CME INDIA Presentation by ⚜ Dr. M. Gowri Sankar, MD, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Government Medical College and ESI Hospital, Coimbatore.
Today’s History Feature:
Prof. Dr. Inderbir Singh
🇮🇳 The Pride of India 🇮🇳
(Aug 29, 1929 – Mar 3, 2014)
💠Indian Anatomist
His contributions…
🔹Inderbir was born in a small town in Burma. He studied medicine at Government Medical College, Amritsar in 1952. Then he completed his Master degree from Government Medical College, Patiala in 1959 and did his PhD in 1965.
🔹He was also granted World Health Organization (WHO) Fellowship at the University of Cambridge in 1961.
🔹After completion of his studies, he joined as an Assistant Professor at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences at Rohtak, Haryana in 1963 and was later promoted as a Professor of Anatomy at 1970. There he made his significant contributions in the field of Anatomy.
🔹In 1974, he published his first book on Human Embryology which earned him great success. Subsequently, he published many text books covering Gross Anatomy, Histology, Osteology and Neuroanatomy.
🔹Also, he had a great passion for teaching. He used to teach the anatomy by using different colours of chalks in blackboard. Further, he developed different staining methods in the field of histology, which are being widely used now-a-days.
🔹Apart from that, he made a creditable contribution in establishing Anatomy Museum in medical colleges at Amritsar, Patiala and Rohtak.
🔹His extraordinary contribution to medical education earned him many awards. Moreover, he was the first anatomist who received the Professor Indarjit Dewan Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 at PGI Chandigarh.
🔹Besides, Dr. Inderbir was interested in painting and music. Also, he was skillful in accessing computer during his period. This enabled him to upgrade the academic and research fields from paper & pen to the digital world.
🔹Eventually, Dr. Inderbir Singh was recognized as a legendary anatomist, a prolific writer and a greatest teacher of his time. His books continue to guide UG & PG medical students and teachers even today.
A Day to Commemorate…
A Doyen of Anatomy
Prof. Dr. Inderbir Singh 🙏🏼
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I had the greatest fortune to have studied under him.He was so soft spoken, a thorough gentleman and a disciplinarian. He would rebuke students like me and exhort us to better ourselves.will always remember him with fondness. A giant among teachers.
We were in Coimbatore Medical College blessed to have prof Dr. Ponnusamy & Dr Annamalai in Anatomy Department. Dr ponnusamy will enter in to the lecture hall with handful of colour chalk pieces In the black board the picture of the Arteries and veins in muscular field will look like real classical painting Great doctors sent by God ! Thank you Dr !
Dr Inderbir Singh was a great teacher, guide, writer philosopher and a great human being. Blessed to be his student. May God provide peace and tranquility to the departed soul.
Great soul 🙏🏽🙏🏽🇮🇳🇮🇳
I am fortunate enough to be taught by Legendary Teacher like Prof Inderbeer singh, Great Soul 💐💐
I too was his student in 1963 as 1st batch of PGI Rohtak .Salute to his teaching by Dr Surjit Singh Toor (rtd) Civil Surgeon .🙏🙏
Undoubtedly the great teacher and great human being… fortunate to have been his student at PGI Rohtak.. feel proud to have and read his first published book on human embryology.. .. you don’t get teacher like him so often….a great soul and teacher par excellence…🙏🙏💐
Fortunate to be his student.
We are fortunate to have been taught and guided by one of the greatest teacher of anatomy. He commanded a huge respect and an aura would surround him whenever he used to walk through the corridors of the department. People like him would not walk any more on this planet in the near future.
He was an iconic figure in the field of anatomy. He was a great teacher and made every effort to simplify a difficult subject as anatomy especially when we were new to medical field. Museum of Neuro-anatomy is one such example that proved very helpful during Neurology rotations. His calm, soft-spoken and always helpful personality will always remain alive in our hearts.
Not only great teacher but an excellent human being. Fortunate to be his student.
Feel very proud to be one of the students of a legendary teacher like him.
Adorable human being .
My sincere salutes to him .
Dr A K AGGARWAL
Hats off to such a legendary teacher in anatomy being his student in 1967 first prof. Very gentle soft spoken kind hearted never ever lost his temper & doyen of Anatomy. His style of teaching was like reading a poetry with simple way of explaining. Our batch of 1967 is fortunate to be taught by Dr Inderjeet Dewan & Dr Inderbir Singh the legends of their time. We have been indebted for the whole life because of their strict discipline & extraordinary human being dedicated to the subject of anatomy. My salute to both revered professors of anatomy. God bless their souls in heaven.
I am Dr Subhash Chander mittal MBBS MD medicine from PGIMS rohtak 1968 Batch l am fortunate enough to student of Dr inder jit Singh and Dr inder Bir Singh the great learned teachers of Anatomy of international fame May God grant peace to the departed Souls Dr Subhash Chander mittal
Unforgettable human being, a great teacher, guide, writer, philosopher with innumerable positive qualities- all in one person- a rarity. First meeting with him confirmed my choice of Anatomy as my carrier. Fortunate to be his first PG at PGIMS with opportunity to learn and work as colleague for 17 years. His great interest in drawing and painting resulted in excellent Anatomy museums and his clear concepts with command on language simplified Anatomy for students, especially embryology in the form of his books.
With all my respect for him, pray to God to bless his pious soul.