Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, the chairman of AIG Hospitals, has won the Rudolf V Schindler Award from the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).
Rudolf V Schindler Award is the highest category in the prestigious Crystal Awards named after Dr Schindler.
Dr Schindler is considered as “the father of gastroscopy.”
With this, Dr Reddy becomes the first Indian medical practitioner to win this award.
He is also a Padma Bhushan awardee.
Dr Reddy is one of the first to promote endoscopy in India.