Perakath Verghese Benjamin

Perakath Verghese Benjamin
Born Kerala, India
Awards Padma Shri

Perakath Verghese Benjamin was an Indian physician and medical writer. Born in a Saint Thomas Christian family in the South Indian state of Kerala, Benjamin was a former Tuberculosis advisor to Government of India and a technical advisor to the Tuberculosis Association of India.[1][2] He also served as the founder editor of the Indian Journal of Tuberculosis (IJT).[1][3] He chronicled the efforts of the Indian Government in the fight against tuberculosis in the post independence era in a book, India's Fight Against Tuberculosis - 1956.[4] The Government of India honoured him in 1955, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the field of medicine.[5]

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  1. 1 2 "Med India" (PDF). Government of India. 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ "TBASS". TBASS. 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. Elsevier. 2015.
  4. ↑ Dr. P. V. Benjamin (1956). India's Fight Against Tuberculosis - 1956. Diocesan Press, Madras.
  5. ↑ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

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