birth_place awards birth_date article_title name occupation
varanasi , uttar pradesh , india padma scholarship insa senior fellowship indo german fellowship indo finnish fellowship shri university grants commission fellowship president 's medal shushila nair shield dr. dr. mridula rohtagi oration award col. sangam lal oration award b. c. roy award commonwealth medical 25 july 1944 saroj chooramani gopal
 saroj chooramani gopal paediatric surgeon and academic
saroj chooramani gopal

saroj chooramani gopal , is an indian medical doctor , medical educationist and considered as the first woman paediatric surgeon in the country .
she was honoured by the government of india , in 2013 , by bestowing on her the padma shri , the fourth highest civilian award , for her contributions to the fields of medicine and medical education .
