Satya Paul Agarwal is an Indian neurosurgeon, academician, and public health administrator.[1][2] He is the incumbent Secretary General of the Indian Red Cross Society.[3] The Government of India honoured him in 2010, with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of medicine and public health.[4]
Satya Paul Agarwal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nakodar, Punjab, India |
| Occupation | Neurosurgeon |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan Dr. B. C. Roy Award |
Agarwal has been active during several disaster relief operation such as epidemic control activities and the tsunami of 2004 for which he was awarded the Henry Dunant Medal. He has also written several books and articles.[1] He is the spokesperson for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Statutory Meetings on Health and access to safe water and improved sanitation[5][6] He has delivered several lectures and keynote addresses in seminars and conferences[7][8]
Positions
editMore than 80% of dental surgeons are catering to the needs of 20% of the population in urban areas, while almost no dental treatment facilities are available to 80% of the population living in the rural areas, says Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal, on the new initiative by the Government of India, We envisage implementation of the oral health project right down to village level.[9]
- Secretary General of the Indian Red Cross Society – 2005 onwards[3]
- Chair of the IFRC Advisory Body on Sustainable Development and Health – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent[10]
- Director General of Health Services, Government of India – 1996 to 2005[10]
- President – Tuberculosis Association of India (TAI)
Awards and recognitions
edit- Padma Bhushan – 2010[1][4]
- DSc – Punjab University – 2007[2]
- Life Time Achievement Award for TB – 2005[1][2]
- Dr. B. C. Roy National Award for the Eminent Medical Person – 2002[1][2]
- Henry Dunant Medal – International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement[1][2]
- Belgian Redcross Flanders Gold Medal, 2014 – Belgian Redcross Flanders
Writings
edit- Dr. Satya Paul (1 April 2006). Analogy of Pain: 1. B. Jain Publishers. p. 386. ISBN 978-8180562440.
External links
edit- Meeting with Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General[11]
- Reference on Rate MDs[12]
- Times of India news[13]
- ND TV news[14]
- Padma Awards report[15]
- Reference on Pearson General Knowledge Manual – 2011[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "GFUH bio" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Cochrane bio" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ a b "IRCS". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Padma announcement". Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "RCRC spokesperson". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "RCRC spokesperson 2" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "MHPSS seminar". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Evidence Aids". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "GOI initiative". BMJ. 320 (7241): 1030. doi:10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030. PMC 1174285.
- ^ a b "IFRC&RC" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Ban Ki Moon". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Rate MDs". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "TOI news". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "ND TV news". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Siddha". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ Thorpe Edgar (1 September 2011). Pearson General Knowledge Manual – 2011. Pearson Education India. pp. Page D-71 of 808 pages. ISBN 9788131756409.