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Mani Kumar Chetri
Indian cardiologist (born 1920) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mani Kumar Chetri (born 23 May 1920) is an Indian cardiologist, a former director of West Bengal State Health Services and a former director of the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.[1] He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[2] and a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1974.[3]
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Mani Kumar Chetri was born on 23 May 1920[4] in Teesta Valley T.E.,[5] one of the oldest tea gardens situated on the banks of Teesta River in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal,[6] in a Gorkha family[7] to P. L. Singh Chettri and H. M. Chettri.[1] He did his early schooling at the Darjeeling Municipal Primary School and Turnbull High School and completed his matriculation from the Government High School, Darjeeling in 1936.[1] After passing his intermediate examination from St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, he secured a graduate degree in medicine (MBBS) from the Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata and the degree of FRCP from London on government scholarship in 1956.[1]
Chetri joined the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital in 1960 as the director and a professor of the department of cardiology.[1] In 1976, he was appointed as the Director of West Bengal Health Services in 1976[5] and served as the personal doctor of the then chief minister, Jyoti Basu.[8] In 1997, when the Advanced Medical Research Institute was started in Dhakuria,[5] Chetri was made the managing director, but he continued his association with IPGMER & SSKM Hospital as an advisor.[1] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of Padma Shri in 1974.[3]
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