(Late) Dr. Deoki Nandan
(14th October 1951 – 6th December 2013)
Dr. Deoki Nandan was born in District Mathura of Uttar Pradesh, India on 14th October 1951. He did his MBBS in 1974 from RNT Medical College, Udaipur, University of Rajasthan, India and after that got his MD (Preventive &Social Medicine) degree from KGMC, Lucknow, India in 1978. All of us, who took any of a chance to interact with, loved him indeed. His unfortunate and sudden demise will affect all of us especially youngsters, since he mentored them for many years. We have lost one of the best teachers and a very good friend of many who inspired many people. He was known for his integrity, scholarship & pleasant personality. It is believed that he impacted the lives of all of his students, not only as a teacher, but as a counselor, guide and friend too. One falls short of words to express his grief on the sad demise of our beloved Dr. Deoki Nandan on 6th December 2013. May the Almighty rest his noble soul in peace and give strength to his family in this hour of grief. Our prayers are with him and with his family at this time.
SCROLL OF HONOUR
(Late) Dr. Deoki Nandan received Doctor Honoris Causa from Odessa State Medical University, FAMS, FIAPSM, FIPHA, FISCD, F.N.A.M.S., FNARCH and was Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Service Selection Board, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh before he took last breath. Before joining this, he was Chancellor of Santosh University, Ghaziabad, from November, 2011 to February, 2013. He also served as the Director of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi from March, 2007 to October, 2011. Prior to this, he was the Principal/ Dean & Chief of Hospital, S.N. Medical College, Agra. He had been actively working in the field of public health for more than 35 years and had been associated as advisor and consultant to renowned international organizations namely WHO-SEARO, UNICEF, CARE-India, EPOS, Population Council, MOST-India and USAID. He had been the Chief Editor of the Indian Journal of Community Medicine since 2010. He was also the member of many state level committees and National Technical Expert Committees specifically for AIDS, IMNCI and Child Health. He served as National President of the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine from 1998 to 1999 and National President of the Indian Public Health Association from 2005 to 2006. As an Advisor to WHO, Prof. Deoki Nandan prepared a white paper on “Preventive and Social Medicine Curriculum for the future- A Visionary Framework”. He prepared training modules on the Development of Health Workforce Strategic Plans for the South East Asian Region for WHO. He was involved in up gradation of National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara, Sri Lanka. He was an expert to the Bangladesh Nutrition Mission, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. He provided inputs in the development of course curriculum to incorporate public health in various training courses of IAS at different levels at Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. He was the Chairman of the expert group to promote research in the various Human Reproduction Research Centres (HRRCs) of many medical colleges of India under the department of medical research, Indian Council of Medical Research. He had also been identified as National Trainer for ICDS, CSSM, RCH, RTI/STD, HIV/AIDS and IMNCI. He had successfully undertaken more than 50 community based studies, research/project on issues related to EPI, RCH, RTI/STD and HIV/AIDS, in collaboration with national and international agencies and had more than 200 research papers published in national and international scientific journals. Besides Public Health, he had given excellent performance in academics and teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. He had been an examiner for MBBS/MD examinations for more than 30 universities and had demonstrated transcendental approach in his role as the leader of various academic institutions. He manifested a high level of emotional and spiritual intelligence in accomplishment of institutional visions and human relations management. His approach to public health had been more of pragmatic & proactive; innovative & interventional- from field to desk & from desk to field. He was recipient of many awards in his distinguished career and one among these was the Uttar Pradesh Ratan Award. Recently he was honored with the Life Time Achivement Award by IAPSM UPUK State Chapter. Seeing his immense contribution in our fraternity and nationwide recognition as its ambassador, the period of Modern Community Medicine has been stated by many as Pre and Post Deoki Nandan era of Community Medicine.