DR. LD SANGHVI ORATION AWARD

Guidelines:

The Society instituted the Dr. LD Sanghvi Oration to be awarded every two years.

1. Objective:

The oration is intended as a tribute to the pioneering role of Dr. LD Sanghvi in the development of Human Genetics research in India and to show the appreciation of the Society for sustained and significant contribution made by a fellow scientist to the field of Human Genetics very early on in India.

2. Eligibility :

When the call for the award is announced by ISHG once in two years, and at least three months prior to the respective annual meeting, any Indian scientist who has worked in India for at least 15 years and has made a significant contribution to Human Genetics and related fields is eligible to be nominated, by an annual or life member of ISHG. The nominee should not have been a recipient of the IC Verma award under the Indian Society of Human Genetics. A scientist can receive the award only once.

3. Procedure for selection

4. Privileges:

5. Fund and Expenses

DR. LD SANGHVI ORATION AWARD

List of LD Sanghvi Awardees (since inception)

Dr. HM Bhatia
ICMR-NIIH, Mumbai

1986

Dr. JV Undevia
Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai

1988

Dr. KC Malhotra
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

1990

Prof. IC Verma
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

1992

Dr. SN Naik
Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai

1994

Dr. V Balakrishnan
Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai

1996

Dr. I Manorama Thomas
St John’s Hospital, Bangalore

1998

Prof. K Marimuthu
University of Madras, Tamil Nadu

2000

Prof. OS Reddy
Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Hyderabad

2002

Prof. PM Gopinath
University of Madras, Chennai

2004

Dr. Lalji Singh
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad

2007

Prof. SS Agarwal
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute, Lucknow

2009

Dr. Partha P Majumdar
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

2011

Prof. Ramesh NK Bamezai
Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi

2013

Prof. BK Thelma
Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi

2015

Dr. K Thangaraj
CCMB, Hyderabad

2017

Prof. Kunal Ray
IICB, Kolkata

2019

Prof. S Ganesh
IIT, Kanpur

2023