Uttamchand Khimchand Sheth
Uttamchand Khimchand Sheth (1920–2000) was an Indian clinical pharmacologist and the director of King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College.[1]
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| Born | 29 October 1920 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Died | 29 July 2000 (aged 79) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Known for | Pharmacological studies and medical education |
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Life
Sheth was born on 29 October 1920 in Mumbai in Maharastra, he was known for his pharmacological studies and contributions in promoting medical education in pharmacology.[2]
Sheth, Bimal Kumar Bachhawat and Nilima Arun Kshirsagar are credited with creating with creating the research and academic structure for teaching pharmacology in India.[3]
He was the author of a book on pharmacology, Selected Topics in Experimental Pharmacology.[4] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1967.[5] He was also a recipient of Amrut Mody Award (1971) and B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award, which he received in 1978.[1] An elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,[6] he died on 29 July 2000, at the age of 79.[7]
References
- "Professor Uttamchand Khimchand Sheth (1920-2000)" (PDF). National Medical Journal of India. 2017.
- "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999.
- Patil, Popat N. (2012). Discoveries in Pharmacological Sciences. World Scientific. p. 733. ISBN 978-981-4355-07-0.
- U. K. Sheth (1972). Selected Topics in Experimental Pharmacology: By U.K. Sheth, N.K. Dadkar and Usha G. Kamat. Kothari Book Depot.
- "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- "NAMS Deceased Fellows" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2017.
- "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2017.
External links
- JUCKER (8 March 2013). Progress in Drug Research / Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung / Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques. Birkhäuser. pp. 327–. ISBN 978-3-0348-7111-2.