V. S. Negi, Department of Clinical Immunology at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (Jipmer), has been conferred the prestigious Dr. B C. Roy Award for 2017.
He was given the award “to recognize the best talents in encouraging the development of specialties in different branches of medicine.’’
B.C Roy Award
This award was instituted by the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 1962 in memory of renowned physician and former West Bengal Chief Minister Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
The BC Roy Award is the highest recognition for medical practitioners in India.
The award is conferred annually 6 categories viz. statesmanship of the Highest Order in India, eminent medical person, medical man-cum-statesman, an eminent person in philosophy, an eminent person in arts and the eminent person in Science.