Dr K K Aggarwal President Heart
care Foundation of India will be awarded National Award for Outstanding
Efforts in Science & Technology Communication in general for the year 2013.
The award consists of Rs. 2 lakhs, a memento and a citation. The award will be
presented on Feb 28 at DST Auditorium as part
of National Science Day Celebrations.
Dr Aggarwal is also recipient of two other National Awards
Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Award and will be the first Doctor in the
country to have received these three National Awards.
The award is given by the National Council for Science
& Technology Communication, an Apex Body of the Government of India under
the Department of Science & Technology. The council instituted national
awards to stimulate, encourage and recognize outstanding efforts in the area of
science popularization and communication in 1987.
The award is presented to an individual or an institution
for outstanding work in communication of science and technology and or
promoting of scientific temper which had the widest impact in the country
during the past five years.
Dr Aggarwal
also Senior Consultant Physician and Cardiologist has immensely contributed
to the Society in Science and Technology Communication as a
Clinician, Writer, Anchor, Trainer, Conceptualizer, Advisor, Researcher and
Scientific Health Communicator.
Many of his
low-cost science awareness modules have been recognized by the Government of
India by releasing postal commemorative stamps (Run for the Heart 1991 Rs 1
Postal Stamp, Perfect Health Mela 1993 Rs 6.50 Postal Stamp and First Mega
Telemedicine Camp 2012 Cancellation Stamp).
He was the
Delhi Coordinator for Year of Scientific Awareness in 2004 and successfully
launched and used folk artists as Sutradhars for creating scientific awareness
on adolescence health and nutrition.
He has
developed over 1000 preventive one liner scientific health messages for general
public and provided scientific training to over 63400 people on
Hands-only CPR for revival after sudden death.
His efforts
in Scientific Health Awareness have also won him many prestigious National and
International Awards like CMAAO IMA Oration, DMA Swasthya
Ratna, Delhi Medical
Association Sunder Lal Roopwati Memorial Award , Dr Mungelar
National IMA Award etc.
Dr Aggarwal
is frequently quoted by electronic and print media with over 15,000
quotes. He has anchored many TV shows like over 26 episodes of “Take Care” for
DD India and the currently on air "Health Wealth" on Zee Media.
Awardee List
1. National Award for Outstanding
Efforts in Science & Technology Communication in general
(Category-A): Individual Dr K K Aggarwal, Institution: Society of
Pollution & Environment Conservation Scientists.
2. National Award for Outstanding
Efforts in Science & Technology Communication through Print Media including
Books and Magazines (Category-B): Dr. Oum Prakash Sharma Dy Director,
IGNOU; Shri Hemant Achyut Lagvankar; Shri Bhabesh Mahanta and Dr. N.
Rajagopalan.
3. National Award for
Outstanding Efforts in Science & Technology Popularization among Children
(Category-C): Shri Jaswinder Singh and Dr. Kailash Chandra Goswami.
