Dr. Jugal Kishore (Homeopathy) and Dr. Mukesh Batra (Homeopathy) have been chosen for Padmashree Awards 2012 for their contribution to the field of Medicine - Homeopathy

Dr. Jugal Kishore, Delhi and Dr. Mukesh Batra (1951 - ), Maharashtra have been chosen for Padma Shri awards 2012 for their contribution to the field of Medicine - Homeopathy.

Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise five Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padmashree Awards. There are 19 women among the awardees.

The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. 'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; 'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished service of high order and 'Padmashree' for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

The awards will conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March/April.

The names of both Dr. Kishore and Dr. Batra do not need an introduction. While one gets the credit for contribution to education, research, clinical practice, policy making and manufacturing of quality medicine the other is known for his contribution in taking Homeopathy medicine to international market and giving the system new heights. However, Dr. Jugal Kishore will receive the award posthumously as two days before the announcement of awards he passed away.

Dr. Jugal Kishore (1915 – 2012)

Dr. Jugal Kishore

He was one of the outstanding homoeopathic consultants, practicing Homoeopathy for more than 60 years in Delhi. He was born in 1915, graduated in Homoeopathic medicine from the Faulty of Homoeopathic Medicine. West Bengal. Dr. Kishore then started his homeopathic practice in June 1945 and his clinic was the first Homeopathic clinic run by a fully qualified homeopath with government recognition. He had the distinction of being appointed four times as the Hon. Physician to the President of India. He was also Hony. Homoeopathic Advisor to the Govt.of India and former Chairman of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia committee of India.

His other list of embellishments include:

• Founder Director of Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, New Delhi.
• President Asian Homoeopathic Medical League (AHML).
• National Chief Executive International Homoeopathic Medical Organization (GENEVA).
• Indian delegate to the International Congress held at Vienna in 1973, and later in 1976 to the International Congress at Athens in Greece.

He was also the visiting Consultant to Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital and Safdarjung Hospital. In the Scientific era, he had proved a number of remedies like Saraca indica, sulphourous acid, Cynadon dac, Abroma augusta, M&B 693 and Tylophora indica. He was the creator of the Kishore Cards- the best punch card system for Homoeopathic Reportorial analysis and was the author of 'Evolution of Homoeopathic Repertories and Repertorisation' and 'Intergrated Homoeopathic Repertory-Mind'.

Dr. Jugal Kishore has authored a numbers of books some of which are:

• Kishore Card Repertory - co-author Dr. Arvind Kishore
• Integrated Repertory - Mind and Generalities
• Evolution of Repertories

Some of his other original contributions are :

1. Monograph on Iodine as a Homoeopathic Remedy
2. Remedy of Post-nasal catarrh
3. Rhododendron
4. Aralia Racemosa
5. The Problem of Potency
6. Some Therapeutic by ways of Kali bichromicum
7. Remedies affecting the Posterior Nares
8. Rauwolfia Serpentina
9. Abroma Augusta

One of the greatest teachers of all times Dr.Jugal Kishore left for his heavenly abode on 23.01.2012 at the age of 98 owing to age related problems. Dr. Kishore is survived by two sons. His wife Sharda passed away in 1978.

Mukesh Batra L.C.E.H, F.S.R.H, (MED) P. (LON). M.D.H.(USA), F.B.I.H. (UK)

Dr. Mukesh Batra

He is a homeopathy practitioner and the Chairman and Managing Director of Dr. Batra's Positive Health Clinic Pvt Ltd.

He received his medical degree in homeopathy in 1972 from Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Homoeopathic Medical College. Mukesh Batra is the author of some popular books on Homeopathy and also writes regularly for the column Heal with Homeopathy published in The Times of India.

Mukesh Batra has been the recipient of several awards for his dedicated contribution to the field of healthcare and medicine. He received the International Medical Excellence Award along with a Certificate of Medical Excellence in the year 2009 at a seminar on Economic Development organized by the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) at New Delhi.

He has been honored with the Pride of India Award at the prestigious Indo Thai Economic Co-Operation seminar held in Bangkok in 2009. In 2002, he received the Annual Salute Mumbai Award for excellence in medicine.

Mukesh Batra's organization (Dr. Batras' Positive Health Clinic Pvt. Ltd., also known as Dr. Batra's) was the recipient of the Retailer of the Year award and also topped some of India's leading service brands in 2009. He is the pioneer of the concept of Homeopathic chain Clinics not only in India but also abroad which are instrumental in taking homeopathy medicine to global market.

Dr. Batra has strived incessantly to bring about the acceptance and legalization of Homeopathy across the world and was instrumental in legalizing the science in the Middle East countries.

The contributions of Dr. Jugal Kishore and Dr. Mukesh Batra have been rightfully acknowledged by conferring to them the Padmashree award. It is also the first time that practitioners of Homeopathy medicine have been chosen for their achievements for Padmashree. Through their hard work and persistence labors these great men have helped homeopathy reach new heights. They certainly deserve a salute from all of us.

Full List of Padmashree, 2012 awardees:

1. Shri Vanraj Bhatia - Art - Music - Maharashtra
2. Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar - Art - Music - vocal - Maharashtra
3. Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi - Art - Music- Khongjom Parba - Manipur
4. Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani - Art - Yakshagana dance drama - Karnataka
5. Shri Moti Lal Kemmu - Art - Playwright - Jammu and Kashmir
6. Shri Shahid Parvez Khan - Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar - Maharashtra
7. Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar - Art - Terracotta - Rajasthan
8. Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar - Art - Rajasthani Folk Music - Rajasthan
9. Smt. Joy Michael - Art - Theatre - Delhi
10. Dr. Minati Mishra - Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. - Orissa
11. Shri Natesan Muthuswamy - Art - Theatre. - Tamil Nadu
12. Smt. R. Nagarathnamma - Art - Theatre - Karnataka
13. Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri - Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam - Kerala
14. Smt. Yamunabai Waikar - Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. - Maharashtra
15. Shri Satish Alekar - Art - Playwright - Maharashtra
16. Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - Art - Chhau dance and choreography - Jharkhand
17. Shri Ramakant Gundecha and Shri Umakant Gundecha# - Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Madhya Pradesh
18. Shri Anup Jalota - Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Maharashtra
19. Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan - Art - Cinema- Direction - Kerala
20. Shri Sunil Janah - Art-Photography - Assam
21. Ms. Laila Tyebji - Art-Handicrafts - Delhi
22. Shri Vijay Sharma - Art-Painting - Himachal Pradesh
23. Smt. Shamshad Begum - Social Work - Chattisgarh
24. Smt. Reeta Devi - Social Work - Delhi
25. Dr. P.K. Gopal - Social Work - Tamil Nadu
26. Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav - Social Work - Chattisgarh
27. Dr. G. Muniratnam - Social Work - Andhra Pradesh
28. Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya - Social Work - Maharashtra
29. Dr. Uma Tuli - Social Work - Delhi
30. Shri Sat Paul Varma - Social Work - Jammu and Kashmir
31. Smt.Binny Yanga - Social Work - Arunachal Pradesh
32. Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam - Public Affairs - Maharashtra
33. Shri Pravin H. Parekh - Public Affairs - Delhi
34. Dr. V. Adimurthy - Science and Engineering - Kerala
35. Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha - Science and Engineering - Agriculture - Delhi
36. Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan - Science and Engineering - Delhi
37. Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai - Science and Engineering - Jammu and Kashmir
38. Dr. Vijaypal Singh - Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research - Uttar Pradesh
39. Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal - Science and Engineering - Punjab
40. Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan - Science and Engineering - Karnataka
41. Prof. Jagadish Shukla - Science and Engineering - USA*
42. Ms. Priya Paul - Trade and Industry - Delhi
43. Shri Shoji Shiba - Trade and Industry - Japan*
44. Shri Gopinath Pillai - Trade and Industry - Singapore*
45. Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
46. Dr. Swati A. Piramal - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
47. Prof. Mahdi Hasan - Medicine-Anatomy - Uttar Pradesh
48. Dr. Viswanathan Mohan - Medicine - Diabetology - Tamil Nadu
49. Dr. J. Hareendran Nair - Medicine - Ayurveda - Kerala
50. Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan - Medicine - Geriatrics - Tamil Nadu
51. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh - Medicine - Oncology - Bihar
52. Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya - Medicine-Healthcare - Daman and Diu
53. Dr. Nitya Anand - Medicine - Drugs Research - Uttar Pradesh
54. Late Dr. Jugal Kishore - Medicine - Homoeopathy - Delhi *
55. Dr. Mukesh Batra - Medicine-Homeopathy - Maharashtra
56. Dr. Eberhard Fischer - Literature and Education - Switzerland*
57. Shri Kedar Gurung - Literature and Education - Sikkim
58. Shri Surjit Singh Patar - Literature and Education - Poetry - Punjab
59. Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar - Literature and Education - Journalism - Madhya Pradesh
60. Shri Irwin Allan Sealy - Literature and Education - Uttarakhand
61. Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan - Literature and Education - Delhi
62. Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai - Literature and Education - Haryana
63. Smt. Pepita Seth - Literature and Education - Kerala
64. Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia - Literature and Education - Mizoram
65. Shri Ajeet Bajaj - Sports - Skiing - Delhi
66. Smt. Jhulan Goswami - Sports - Women's Cricket - West Bengal
67. Shri Zafar Iqbal - Sports-Hockey - Uttar Pradesh
68. Shri Devendra Jhajrija - Sports - Athletics- Paralympics - Rajasthan
69. Shri Limba Ram - Sports - Archery - Rajasthan
70. Shri Syed Mohammed Arif - Sports - Badminton - Andhra Pradesh
71. Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi - Sports- Commentary - Delhi
72. Shri Prabhakar Vaidya - Sports-Physical Education - Maharashtra
73. Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar - Others-Horticulture - Puducherry
74. Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth - Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection - Karnataka
75. Shri K Paddayya - Others-Archaeology - Maharashtra
76. Shri Swapan Guha - Others-Ceramics - Rajasthan
77. Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai - Others - Environmental Education - Gujarat

* indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous