cancer Institute chairwoman, dies in Chennai \| work=] \| date=19 January 2021 \| access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> was an Indian ] and the chairperson of ], ]. She is best known for her efforts towards making quality and affordable cancer treatment accessible to all patients in her country.<ref name="Dr. V. Shanta From Chennai Honoured With Padma Vibhushan For Her Service In The Field Of Cancer" /><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/education/express-yourself-without-fear/article19741435.ece\|title=Express yourself without fear: Dr. V. Shanta\|last=Padmanabhan\|first=Geeta\|date=24 September 2017\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2 September 2018\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She dedicated herself to the mission of organizing care for cancer patients,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Focus-should-be-on-early-detection-of-cancer-Dr.-V.-Shanta/article14540549.ece\|title=Focus should be on early detection of cancer: Dr. V. Shanta\|date=20 September 2016\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=3 May 2019\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> study of the disease, research on its prevention and cure, spreading awareness about the disease,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/early-detection-of-cancer-is-key/article27005774.ece\|title=Early detection of cancer is key\|date=2 May 2019\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=3 May 2019\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Dr-V-Shanta/\|title=Dr V Shanta (Columnist profile)\|website=The Hindu\|language=en\|access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref> and developing specialists and scientists in various ] of oncology.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/chairman.html\|title=Dr. V. Shanta – Chairman\|website=www.cancerinstitutewia.in\|language=en\|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref> Her work won her several awards, including the ], ], ], and ], the second highest civilian award given by the ].

	She was associated with Adyar Cancer Institute since 1955, and held several positions, including that of the director of the institute between 1980 and 1997. She served as a member of several national and international committees on health and medicine, including the ]'s Advisory Committee on Health.		She was associated with Adyar Cancer Institute since 1955, and held several positions, including that of the director of the institute, between 1980 and 1997. She served as a member of several national and international committees on health and medicine, including the ]'s Advisory Committee on Health.<ref name=":2">{{cite web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/to-her-patients-always-came-first-cancer-care-pioneer-dies-at-93-101611080884236.html \| title='To her, patients always came first': Cancer care pioneer dies at 93 \| work=Hindustan Times \| author=Divya Chandrababu \| date=20 January 2021 \| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life and education==
	Shanta was born on 11 March 1927, at ], Chennai, into a ] that included two Nobel Laureates, ] (grand uncle) and ] (uncle).<ref name="Dr. V. Shanta From Chennai Honoured With Padma Vibhushan For Her Service In The Field Of Cancer">{{cite web \| url=http://thelogicalindian.com/story-feed/get-inspired/dr-v-shanta-from-chennai-awarded-padma-vibhushan-for-her-service-in-the-field-of-cancer/ \| title=Dr. V. Shanta From Chennai Honoured With Padma Vibhushan For Her Service In The Field Of Cancer \| publisher=Logical Indian \| date=13 April 2016 \| access-date=23 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/She-redefined-the-C-word/article14938001.ece\|title=She redefined the C word\|last=Umashanker\|first=Sudha\|date=5 March 2011\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=8 August 2018\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		Shanta was born on 11 March 1927, at ], Chennai, into a ] that included two Nobel Laureates: ] (grand uncle) and ] (uncle).<ref name="Dr. V. Shanta From Chennai Honoured With Padma Vibhushan For Her Service In The Field Of Cancer">{{cite web \| url=http://thelogicalindian.com/story-feed/get-inspired/dr-v-shanta-from-chennai-awarded-padma-vibhushan-for-her-service-in-the-field-of-cancer/ \| title=Dr. V. Shanta From Chennai Honoured With Padma Vibhushan For Her Service In The Field Of Cancer \| publisher=Logical Indian \| date=13 April 2016 \| access-date=23 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/She-redefined-the-C-word/article14938001.ece\|title=She redefined the C word\|last=Umashanker\|first=Sudha\|date=5 March 2011\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=8 August 2018\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She did her schooling from National Girls High School (now Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls Higher Secondary School) and by the age of 12 she had made up her mind to become a doctor.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Ganesh\|first=Kamala\|date=2021-01-29\|title=The making of an ethic of care: Dr. V. Shanta's journey\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/the-making-of-an-ethic-of-care-dr-v-shantas-journey/article33694943.ece\|access-date=2022-02-11\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ramraj\|first=Manasa\|date=2015-01-19\|title=How Dr. Shanta, Grand Niece Of CV Raman, Is Making Cancer Care More Affordable In India\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/18223/dr-shanta-grand-niece-of-cv-raman-is-making-cancer-care-more-affordable-in-india/\|access-date=2022-02-11\|website=The Better India\|language=en}}</ref> She did her pre-medical study in ] and obtained her ] from the ] in 1949, D.G.O. in 1952, and ] (in Obstetrics & Gynecology) in 1955.<ref name=":NewMinute">{{cite web \| url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dr-v-shanta-chairperson-adyar-cancer-institute-passes-away-chennai-141702 \| title=Dr V Shanta, chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute, passes away in Chennai \| publisher=NewsMinute \| date=19 January 2021 \| access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://ascopost.com/issues/january-25-2019/oncology-pioneer-v-shanta-md/ \| title=Oncology Pioneer V. Shanta, MD, Has Long Championed Access to Quality Cancer Care \| work=Ascopost \| author=Ronald Piana \| date=25 January 2019 \| access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>

	She did her schooling from National Girls High School (now Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls Higher Secondary School) and had always wanted to become a doctor. She did her pre degree in ]. She did her (]) from the ] in 1949, D.G.O. in 1952, and ] (in Obstetrics & Gynecology) in 1955.<ref name=":NewMinute">{{cite web \| url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dr-v-shanta-chairperson-adyar-cancer-institute-passes-away-chennai-141702 \| title=Dr V Shanta, chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute, passes away in Chennai \| publisher=NewsMinute \| date=19 January 2021 \| accessdate=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://ascopost.com/issues/january-25-2019/oncology-pioneer-v-shanta-md/ \| title=Oncology Pioneer V. Shanta, MD, Has Long Championed Access to Quality Cancer Care \| publisher=Ascopost \| work=Ronald Piana \| date=25 January 2019 \| accessdate=19 January 2021}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	When ] set up the Cancer Institute in 1954, Shanta ~~was about~~ to ~~complete~~ her ]. She had ~~got through~~ the ] examination and had been posted to the ]. In the 1940s and 1950s, Indian women who entered the medical profession generally ~~took~~ obstetrics and gynecology, but Shanta ~~wanted to be different. She decided to join~~ the Cancer Institute instead, upsetting many people ~~in her family~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|~~url~~=~~https://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2217/stories/20050826005712600.htm~~\|title=An uphill task all along\|~~website~~=~~www.~~frontline.in\|access-date=11 ~~August 2018~~}}</ref>		When ] set up the ] in 1954, Shanta had just finished her ]. She had passed the ] examination and had been posted to the ]. In the 1940s and 1950s, Indian women who entered the medical profession generally entered the field of obstetrics and gynecology, but Shanta joined the Cancer Institute instead, upsetting many people.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=V\|first=Ganesan\|date=August 26, 2005\|title='An uphill task all along'\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30206078.ece\|access-date=2022-02-11\|website=Frontline\|language=en}}</ref>

	The institute began as a small, 12-bed cottage hospital with ~~just~~ a single building,<ref name=":0" /> minimal equipment and just two doctors, Shanta and Krishnamurthi. For three years she worked as honorary staff ~~after which,~~ the Institute offered to pay her Rs.200 per month and residence within the campus. She moved into the campus on 13 April 1955, and ~~has~~ remained there ~~till~~ her death.<ref name=":NewMinute"></ref>		The institute began as a small, 12-bed cottage hospital with a single building,<ref name=":0" /> minimal equipment and just two doctors, Shanta and Krishnamurthi. For three years she worked as honorary staff until the Institute offered to pay her Rs.200 per month and residence within the campus. She moved into the campus on 13 April 1955, and remained there until her death on 19 January 2021.<ref name=":NewMinute" /><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/dr-shanta-who-epitomised-cancer-care-dies/articleshow/80354014.cms \| title=Sprinkle my ashes all over the cancer institute: Last wish of Dr Shanta, who epitomised cancer care \| work=] \| author=Pushpa Narayan \| date=20 January 2021 \| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>

	~~Dr.~~ Shanta ~~was~~ a ~~member~~ of the ~~Tamil~~ ~~Nadu~~ ~~State~~ ~~Planning~~ ~~Commission~~ ~~for~~ ~~Health.<ref>{{cite~~ ~~web~~ \| ~~url=http://www~~.~~spc.tn.gov.in/member_health2.html~~ \| ~~title=Member~~ – ~~Health~~ ~~Profile~~ of Dr. V. ~~Shanta~~ \| ~~publisher=Government~~ of ~~Tamil~~ ~~Nadu~~ ,~~State~~ ~~Planning~~ ~~Commission~~ \| ~~accessdate=19~~ ~~January~~ ~~2021}}~~</ref> She was ~~a strong~~ advocate of early detection of cancer and the need to change public perception of the disease, especially the extreme fear and hopelessness associated with the disease. She was particularly critical of the metaphorical usage of the name of the disease to describe a dangerous and uncontrollable situation or one of hopelessness.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/On-cancer-amp-terror/article16300812.ece\|title=On cancer & terror\|date=14 May 2010\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=3 May 2019\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/no-parallel/article22871735.ece\|title=No parallel\|date=28 February 2018\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=3 May 2019\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		During her long career of over 60 years, Shanta held several positions at the Cancer Institute and served as its director between 1980 and 1997. She was personally concerned about the quality of patient care and believed that a physician's role went beyond treatment and that caring for patients was essential to that role. She developed protocols that went beyond treatment and encompassed holistic care. In addition to caregiving for patients and study of the disease, she focused on creating a pool of specialists and scientists at the institute.<ref name=":1" /> She was an advocate of early detection of cancer and the need to change public perception of the disease, especially the extreme fear and hopelessness associated with the disease. She was particularly critical of the metaphorical usage of the name of the disease to describe a dangerous and uncontrollable situation or one of hopelessness.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/On-cancer-amp-terror/article16300812.ece\|title=On cancer & terror\|date=14 May 2010\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=3 May 2019\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/no-parallel/article22871735.ece\|title=No parallel\|date=28 February 2018\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=3 May 2019\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

			Shanta served as a member of several national and international committees on health and medicine, including the ]'s Advisory Committee on Health.<ref name=":2" /> She was also a member of the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission for Health.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Profile of Dr. V. Shanta\|url=http://www.spc.tn.gov.in/member_health2.html\|access-date=19 January 2021\|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu, State Planning Commission}}</ref>

	==Awards==		==Awards==
	], ], presenting the ] to Shanta, in New Delhi on 20 March 2006.]]		], ], presenting the ] to Shanta, in New Delhi on 20 March 2006]]
	Shanta, an elected fellow of the ],<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web\|url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf\|title=List of Fellows — NAMS\|date=2016\|publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences\|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> was a recipient of the ] Award in 1986,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Place=Tamil%20Nadu&Field=Medicine&Award=Padma%20Shri&Year=1986-1986\|title=Padma Awards for 1986 in the field of Medicine {{!}} Interactive Dashboard\|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in\|language=en\|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> ],<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf\|title=Padma Awards\|date=2015\|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India\|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> in 2006 and ] in 2016.<ref name="Dr. V. Shanta From Chennai Honoured With Padma Vibhushan For Her Service In The Field Of Cancer" /><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece\|title=Padma Vibhushan for Rajinikanth, Dhirubhai Ambani, Jagmohan\|date=25 January 2016\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=2016-2016&Award=Padma%20Vibhushan&Field=Medicine\|title=Padma Awards for the year 2016 {{!}} Interactive Dashboard\|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in\|language=en\|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards list">{{cite web\|url=https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Awards_2016_14042017.PDF\|title=Padma Awards list – 2016\|date=2016\|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India\|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>		Shanta, an elected fellow of the ],<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web\|url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf\|title=List of Fellows — NAMS\|date=2016\|publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences\|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> was a recipient of the ] Award in 1986,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Place=Tamil%20Nadu&Field=Medicine&Award=Padma%20Shri&Year=1986-1986\|title=Padma Awards for 1986 in the field of Medicine {{!}} Interactive Dashboard\|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in\|language=en\|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> ],<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf\|title=Padma Awards\|date=2015\|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India\|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> in 2006 and ] in 2016.<ref name="Dr. V. Shanta From Chennai Honoured With Padma Vibhushan For Her Service In The Field Of Cancer" /><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece\|title=Padma Vibhushan for Rajinikanth, Dhirubhai Ambani, Jagmohan\|date=25 January 2016\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=2016-2016&Award=Padma%20Vibhushan&Field=Medicine\|title=Padma Awards for the year 2016 {{!}} Interactive Dashboard\|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in\|language=en\|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards list">{{cite web\|url=https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Awards_2016_14042017.PDF\|title=Padma Awards list – 2016\|date=2016\|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India\|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

	She ~~was conferred~~ the ] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://rmaward.asia/awardees/year/2005/\|title=Awardees from 2005 • The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation • Honoring greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia\|website=rmaward.asia\|language=en-US\|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> ~~She~~ dedicated the award to her institute.<ref name="Citation">{{cite web \| url=https://www.rmaward.asia/awardees/shanta-v/ \| title=Shanta, V. \|publisher=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation \| access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> The award citation is worth quoting to describe aptly Dr. Shanta's service. It reads in part:<blockquote>"In an era when specialised medical care in India has become highly commercialised, Dr. Shanta strives to ensure that the Institute remains true to its ethos, `Service to all.' Its services are free or subsidised for some 60 per cent of its 100,000 annual patients ~~eighty~~-~~seven~~-year-old Shanta still sees patients, still performs surgery, and is still on call twenty-four hours a day."<ref name="rmaf">{{Cite web \| title = Citation Description\| url = http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationShantaV.htm \| access-date = 1 November 2012 }}</ref></blockquote>		She received the ] in 2005,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://rmaward.asia/awardees/year/2005/\|title=Awardees from 2005 • The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation • Honoring greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia\|website=rmaward.asia\|language=en-US\|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> and dedicated the award to her institute.<ref name="Citation">{{cite web \| url=https://www.rmaward.asia/awardees/shanta-v/ \| title=Shanta, V. \|publisher=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation \| access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> The award citation is worth quoting to describe aptly Dr. Shanta's service. It reads in part:<blockquote>"In an era when specialised medical care in India has become highly commercialised, Dr. Shanta strives to ensure that the Institute remains true to its ethos, `Service to all.' Its services are free or subsidised for some 60 per cent of its 100,000 annual patients seventy-eight-year-old Shanta still sees patients, still performs surgery, and is still on call twenty-four hours a day."<ref name="rmaf">{{Cite web\|title=Citation Description\|url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationShantaV.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312035338/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationShantaV.htm\|archive-date=2007-03-12\|access-date=1 November 2012}}</ref></blockquote>

			== Death ==
			Shanta died aged 93 on 19 January 2021. She had complained of chest pain the previous night and was rushed to a private hospital though she had initially insisted on being medically managed within her Institute's campus and did not want invasive ventilation. She was diagnosed as having a massive heart block that could not be rectified.<ref>{{Cite news\|date=19 January 2021\|title=Dr. Shanta {{!}} Country loses a crusader who revolutionised cancer treatment\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/cancer-institutes-v-shanta-is-no-more/article33605774.ece\|access-date=21 January 2021\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|author=The Hindu Net Desk\|date=19 January 2021\|title=V. Shanta (1927-2021)\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/specials/v-shanta-1927-2021/article33611432.ece\|access-date=23 January 2021\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*Interview with Dr Shanta – Frontline Volume 22 – Issue 17, 13–26 August 2005		*Interview with Dr Shanta – ''Frontline'' Volume 22 – Issue 17, 13–26 August 2005
	*Treatment must be made affordable, says V. Shanta		*Treatment must be made affordable, says V. Shanta
	*~~Oncologists should be good listeners: Dr. Shanta~~		*
	*Oncology Pioneer V. Shanta, MD, Has Long Championed Access to Quality Cancer Care		*Oncology Pioneer V. Shanta, MD, Has Long Championed Access to Quality Cancer Care
	{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}		{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}
	{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}		{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}

Latest revision as of 18:34, 29 September 2023

Indian cancer specialist (1927–2021) In this Indian name, the name Viswanathan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Shanta.

V. Shanta
Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, presenting the Padma Vibhushan to Shanta
Born	(1927-03-11)11 March 1927 Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	19 January 2021(2021-01-19) (aged 93) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Education	MBBS, MD
Alma mater	Madras Medical College
Occupation	Chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute
Awards	Ramon Magsaysay Award Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Shri

Viswanathan Shanta (11 March 1927 – 19 January 2021) was an Indian oncologist and the chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai. She is best known for her efforts towards making quality and affordable cancer treatment accessible to all patients in her country. She dedicated herself to the mission of organizing care for cancer patients, study of the disease, research on its prevention and cure, spreading awareness about the disease, and developing specialists and scientists in various subspecialties of oncology. Her work won her several awards, including the Magsaysay Award, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award given by the Government of India.

She was associated with Adyar Cancer Institute since 1955, and held several positions, including that of the director of the institute, between 1980 and 1997. She served as a member of several national and international committees on health and medicine, including the World Health Organization's Advisory Committee on Health.

Early life and education

Shanta was born on 11 March 1927, at Mylapore, Chennai, into a distinguished family that included two Nobel Laureates: C. V. Raman (grand uncle) and S. Chandrasekar (uncle). She did her schooling from National Girls High School (now Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls Higher Secondary School) and by the age of 12 she had made up her mind to become a doctor. She did her pre-medical study in Presidency College and obtained her M.B.B.S from the Madras Medical College in 1949, D.G.O. in 1952, and M.D. (in Obstetrics & Gynecology) in 1955.

Career

When Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy set up the Cancer Institute in 1954, Shanta had just finished her Doctor of Medicine (M.D.). She had passed the Public Service Commission examination and had been posted to the Women and Children Hospital. In the 1940s and 1950s, Indian women who entered the medical profession generally entered the field of obstetrics and gynecology, but Shanta joined the Cancer Institute instead, upsetting many people.

The institute began as a small, 12-bed cottage hospital with a single building, minimal equipment and just two doctors, Shanta and Krishnamurthi. For three years she worked as honorary staff until the Institute offered to pay her Rs.200 per month and residence within the campus. She moved into the campus on 13 April 1955, and remained there until her death on 19 January 2021.

During her long career of over 60 years, Shanta held several positions at the Cancer Institute and served as its director between 1980 and 1997. She was personally concerned about the quality of patient care and believed that a physician's role went beyond treatment and that caring for patients was essential to that role. She developed protocols that went beyond treatment and encompassed holistic care. In addition to caregiving for patients and study of the disease, she focused on creating a pool of specialists and scientists at the institute. She was an advocate of early detection of cancer and the need to change public perception of the disease, especially the extreme fear and hopelessness associated with the disease. She was particularly critical of the metaphorical usage of the name of the disease to describe a dangerous and uncontrollable situation or one of hopelessness.

Shanta served as a member of several national and international committees on health and medicine, including the World Health Organization's Advisory Committee on Health. She was also a member of the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission for Health.

Awards

Shanta, an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, was a recipient of the Padma Shri Award in 1986, Padma Bhushan, in 2006 and Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

She received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2005, and dedicated the award to her institute. The award citation is worth quoting to describe aptly Dr. Shanta's service. It reads in part:

"In an era when specialised medical care in India has become highly commercialised, Dr. Shanta strives to ensure that the Institute remains true to its ethos, `Service to all.' Its services are free or subsidised for some 60 per cent of its 100,000 annual patients seventy-eight-year-old Shanta still sees patients, still performs surgery, and is still on call twenty-four hours a day."

Death

Shanta died aged 93 on 19 January 2021. She had complained of chest pain the previous night and was rushed to a private hospital though she had initially insisted on being medically managed within her Institute's campus and did not want invasive ventilation. She was diagnosed as having a massive heart block that could not be rectified.

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External links

Interview with Dr Shanta – Frontline Volume 22 – Issue 17, 13–26 August 2005 'An uphill task all along'
Treatment must be made affordable, says V. Shanta '65% of kids with cancer get back to normal life'
"Oncologists should be good listeners: Dr. Shanta"
Oncology Pioneer V. Shanta, MD, Has Long Championed Access to Quality Cancer Care

v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Medicine
1950s	Bir Bhan Bhatia (1954) V. R. Khanolkar (1954) Perakath Verghese Benjamin (1955) Mahesh Prasad Mehray (1955) Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi (1956) Chintaman Govind Pandit (1956) Isaac Santra (1956) Khushdeva Singh (1957)
1960s	Hilda Mary Lazarus (1961) George William Gregory Bird (1963) Hakim Abdul Hameed (1965) Jerusha Jhirad (1966) Edith Helen Paull (1967) Amar Prasad Ray (1967) Natteri Veeraraghavan (1967) B. K. Anand (1969) Ram Kumar Caroli (1969) Vulimiri Ramalingaswami (1969) Krishna Gopal Saxena (1969)
1970s	Ajit Kumar Basu (1970) Coluthur Gopalan (1970) Perugu Siva Reddy (1970) B. N. B. Rao (1971) Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi (1971) Dorothy Chacko (1972) Thayil John Cherian (1972) Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi (1972) Balu Sankaran (1972) K. N. Udupa (1972) R. Marthanda Varma (1972) Mary Verghese (1972) K. T. Dholakia (1973) M. K. Krishna Menon (1973) J. M. Pahwa (1973) Prakash Narain Tandon (1973) Jamshed Vazifdar (1973) Govindappa Venkataswamy (1973) Mani Kumar Chetri (1974) Nagarur Gopinath (1974) L. S. N. Prasad (1974) Kadiyala Ramachandra (1974) Reuben David (1975) Stanley John (1975) Mary Poonen Lukose (1975) Kadiyala Ramachandra (1975) Durga Deulkar (1976) Lucy Oommen (1977)
1980s	Jasbir Singh Bajaj (1981) P. K. Sethi (1981) K. Vardachari Thiruvengadam (1981) C. P. Thakur (1982) Raj Vir Singh Yadav (1982) S. S. Badrinath (1983) Raj Baveja (1983) Shishupal Ram (1983) Purshottam Lal Wahi (1983) B. K. Goyal (1984) Vera Hingorani (1984) K. P. Mathur (1984) N. Balakrishnan Nair (1984) Hariharan Srinivasan (1984) Ramniklal K. Gandhi (1985) Samiran Nundy (1985) Usha Sharma (1985) M. S. Valiathan (1985) Gopal Krishna Vishwakarma (1985) Santosh Kumar Kackar (1986) V. Shanta (1986) Prabhu Dayal Nigam (1987) Daljit Singh (1987) Harbans Singh Wasir (1987)
1990s	N. H. Antia (1990) M. G. Deo (1990) P. K. Rajagopalan (1990) M. M. S. Ahuja (1991) Sneh Bhargava (1991) K. M. Cherian (doctor) (1991) G. N. Malviya (1991) Shiela Mehra (1991) S. C. Munshi (1991) M. N. Passey (1991) Jai Pal Singh (1991) Naresh Trehan (1991) Rathin Datta (1992) Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed (1992) Anil Kohli (1992) Ramesh Kumar (nephrologist) (1992) Usha Kehar Luthra (1992) J. S. Mahashabde (1992) P. V. A. Mohandas (1992) E. T. Neelakandan Mooss (1992) Kameshwar Prasad (1992) Luis Jose De Souza (1992) Amrit Tewari (1992) G. S. Venkataraman (1992) Ranjit Roy Chaudhury (1998) K. A. Abraham (1999) Raj Bothra (1999) Balendu Prakash (1999) Devendra Triguna (1999) P. K. Warrier (1999)
2000s	Mahendra Bhandari (2000) Vipin Buckshey (2000) Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi (2000) Kirpal Singh Chugh (2000) P. K. Dave (2000) Mathew Kalarickal (2000) Kakarla Subba Rao (2000) G. S. Sainani (2000) Immaneni Sathyamurthy (2000) Jyoti Bhushan Banerji (2001) Alaka Deshpande (2001) Sharad Kumar Dixit (2001) Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah (2001) M. Krishnan Nair (2001) Dasari Prasada Rao (2001) Laishram Nabakishore Singh (2001) Bhupathiraju Somaraju (2001) Suresh H. Advani (2002) Pradeep Chowbey (2002) Vijay Kumar Dada (2002) Prakash Nanalal Kothari (2002) Harsh Mahajan (2002) Vikram Marwah (2002) Atluri Sriman Narayana (2002) Kamaljit Singh Paul (2002) Karimpat Mathangi Ramakrishnan (2002) Gullapalli Nageswara Rao (2002) D. Nageshwar Reddy (2002) Prahlad Kumar Sethi (2002) J. S. Guleria (2003) Narayana Panicker Kochupillai (2003) Rajagopalan Krishnan (2003) Ashok Seth (2003) Vijay Prakash (2003) Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar (2004) S. C. Manchanda (2004) Ashwin Balachand Mehta (2004) S. K. Sama (2004) Rajan Saxena (physician) (2004) Devi Shetty (2004) Gopal Prasad Sinha (2004) G. Bakthavathsalam (2005) Jitendra Mohan Hans (2005) P. N. V. Kurup (2005) Veer Singh Mehta (2005) Lavu Narendranath (2005) Cyrus S. Poonawalla (2005) Sanjeev Bagai (2006) Mohan Kameswaran (2006) Upendra Kaul (2006) Tsering Landol (2006) Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman (2006) Harbhajan Singh Rissam (2006) Kamal Kumar Sethi (2006) Tehemton Erach Udwadia (2006) Harpinder Singh Chawla (2007) Narmada Prasad Gupta (2007) Ashok Kumar Hemal (2007) Atul Kumar (ophthalmologist) (2007) C. N. Manjunath (2007) Anoop Misra (2007) P. Namperumalsamy (2007) Mayilvahanan Natarajan (2007) K. R. Palaniswamy (2007) Mahipal S. Sachdev (2007) B. Paul Thaliath (2007) Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal (2007) Mohsin Wali (2007) S. N. Arya (2008) Dinesh K. Bhargava (2008) Tony Fernandez (ophthalmologist) (2008) Rakesh Kumar Jain (2008) Raman Kapur (2008) T. P. Lahane (2008) Keiki R. Mehta (2008) M. C. Pant (2008) Arjunan Rajasekaran (2008) Malvika Sabharwal (2008) Indu Bhushan Sinha (2008) Randhir Sud (2008) C. U. Velmurugendran (2008) Kalyan Banerjee (2009) Balswarup Choubey (2009) Saibaba Goud (2009) Yash Gulati (2009) P. R. Krishna Kumar (2009) Arvind Lal (2009) D. S. Rana (2009) Thanikachalam Sadagopan (2009) Ashok K. Vaid (2009) G. Vijayaraghavan (2009)
2010s	K. K. Aggarwal (2010) Philip Augustine (2010) Anil Kumar Bhalla (2010) Kodaganur S. Gopinath (2010) Laxmi Chand Gupta (2010) Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy (2010) Vikas Mahatme (2010) B. Ramana Rao (2010) Rabindra Narain Singh (2010) Arvinder Singh Soin (2010) Madanur Ahmed Ali (2011) Pukhraj Bafna (2011) Mansoor Hasan (2011) Indira Hinduja (2011) Shyama Prasad Mandal (2011) Jose Chacko Periappuram (2011) A. Marthanda Pillai (2011) Sivapatham Vittal (2011) Nitya Anand (2012) Mukesh Batra (2012) Mahdi Hasan (2012) Jugal Kishore (2012) V. Mohan (2012) J. Hareendran Nair (2012) Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan (2012) Jitendra Kumar Singh (2012) Shrinivas S. Vaishya (2012) Sudarshan K. Aggarwal (2013) Rajendra Achyut Badwe (2013) Krishna Chandra Chunekar (2013) Taraprasad Das (2013) T. V. Devarajan (2013) Saroj Chooramani Gopal (2013) Vishwa Kumar Gupta (2013) Pramod Kumar Julka (2013) Gulshan Rai Khatri (2013) Ganesh Kumar Mani (2013) Amit Prabhakar Maydeo (2013) Sundaram Natarajan (2013) C. Venkata S. Ram (2013) Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya (2014) Subrat Kumar Acharya (2014) Balram Bhargava (2014) Indira Chakravarty (2014) Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande (2014) Pawan Raj Goyal (2014) Rajesh Kumar Grover (2014) Amod Gupta (2014) Daya Kishore Hazra (2014) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob (2014) Shashank R. Joshi (2014) Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah (2014) Milind Vasant Kirtane (2014) Lalit Kumar (2014) Mohan Mishra (2014) Vamsi Mootha (2014) Siddhartha Mukherjee (2014) Nitish Naik (2014) M. Subhadra Nair (2014) Ashok Panagariya (2014) Narendra Kumar Pandey (2014) Sunil Pradhan (2014) Ashok Rajgopal (2014) Kamini A. Rao (2014) Sarbeswar Sahariah (2014) J. S. Titiyal (2014) Om Prakash Upadhyaya (2014) Mahesh Verma (2014) Manjula Anagani (2015) Yogesh Kumar Chawla (2015) Bimola Kumari (2015) Randeep Guleria (2015) K. P. Haridas (2015) Rajesh Kotecha (2015) Alka Kriplani (2015) Harsh Kumar (2015) Dattatreyudu Nori (2015) Tejas Patel (2015) Raghu Ram Pillarisetti (2015) Narendra Prasad (2015) Saumitra Rawat (2015) Yog Raj Sharma (2015) Nikhil Tandon (2015) Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi (2015) Gopi Chand Mannam (2016) Praveen Chandra (2016) John Ebnezar (2016) Daljeet Singh Gambhir (2016) A. G. K. Gokhale (2016) Murli Manohar Joshi (2016) Ravi Kant (2016) Shiv Narain Kureel (2016) T. K. Lahiri (2016) Anil Kumari Malhotra (2016) Yarlagadda Nayudamma (2016) Sudhir V. Shah (2016) Ram Harsh Singh (2016) M. V. Padma Srivastava (2016) T. S. Chandrasekar (2016) Harkishan Singh (2017) Suniti Solomon (2017) Bhakti Yadav (2017) Abhay and Rani Bang (2018) Yeshi Dhonden (2018) Lakshmikutty (2018) M. R. Rajagopal (2018) Sanduk Ruit (2018) Ilias Ali (2019) Omesh Kumar Bharti (2019) Mammen Chandy (2019) Sudam Kate (2019) Ravindra and Smita Kolhe (2019) Jagat Ram (2019) Ramaswami Venkataswami (2019)
2020s	Yogi Aereon (2020) Padma Bandopadhyay (2020) Sushovan Banerjee (2020) Digambar Behera (2020) Leela Joshi (2020) Arunoday Mondal (2020) Shanti Roy (2020) Gurdip Singh (2020) Sandra Desa Souza (2020) Kushal Konwar Sarma (2020) Ravi Kannan R (2020) Krishna Mohan Pathi (2021) Jitendra Nath Pande (2021) Himmatrao Bawaskar (2022) Prokar Dasgupta (2022) Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao (2022) Lata Desai (2022) Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre (2022) Dr Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous) (2022) Veeraswamy Seshiah (2022) Bhimsen Singhal (2022) Balaji Tambe (Posthumous) (2022) Kamlakar Tripathi (2022) Munishwar Chandar Dawar (2023) Ratan Chandra Kar (2023) Nalini Parthasarathi (2023) Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti (2023) Manoranjan Sahu (2023) Gopalsamy Veluchamy (2023) Ishwar Chander Verma (2023)

v t e Recipients of Padma Vibhushan
Arts	Ebrahim Alkazi Kishori Amonkar Prabha Atre Amitabh Bachchan Teejan Bai M. Balamuralikrishna T. Balasaraswati S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Asha Bhosle Nandalal Bose Hariprasad Chaurasia Chiranjeevi Girija Devi Kumar Gandharva Adoor Gopalakrishnan Satish Gujral Gangubai Hangal Bhupen Hazarika M. F. Husain Zakir Hussain Ilaiyaraaja Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer Bhimsen Joshi Ali Akbar Khan Amjad Ali Khan Allauddin Khan Bismillah Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan Yamini Krishnamurthy Dilip Kumar R. K. Laxman Birju Maharaj Kishan Maharaj Lata Mangeshkar Sonal Mansingh Mallikarjun Mansur Zubin Mehta Mario Miranda Chhannulal Mishra Kelucharan Mohapatra Raghunath Mohapatra Jasraj Motiram Benode Behari Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee Rajinikanth Ram Narayan D. K. Pattammal K. Shankar Pillai Balwant Moreshwar Purandare Akkineni Nageswara Rao Kaloji Narayana Rao Satyajit Ray S. H. Raza Zohra Sehgal Uday Shankar Ravi Shankar V. Shantaram Shivkumar Sharma Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman M. S. Subbulakshmi K. G. Subramanyan Kapila Vatsyayan Homai Vyarawalla K. J. Yesudas
Civil service	Bimala Prasad Chaliha Naresh Chandra T. N. Chaturvedi Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Suranjan Das Rajeshwar Dayal Basanti Devi P. N. Dhar Jyotindra Nath Dixit M. S. Gill Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim H. V. R. Iyengar Bhola Nath Jha Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi Ajudhiya Nath Khosla Rai Krishnadasa V. Krishnamurthy P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Pratap Chandra Lal K. B. Lall Sam Manekshaw Om Prakash Mehra Mohan Sinha Mehta M. G. K. Menon Brajesh Mishra Sumati Morarjee A. Ramasamy Mudaliar Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan Braj Kumar Nehru Bhairab Dutt Pande Ghananand Pande Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit T. V. Rajeswar C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao Pattadakal Venkanna R. Rao V. K. R. V. Rao Bipin Rawat Khusro Faramurz Rustamji Harish Chandra Sarin Binay Ranjan Sen Homi Sethna Arjan Singh Harbaksh Singh Kirpal Singh Manmohan Singh Tarlok Singh Lallan Prasad Singh Balaram Sivaraman Chandrika Prasad Srivastava T. Swaminathan Arun Shridhar Vaidya Dharma Vira Narinder Nath Vohra
Literature and education	V. S. R. Arunachalam Jagdish Bhagwati Satyendra Nath Bose Tara Chand Suniti Kumar Chatterji D. P. Chattopadhyaya Bhabatosh Datta Avinash Dixit Mahasweta Devi John Kenneth Galbraith Sarvepalli Gopal Lakshman Shastri Joshi Kaka Kalelkar Dhondo Keshav Karve Gopinath Kaviraj Radheshyam Khemka Kuvempu O. N. V. Kurup Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Sitakant Mahapatra John Mathai Kotha Satchidananda Murthy Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri Bal Ram Nanda R. K. Narayan P. Parameswaran Amrita Pritam K. N. Raj C. Rangarajan Raja Rao Ramoji Rao Hormasji Maneckji Seervai Rajaram Shastri Kalu Lal Shrimali Govindbhai Shroff Khushwant Singh Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey Mahadevi Varma Bashir Hussain Zaidi
Medicine	Jasbir Singh Bajaj B. K. Goyal Purshotam Lal A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar S. I. Padmavati Autar Singh Paintal Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Balu Sankaran V. Shanta Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar Prakash Narain Tandon Brihaspati Dev Triguna M. S. Valiathan Dilip Mahalanabis
Other	Sunderlal Bahuguna B. K. S. Iyengar Rambhadracharya Ravi Shankar Vishwesha Teertha Jaggi Vasudev B. V. Doshi
Public affairs	L. K. Advani Montek Singh Ahluwalia Aruna Asaf Ali Fazal Ali Adarsh Sein Anand Madhav Shrihari Aney Parkash Singh Badal Sikander Bakht Milon K. Banerji Mirza Hameedullah Beg P. N. Bhagwati Raja Chelliah Chandra Kisan Daphtary Niren De C. D. Deshmukh Anthony Lancelot Dias Uma Shankar Dikshit Kazi Lhendup Dorjee George Fernandes P. B. Gajendragadkar Benjamin Gilman Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Zakir Husain V. R. Krishna Iyer Jagmohan Lakshmi Chand Jain Arun Jaitley Aditya Nath Jha Murli Manohar Joshi Anerood Jugnauth Mehdi Nawaz Jung Ali Yavar Jung Vijay Kelkar Hans Raj Khanna V. N. Khare Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Jivraj Narayan Mehta V. K. Krishna Menon Hirendranath Mukherjee Ajoy Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee Padmaja Naidu Venkaiah Naidu Gulzarilal Nanda Govind Narain Fali Sam Nariman Hosei Norota Nanabhoy Palkhivala K. Parasaran Hari Vinayak Pataskar Sunder Lal Patwa Sharad Pawar Naryana Raghvan Pillai Sri Prakasa N. G. Ranga Ravi Narayana Reddy Y. Venugopal Reddy Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq Lakshmi Sahgal P. A. Sangma M. C. Setalvad Kalyan Singh Karan Singh Nagendra Singh Swaran Singh Walter Sisulu Soli Sorabjee Kalyan Sundaram Sushma Swaraj Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Atal Bihari Vajpayee M. N. Venkatachaliah Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Jigme Dorji Wangchuck S. M. Krishna Mulayam Singh Yadav
Science and engineering	V. K. Aatre Salim Ali Norman Borlaug Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Rajagopala Chidambaram Charles Correa Satish Dhawan Anil Kakodkar A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan Har Gobind Khorana Daulat Singh Kothari Verghese Kurien Raghunath Anant Mashelkar G. Madhavan Nair Roddam Narasimha Jayant Narlikar Rajendra K. Pachauri Benjamin Peary Pal Yash Pal I. G. Patel Venkatraman Ramakrishnan K. R. Ramanathan Raja Ramanna C. R. Rao C. N. R. Rao Palle Rama Rao Udupi Ramachandra Rao Vikram Sarabhai Man Mohan Sharma Obaid Siddiqi E. Sreedharan M. R. Srinivasan George Sudarshan M. S. Swaminathan Narinder Singh Kapany S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Social work	Baba Amte Pandurang Shastri Athavale Janaki Devi Bajaj Mirabehn Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Durgabai Deshmukh Nanaji Deshmukh Nirmala Deshpande Mohan Dharia U. N. Dhebar Valerian Gracias Veerendra Heggade Mary Clubwala Jadhav Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta Usha Mehta Sister Nirmala Nellie Sengupta
Sports	Viswanathan Anand Edmund Hillary Mary Kom Sachin Tendulkar
Trade and industry	Dhirubhai Ambani Ghanshyam Das Birla Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan Lakshmi Mittal Anil Manibhai Naik N. R. Narayana Murthy M. Narasimham Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Azim Premji Prathap C. Reddy J. R. D. Tata Ratan Tata
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v t e Ramon Magsaysay Award winners of India
Amitabha Chowdhury Anshu Gupta Aruna Roy Arun Shourie Arvind Kejriwal Baba Amte Banoo Jehangir Coyaji Bezwada Wilson Bharat Vatwani B. G. Verghese Chandi Prasad Bhatt C. D. Deshmukh Dara Nusserwanji Khurody Deep Joshi Ela Bhatt Gour Kishore Ghosh Harish Hande Jockin Arputham James Michael Lyngdoh Jayaprakash Narayan Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Kiran Bedi Kulandei Francis K. V. Subbanna Lakshmi Chand Jain Laxminarayan Ramdas Mabelle Arole Mahasweta Devi Mahesh Chandra Mehta Manibhai Desai Mandakini Amte Mother Teresa M. S. Subbulakshmi M. S. Swaminathan Nileema Mishra Palagummi Sainath Pandurang Shastri Athavale Prakash Amte P. K. Sethi Rajendra Singh Ravi Shankar Ravish Kumar R. K. Laxman Rajanikant Arole Sanjiv Chaturvedi Satyajit Ray Sombhu Mitra Sandeep Pandey Shantha Sinha Sonam Wangchuk T. M. Krishna T. N. Seshan Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel V. Shanta Verghese Kurien Vinoba Bhave
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Government Service (1958–2008)

Cambodia	Ek Sonn Chan
China	Yuan Longping
India	C.D. Deshmukh J. M. Lyngdoh
Indonesia	Raden Kodijat Ali Sadikin
Japan	Morihiko Hiramatsu Hiroshi Kuroki Yukiharu Miki
Laos	Keo Viphakone
Malaysia	Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim B. C. Shekhar
Pakistan	Akhtar Hameed Khan Ibn Abdur Rehman
Philippines	Jose Vasquez Aguilar Francisca Reyes-Aquino Hilario Davide Jr. Grace Padaca Jesse Robredo Jovito R. Salonga Miriam Defensor Santiago Haydee Yorac
Singapore	Goh Keng Swee
Thailand	Anand Panyarachun Chamlong Srimuang Jon Ungphakorn Phon Sangsingkeo Prawase Wasi Puey Ungpakorn
Taiwan	Shih-chu Hsu Li Kwoh-ting Jiang Menglin

Public Service (1958–2008)

Burma	Tee Tee Luce
Ceylon	Mary H. Rutnam
China	Gao Yaojie Jiang Yanyong Liang Congjie Wu Qing
India	Baba Amte Banoo Jehangir Coyaji Manibhai Desai Jayaprakash Narayan V. Shanta
Indonesia	H.B. Jassin Teten Masduki
Pakistan	Ruth Pfau
Philippines	Pedro Orata Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI)
South Korea	Kim Sun-tae Park Won-soon
Spain based in Philippines	Joaquin Villalonga
Thailand	Fua Hariphitak Mechai Viravaidya Nilawan Pintong Phra Parnchand Prateep Ungsongtham Hata Sirindhorn Sithiporn Kridakara Sophon Suphapong Therdchai Jivacate Thongbai Thongpao

Community Leadership (1958–2008)

Bangladesh	Tahrunessa Abdullah Fazle Hasan Abed Muhammad Yunus Zafrullah Chowdhury Mohammed Yeasin Angela Gomes
Burma	Cynthia Maung
India	Mandakini Amte & Prakash Amte Mabelle Arole & Rajanikant Arole Pandurang Shastri Athavale Chandi Prasad Bhatt Ela Bhatt Vinoba Bhave Aruna Roy Shantha Sinha Rajendra Singh
Japan	Fusaye Ichikawa
Laos	Sombath Somphone
Malaysia	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Nepal	Mahabir Pun
Philippines	Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation Antonio Meloto
Thailand	Aree Valyasevi Krasae Chanawongse Prayong Ronnarong
Tibet	14th Dalai Lama

Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts (1958–2008)

Bangladesh	Matiur Rahman Abdullah Abu Sayeed
Burma	Edward Michael Law-Yone
Ceylon or Sri Lanka	Wannakuwatta Amaradeva Tarzie Vittachi
India	Mahasweta Devi Palagummi Sainath Amitabha Chowdhury
Indonesia	Atmakusuma Astraatmadja Mochtar Lubis
Japan	Akira Kurosawa Yasuji Hanamori Michiko Ishimure Akio Ishii
Nepal	Bharat Koirala
Philippines	Zacarias Sarian F. Sionil José Lino Brocka Radio Veritas James Reuter Bienvenido Lumbera Nick Joaquin Raul Locsin Eugenia Duran Apostol Sheila Coronel
Thailand	Prayoon Chanyavongs
Great Britain based in Philippines	Robert McCulloch Dick

Peace and International Understanding (1958–2008)

China	Tang Xiyang
India	Mother Teresa Jockin Arputham Laxminarayan Ramdas
Indonesia	Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif
Japan	Ikuo Hirayama Tetsu Nakamura Saburo Okita Seiei Toyama
Nepal	Sanduk Ruit
Pakistan	Ibn Abdur Rehman
Philippines	Operation Brotherhood Summer Institute of Linguistics William Masterson Harold Ray Watson International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Press Foundation of Asia Asian Institute of Management Corazon Aquino
South Korea	Pomnyun Sunim
Thailand	Asian Institute of Technology The Royal Project
United States based in Thailand	Genevieve Caulfield

Emergent Leadership (2001–)

Burma	Ka Hsaw Wa
China	Chen Guangcheng
Cambodia	Oung Chanthol
India	Sanjiv Chaturvedi Arvind Kejriwal Nileema Mishra Sandeep Pandey
Indonesia	Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto Dita Indah Sari
Philippines	Benjamin Abadiano
South Korea	Yoon Hye-ran
Sri Lanka	Ananda Galappatti
East Timor	Aniceto Guterres Lopes
United States based in Hong Kong	Chung To

Uncategorized (2009–)

Bangladesh	Syeda Rizwana Hasan A.H.M. Noman Khan
Cambodia	Yang Saing Koma Koul Panha
China	Fu Qiping Huo Daishan Ma Jun Pan Yue Yu Xiaogang
India	Kulandei Francis Harish Hande Deep Joshi
Indonesia	Hasanain Juaini Tri Mumpuni
Japan	Tadatoshi Akiba
Philippines	Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI) Christopher Bernido Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido Romulo Davide Antonio Oposa Jr.
Taiwan	Chen Shu-chu
Thailand	Krisana Kraisintu

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