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Mangalore doctor gets JCI award

An honour: Sampath Chandra Prasad receiving the award from Puducherry Minister Shahjahan

MANGALORE: A city-based doctor has received international recognition for his achievement in the field of medicine. At 30, he has published 25 international peer reviewed publications.

He is Sampath Chandra Prasad, Assistant Professor and Consultant Otolaryngologist (one who studies the diseases of the ear, nose and throat), Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, who has been adjudged one of the 10 Outstanding Young Indians by the Junior Chamber International (JCI) for 2008.

Dr. Sampath’s publications include an article in the Year Book of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is only the sixth Indian to have been indexed in the Year Book in its 107-year history. He serves patients in the Government Wenlock Hospital here in the mornings.

The young doctor has presented papers in several international, national, zonal and State conferences.

He has also been selected by Rotary District 3180 for its Group Study Exchange Programme (GSE) to visit New Zealand for a month. He is the general secretary of the Karavali Branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India and treasurer of the Indian Medical Association, Mangalore. The JCI awards were presented on the occasion of its 53rd National Convention in Puducherry. Dr. Prasad received the award from Education, Transport and PWD Minister of Puducherry Shahjahan. The award is given to those aged below 40. The doctor hopes to get selected to represent India to compete for the international award of JCI. Only one of the 10 persons, who received outstanding Indians award, would qualify to represent India, he said.

Dr. Sampath told The Hindu that only a few Indians would get their papers published in peer reviewed magazines because achievers here had to master the art of presentation. Failure to ensure accuracy in data and mismatch in different tables or statistics was one of the reasons. Though there was no dearth of talent, a little training in presentation skills could ensure publication of more articles by Indians in professional peer reviewed magazines, he added.

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