Mani Kumar Chetri

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]

Biography

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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