Upendra Kaul
Upendra Kaul is an Indian cardiologist and one of the pioneers of interventional cardiology in India. He is the Chairman and Dean Academics and Research at the Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center. He is known for his expertise in procedures such as Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary bypass, Rotational and Directional Atherectomy, Coronary stenting and Percutaneous Laser Myocardial Revascularization. He graduated in medicine (MBBS) from the Maulana Azad Medical College and continued his studies at the same institution to secure MD in 1975 and, DM in cardiology in 1978. Later, he obtained advanced training in interventional cardiology from Australia during  1983 to 84. He has served the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as a professor of cardiology and has been a member of the faculty of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, G. B. Pant Hospital, Batra Hospital and Fortis Health Care, NCR. and Executive Director and Dean at Fortis Health Care, New Delhi. Kaul is a former president of the Cardiological Society of India and the SAARC Cardiac Society and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS). He has published over 450 medical papers  and has won the Medtronic Award for the Best Scientific Paper in 1983. He received the highest Indian award in the medical category, Dr. B. C. Roy Award, in 1999. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian medicine. He is also a recipient of the Dr. Thapar Gold Medal in 1970, Searle Award of the Cardiological Society of India in 1986, Shakuntala Amirchand Prize of the Indian Council of Medical Research in 1987, Press India Award in 1992. In 2019, he was summoned by the  National Investigation Agency (NIA) after the NIA sleuths misread his use of medical jargon to mean a hawala transaction. Dr Kaul is also a known sympathizer of terrorist Yasin Malik. Dr Kaul has started a NGO , Gauri Kaul Foundation in Apri 2020 as its founder Director. The NGO did visit several districts of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir to optimize treatment of patients with high BP, Diabetes and underlyong heart diseases. Based upon their findings the foundation has got 2 units of Telemedicine installed in Machil Kupwara District and Jagiti Town ship of kashmiri migrants in Jammu. These have  been financed from the CSR fund of Indian oil and are meant to diagnose and treat patients of these remote areas.