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T. C. Anand Kumar

January 01, 1970

Tiruchirappalli Chelvaraj Anand Kumar (1936–2010) was an Indian biologist and reproductive biologist[1] and the creator of the second scientifically documented test tube baby in India.[2][note 1] He was the founder of Hope Infertility Clinic, Bangalore and the director of the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (then known as Institute for Research in Reproduction).[5] He was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medical Sciences and a recipient of the Sanjay Gandhi National Award.[6] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1977, for his contributions to biological sciences.[7]

T. C. Anand Kumar
Born(1936-01-18)18 January 1936
Tamil Nadu, India
Died26 January 2010(2010-01-26) (aged 73)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known for
Awards1977 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Sanjay Gandhi National Award
Scientific career
FieldsReproductive biology
Institutions

Biography edit

Born on 18 January 1936 in a Tamil family in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Anand Kumar did his early college studies in Bengaluru before securing a doctoral degree from the University of Jodhpur.[8] Subsequently, he went to the UK for post-doctoral research but returned to India to join the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi in 1969, where he worked till 1982. Later, he moved to the Institute for Research in Reproduction, Mumbai, (present-day National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health) where he worked till his superannuation from official service and founded Hope Infertility Clinic in Bengaluru, a center for infertility clinical service.[9][10]

Kumar was married to Karpagam and the couple had a son, Vijay and a daughter, Ambika. The family lived in Bengaluru and it was here, he died on the Indian Republic Day (26 January) of 2010, at the age of 74, survived by his wife, children and three grandchildren.[2]

India's Second test tube baby edit

During his tenure at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Kumar was involved in research on in-vitro fertilization and led a team which created the first official test tube baby in India.[4] The baby, Harsha Chawda née Harsha, was born on 6 August 1986 at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai, by a caesarian section performed by Indira Hinduja.[11][12] Subsequently, he learned of the researches of Subhash Mukherjee and of the birth of Kanupriya Agarwal (Durga) on 3 October 1978 in Kolkata under the supervision of Mukherjee.[13] Kumar checked the handwritten notes and research papers of Mukherjee and acknowledged that the first test tube baby born in India was Durga.[note 2] He delivered the Subhas Mukerji Memorial Oration at the third National Congress on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Advances in Infertility Management held in Kolkata on 8 February 1997[14] and published an article under the title, Architect of India's first test tube baby: Dr. Subhas Mukherjee, the same year through which he established that many of Mukherjee's techniques were pioneering.[15] His efforts were reported to have influenced the subsequent acceptance by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) which eventually recognized the work of Mukherjee.[13]

Other contributions edit

Kumar, whose researches covered many aspects of assisted reproductive technology and the role of neuroendocrine system in reproduction, was known to have introduced a technique for endonasal administration of hormones.[5] His researches revealed the path of gonadal hormones to the brain through cerebro-spinal fluid and his technique of endonasal administration of steroids started a contraceptive administration protocol through nasal route which resulted in the preferential transfer of contraceptives into cerebro-spinal fluid, then known to be a novel approach in contraception.[16] He was the author of several articles detailing his researches,[17][18] published in peer reviewed national and international journals, PubMed, an online repository of scientific papers, has listed 53 of them.[19] Soon after joining the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, he established an electron microscopy laboratory in 1970 and later a neuroendocrine research laboratory at the institution.[20] In 1988, he founded the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility (ISSRF) for providing a platform for researches in reproductive biology and served as its founder president.[21] He was a part of the Indian Council of Medical Research team which drafted the National Guidelines for Accreditation, Supervision and Regulation of ART Clinics in India in 2005.[22] He was also associated with organizations such as the World Health Organization and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and government agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Biotechnology as their adviser.[8]

Awards and honors edit

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded Kumar the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1977 for his contributions in the field of neuroendocrinology of primate reproduction.[23] The Indian Academy of Sciences elected him as a fellow in 1981[24] and he became a fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in October 2011.[25] He was also a fellow of the Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and a recipient of the Sanjay Gandhi National Award.[5] The Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility has instituted an award oration, Founder-President Dr. T. C. Anand Kumar Memorial Oration in his honor.[21]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ It was reported that the birth of Durga, the first test tube baby born in India, was pioneered by Subhas Mukhopadhyay which was subsequently acknowledged and supported by Anand Kumar.[3][4]
  2. ^ Subhash Mukherjee, reportedly due to the negligence of his research accomplishment by the establishment, committed suicide on 19 June 1981.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ . The Telegraph. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "The pioneer of IVF in India - Dr. T C Anand Kumar passes away". IVF.net. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Late honour for test tube pioneer". Times of India. 8 January 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b K. S. Jayaraman (6 October 2010). "Nobel to IVF pioneer revives feelings of loss". Nature India. 139. doi:10.1038/nindia.2010.139.
  5. ^ a b c "Test-tube baby pioneer dead". The Hindu. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  6. ^ Rajvi H. Mehta (2010). "Dr. T. C. Anand Kumar (1936–2010)". Reproductive Biomedicine Online. 20 (4): 443. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.02.008.
  7. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. ^ a b Rajvi H. Mehta (March 2010). "Dr T.C. Anand Kumar - a doyen in reproductive biology" (PDF). Indian J Med Res. 131: 446–467.
  9. ^ Satish Kumar Gupta (6 December 2012). Reproductive Immunology. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-94-011-4197-0.
  10. ^ S. C. Bhatt (2006). Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes. Karnataka. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 230–. ISBN 978-81-7835-369-2.
  11. ^ "India's first test tube baby now a mother". The Hindu. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  12. ^ "India First Test Tube Baby". New Straits Times. 8 August 1986. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  13. ^ a b c "The forgotten hero of IVF". Live Mint. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  14. ^ Aditya Bharadwaj (June 2016). "The Indian IVF saga: a contested history". Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online. 2: 54–61. doi:10.1016/j.rbms.2016.06.002. PMC 5991886. PMID 29892717.
  15. ^ T. C. Anand Kumar (10 April 1997). "Architect of India's first test tube baby: Dr. Subhas Mukherjee" (PDF). Current Science. 72 (7).
  16. ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 28. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  17. ^ Greep, Roy O. (1981). "Non-Human Primate Models for Study of Human Reproduction. T. C. Anand Kumar". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 56 (4): 472–473. doi:10.1086/412474.
  18. ^ Kumar T. C., Knowles F. (July 1967). "A system linking the third ventricle with the pars tuberalis of the rhesus monkey". Nature. 215 (5096): 54–55. Bibcode:1967Natur.215...54A. doi:10.1038/215054a0. PMID 4964079. S2CID 4190130.
  19. ^ Barthel, W.; Markwardt, F. (2016). "Kumar TC[Author]". Author Search. 24 (20): 1903–4. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(75)90415-3. PMID 20.
  20. ^ "The man who stood for truth, the pioneer of IVF in India". Scientific Indians. 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  21. ^ a b "Founder-President Dr. T. C. Anand Kumar Memorial Oration". Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility. 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  22. ^ "National Guidelines for Accreditation, Supervision and Regulation of ART Clinics in India" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  23. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  24. ^ "Fellow Profile - Anand Kumar". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  25. ^ "NAMS Fellow" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

External links edit

  • Prithvijit Mitra; Arnab Ganguly (13 June 2009). "Beautiful Mind: The story of Dr. Subhas Mukherjee creator of India's first test-tube baby". University of Durham. Retrieved 22 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • "Published and Un-Published papers of Dr. Subhas Mukherjee". YouTube video. Rajeev Sarkar. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  • "Milestones". Drsubashmukherjee.com. 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

Further reading edit

  • Anandkumar T. C. (1997). "Architect of India's first test tube baby: Dr Subhas Mukherjee (16 January 1931 to 19 June 1981)". Curr. Sci. 72: 521–536.
  • Marcia Claire Inhorn; Frank van Balen (2002). Infertility Around the Globe: New Thinking on Childlessness, Gender, and Reproductive Technologies. University of California Press. pp. 321–. ISBN 978-0-520-23137-5.

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Tiruchirappalli Chelvaraj Anand Kumar 1936 2010 was an Indian biologist and reproductive biologist 1 and the creator of the second scientifically documented test tube baby in India 2 note 1 He was the founder of Hope Infertility Clinic Bangalore and the director of the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health then known as Institute for Research in Reproduction 5 He was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medical Sciences and a recipient of the Sanjay Gandhi National Award 6 The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology one of the highest Indian science awards in 1977 for his contributions to biological sciences 7 T C Anand KumarBorn 1936 01 18 18 January 1936Tamil Nadu IndiaDied26 January 2010 2010 01 26 aged 73 Bengaluru Karnataka IndiaNationalityIndianAlma materUniversity of JodhpurKnown forIn vitro fertilisationNeuroendocrinologyPrimate biologyAwards1977 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar PrizeSanjay Gandhi National AwardScientific careerFieldsReproductive biologyInstitutionsAll India Institute of Medical Sciences DelhiNational Institute for Research in Reproductive HealthHope Infertility Clinic Contents 1 Biography 2 India s Second test tube baby 3 Other contributions 4 Awards and honors 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links 9 Further readingBiography editBorn on 18 January 1936 in a Tamil family in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu Anand Kumar did his early college studies in Bengaluru before securing a doctoral degree from the University of Jodhpur 8 Subsequently he went to the UK for post doctoral research but returned to India to join the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi in 1969 where he worked till 1982 Later he moved to the Institute for Research in Reproduction Mumbai present day National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health where he worked till his superannuation from official service and founded Hope Infertility Clinic in Bengaluru a center for infertility clinical service 9 10 Kumar was married to Karpagam and the couple had a son Vijay and a daughter Ambika The family lived in Bengaluru and it was here he died on the Indian Republic Day 26 January of 2010 at the age of 74 survived by his wife children and three grandchildren 2 India s Second test tube baby editDuring his tenure at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health Kumar was involved in research on in vitro fertilization and led a team which created the first official test tube baby in India 4 The baby Harsha Chawda nee Harsha was born on 6 August 1986 at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College Mumbai by a caesarian section performed by Indira Hinduja 11 12 Subsequently he learned of the researches of Subhash Mukherjee and of the birth of Kanupriya Agarwal Durga on 3 October 1978 in Kolkata under the supervision of Mukherjee 13 Kumar checked the handwritten notes and research papers of Mukherjee and acknowledged that the first test tube baby born in India was Durga note 2 He delivered the Subhas Mukerji Memorial Oration at the third National Congress on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Advances in Infertility Management held in Kolkata on 8 February 1997 14 and published an article under the title Architect of India s first test tube baby Dr Subhas Mukherjee the same year through which he established that many of Mukherjee s techniques were pioneering 15 His efforts were reported to have influenced the subsequent acceptance by the Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR which eventually recognized the work of Mukherjee 13 Other contributions editKumar whose researches covered many aspects of assisted reproductive technology and the role of neuroendocrine system in reproduction was known to have introduced a technique for endonasal administration of hormones 5 His researches revealed the path of gonadal hormones to the brain through cerebro spinal fluid and his technique of endonasal administration of steroids started a contraceptive administration protocol through nasal route which resulted in the preferential transfer of contraceptives into cerebro spinal fluid then known to be a novel approach in contraception 16 He was the author of several articles detailing his researches 17 18 published in peer reviewed national and international journals PubMed an online repository of scientific papers has listed 53 of them 19 Soon after joining the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi he established an electron microscopy laboratory in 1970 and later a neuroendocrine research laboratory at the institution 20 In 1988 he founded the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility ISSRF for providing a platform for researches in reproductive biology and served as its founder president 21 He was a part of the Indian Council of Medical Research team which drafted the National Guidelines for Accreditation Supervision and Regulation of ART Clinics in India in 2005 22 He was also associated with organizations such as the World Health Organization and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and government agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Biotechnology as their adviser 8 Awards and honors editThe Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded Kumar the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize one of the highest Indian science awards in 1977 for his contributions in the field of neuroendocrinology of primate reproduction 23 The Indian Academy of Sciences elected him as a fellow in 1981 24 and he became a fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in October 2011 25 He was also a fellow of the Gonville and Caius College Cambridge and a recipient of the Sanjay Gandhi National Award 5 The Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility has instituted an award oration Founder President Dr T C Anand Kumar Memorial Oration in his honor 21 See also editSubhash Mukhopadhyay physician Indira Hinduja nbsp India portal nbsp Biology portalNotes edit It was reported that the birth of Durga the first test tube baby born in India was pioneered by Subhas Mukhopadhyay which was subsequently acknowledged and supported by Anand Kumar 3 4 Subhash Mukherjee reportedly due to the negligence of his research accomplishment by the establishment committed suicide on 19 June 1981 13 References edit A leg up for baby making The Telegraph 26 May 2008 Archived from the original on 29 May 2008 Retrieved 22 September 2016 a b The pioneer of IVF in India Dr T C Anand Kumar passes away IVF net 23 February 2010 Retrieved 22 September 2016 Late honour for test tube pioneer Times of India 8 January 2004 Retrieved 22 September 2016 a b K S Jayaraman 6 October 2010 Nobel to IVF pioneer revives feelings of loss Nature India 139 doi 10 1038 nindia 2010 139 a b c Test tube baby pioneer dead The Hindu 31 January 2010 Retrieved 22 September 2016 Rajvi H Mehta 2010 Dr T C Anand Kumar 1936 2010 Reproductive Biomedicine Online 20 4 443 doi 10 1016 j rbmo 2010 02 008 View Bhatnagar Awardees Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2016 Retrieved 19 September 2016 a b Rajvi H Mehta March 2010 Dr T C Anand Kumar a doyen in reproductive biology PDF Indian J Med Res 131 446 467 Satish Kumar Gupta 6 December 2012 Reproductive Immunology Springer Science amp Business Media pp 10 ISBN 978 94 011 4197 0 S C Bhatt 2006 Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories In 36 Volumes Karnataka Gyan Publishing House pp 230 ISBN 978 81 7835 369 2 India s first test tube baby now a mother The Hindu 8 March 2016 Retrieved 22 September 2016 India First Test Tube Baby New Straits Times 8 August 1986 Retrieved 22 September 2016 a b c The forgotten hero of IVF Live Mint 14 October 2010 Retrieved 22 September 2016 Aditya Bharadwaj June 2016 The Indian IVF saga a contested history Reproductive Biomedicine amp Society Online 2 54 61 doi 10 1016 j rbms 2016 06 002 PMC 5991886 PMID 29892717 T C Anand Kumar 10 April 1997 Architect of India s first test tube baby Dr Subhas Mukherjee PDF Current Science 72 7 Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners PDF Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 1999 p 28 Retrieved 19 September 2016 Greep Roy O 1981 Non Human Primate Models for Study of Human Reproduction T C Anand Kumar The Quarterly Review of Biology 56 4 472 473 doi 10 1086 412474 Kumar T C Knowles F July 1967 A system linking the third ventricle with the pars tuberalis of the rhesus monkey Nature 215 5096 54 55 Bibcode 1967Natur 215 54A doi 10 1038 215054a0 PMID 4964079 S2CID 4190130 Barthel W Markwardt F 2016 Kumar TC Author Author Search 24 20 1903 4 doi 10 1016 0006 2952 75 90415 3 PMID 20 The man who stood for truth the pioneer of IVF in India Scientific Indians 2016 Retrieved 22 September 2016 a b Founder President Dr T C Anand Kumar Memorial Oration Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility 2016 Retrieved 22 September 2016 National Guidelines for Accreditation Supervision and Regulation of ART Clinics in India PDF Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 2005 Retrieved 22 September 2016 Brief Profile of the Awardee Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2016 Retrieved 19 September 2016 Fellow Profile Anand Kumar Indian Academy of Sciences 2016 Retrieved 23 September 2016 NAMS Fellow PDF National Academy of Medical Sciences 2016 Retrieved 22 September 2016 External links editPrithvijit Mitra Arnab Ganguly 13 June 2009 Beautiful Mind The story of Dr Subhas Mukherjee creator of India s first test tube baby University of Durham Retrieved 22 September 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Published and Un Published papers of Dr Subhas Mukherjee YouTube video Rajeev Sarkar 8 July 2013 Retrieved 22 September 2016 Milestones Drsubashmukherjee com 2016 Retrieved 22 September 2016 Further reading editAnandkumar T C 1997 Architect of India s first test tube baby Dr Subhas Mukherjee 16 January 1931 to 19 June 1981 Curr Sci 72 521 536 Marcia Claire Inhorn Frank van Balen 2002 Infertility Around the Globe New Thinking on Childlessness Gender and Reproductive Technologies University of California Press pp 321 ISBN 978 0 520 23137 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title T C Anand Kumar amp oldid 1161900563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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