Padma Shri awardee Dr Ishwar Chander Verma, an advisor in the institute of medical genetics and genomics at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, has died, the hospital said in a statement on Friday.
“Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) is sad beyond words to learn of the demise of Prof Verma, whom we all knew and his contribution for over four decades as a teacher and as a senior colleague,” the statement said.
His contribution to building the department of genetics and genomics at SGRH is a saga of success, hard work and great vision, which surely shall endure for generations to come, it added.
Professor Verma received the prestigious Padma Shri in 2023 for his groundbreaking research contributions. He was awarded the BC Roy National Award in 1983. Under Professor Verma’s exemplary guidance, the Institute of Medical Genetics and Genomics at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) garnered the esteemed FICCI 9th Annual Healthcare Excellence Award in 2017.
He set up the first Genetic centre in India at AIIMS Delhi in 1968, the first registry for genetic disorders, the first to provide advanced genetic tests at low cost using indigenous methods, and the first to decipher the molecular architecture of bthalassemia, muscular dystrophy deafness, albinism and many other disorders. He served on several Committees of the Government of India – Ministry of Health, ICMR and Department of Biotechnology.
He received various awards from numerous institutes including ICMR, NAMS Ranbaxy Science Foundation, and AIIMS, New Delhi.
(Inputs from agencies)
“Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) is sad beyond words to learn of the demise of Prof Verma, whom we all knew and his contribution for over four decades as a teacher and as a senior colleague,” the statement said.
His contribution to building the department of genetics and genomics at SGRH is a saga of success, hard work and great vision, which surely shall endure for generations to come, it added.
Professor Verma received the prestigious Padma Shri in 2023 for his groundbreaking research contributions. He was awarded the BC Roy National Award in 1983. Under Professor Verma’s exemplary guidance, the Institute of Medical Genetics and Genomics at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) garnered the esteemed FICCI 9th Annual Healthcare Excellence Award in 2017.
He set up the first Genetic centre in India at AIIMS Delhi in 1968, the first registry for genetic disorders, the first to provide advanced genetic tests at low cost using indigenous methods, and the first to decipher the molecular architecture of bthalassemia, muscular dystrophy deafness, albinism and many other disorders. He served on several Committees of the Government of India – Ministry of Health, ICMR and Department of Biotechnology.
He received various awards from numerous institutes including ICMR, NAMS Ranbaxy Science Foundation, and AIIMS, New Delhi.
(Inputs from agencies)
