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Chandrakant was a small‑town boy with extraordinary determination. Born in Saturkhe, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra, his father worked in a textile mill and his mother was a housewife. The family moved often, and young Chandrakant walked several kilometers through jungles and fields to attend school. When forced to pause his studies for two years in Sakharkheda (Buldhana district), he made up for lost time upon moving to Pusad, excelling so much that he passed a combined exam for standards II and III at once.
Later in Khurajgaon (Nagpur district), he overcame curricular gaps in just seven days to satisfy school authorities. He went on to secure distinctions in every subject, narrowly missing the 10th‑standard merit list but achieving 15th rank in the 12th boards and topping the medical entrance exam. He graduated from BJ Medical College, Pune, with first‑class marks.
After internship in Dhule, he served at Kalambhir PHC before joining Preventive & Social Medicine at Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital. In 2008, he rallied support for flood relief at Kataiya, Supaul, treating hundreds alongside filmmaker Prakash Jha. On 21 Sep 2008 at 10:30 PM, he was struck by lightning and succumbed to his injuries—becoming DFY’s guiding angel.
His martyrdom galvanized DFY’s mission. We honor his sacrifice by continuing the work he began, in the same spirit if not the same measure.
Dr. Kotnis was one of five physicians dispatched to China in 1938 to aid during the Second Sino‑Japanese War. Born in Solapur, Maharashtra, he studied at Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai. At 28, he served in mobile clinics, treating wounded soldiers for five years, and became director of Dr. Bethune International Peace Hospital.
He later joined Mao Zedong’s Eighth Route Army on the Jin‑Cha‑Ji border, performing up to 72‑hour shifts and over 800 major operations. On 9 Dec 1942, aged 32, he died of epilepsy and was buried in Nanquan Village’s Heroes Courtyard with high honors. Mao Zedong mourned, calling him “the army’s helping hand and the nation’s friend.”
Kotnis’s legacy lives on in film—V. Shantaram’s Dr Kotnis ki Amar Kahani (1946), China’s Dr D.S. Kotnis (1982)—as well as stamps (1982, 1992) and books like K.A. Abbas’s And One Did Not Come Back (1945). His selfless service remains a symbol of Sino‑Indian friendship.
Born 1 Oct 1918 in Vadamalapuram, Tamil Nadu, Dr. V. graduated in chemistry from American College, Madurai, and earned his medical degree from Stanley Medical College, Chennai in 1944. After retiring from the Indian Army Medical Corps in 1948 due to rheumatoid arthritis, he relearned surgery to perform cataract operations.
He joined Madurai Medical College’s Ophthalmology department—eventually heading it—and in 1960 pioneered outreach eye camps, followed by a blind rehabilitation centre (1966) and an ophthalmic assistants program (1973). By retirement in 1976, he had performed over 100,000 surgeries.
That year, he founded Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, dedicated to high‑quality, affordable eye care, guided by his spiritual practice as a disciple of Sri Aurobindo. In 1973 he received the Padma Shri; in 1991 he delivered “Illuminated Spirit” at Harvard Divinity School, later published widely.
Dr. V began and ended each day in silent meditation, asking to be “a receptacle for the divine force.” His legacy lives on in Aravind’s service to millions.
Dr. Mani is Chairman of Cardio‑Thoracic & Vascular Surgery at Max Smart Super Specialty Saket City Hospital, New Delhi. A Padma Shri awardee and National Excellence Award winner, he pioneered beating‑heart CABG in Delhi (2000), performing over 2,000 cardiac surgeries with near‑zero mortality.
He previously led cardiac programs at Railway Hospital Perambur, Batra, Apollo, and Delhi Heart & Lung. As Director of Cardiac Surgery at Batra Hospital & Research Centre, he also provides free pediatric heart surgeries under Rotary’s “Gift of Life” and Max India Foundation schemes.
Dr. Mathur, MS, FACS, served as Professor of GI Surgery at Seth G. S. Medical College & KEM Hospital and Head of General & GI Surgery at TN Medical College & Nair Hospital (1981–1998). He introduced therapeutic GI endoscopy and portal hypertension surgery, with work published in top surgical journals and textbooks.
He received a French Government fellowship (1989–90) to train in liver transplantation in France, Pittsburgh, and Chicago, establishing live‑donor liver transplant programs at KEM, Nair, and Fortis Mumbai. With 45+ years teaching and research—136 articles, 12 book chapters, 16 orations—he led organ donation efforts as President of ZTCC Mumbai (ISO‑certified 2022) and sits on Maharashtra’s NOTTO and MCFOT expert committees.
A distinguished alumnus of NLSIU Bangalore and Harvard BGEI, Dr. Kumar has been honored with the Mahatma Gandhi Samman, Nelson Mandela Leadership Award, and Atal Samman. He is known for leadership in legislative reform, strategic governance, and inclusive development.
Beyond law, he supports disaster medical relief, neonatal care, orphanages, elder shelters, and Gaushalas in Govardhan/Mathura. He rebuilt a Lord Shiva temple in Buxar in 2007 and continues to champion social causes.
A Public Health Physician with 25+ years in MSF, Burnet Institute, Médecins du Monde, USAID, FHI 360, and Project HOPE, Dr. Kalon has managed infectious disease, MCH, and emergency interventions across Asia and the Pacific.
Since Jan 2024: Health Policy & Advocacy Advisor, MSF (TB, Hepatitis, humanitarian issues).
Feb 2022–present: Medical Director, RIB‑TB Project, Burnet Institute (part‑time since Jan 2023).
Jan 2023–Jul 2023: Regional TB Advisor, PATH/USAID ETICA Project.
May 2016–Jan 2021: Country Medical Coordinator/Advocacy Advisor, MSF India.
Nov 2015–May 2016: Country Medical Coordinator, MSF Bangladesh.
Mar 2014–Jul 2015: TB Director, Project HOPE Kyrgyzstan.
Mar 2011–Jul 2013: Deputy Programme Manager, MSF HQ.
May 2008–Mar 2011: Country Director/Medical Coordinator, MSF Armenia.
Sep 2006–Mar 2008: Country Medical Coordinator, MSF Uzbekistan.
Oct 2004–Mar 2006: Medical & Project Coordinator, Médecins du Monde Myanmar.
1997–2003: GP/Medical Officer, Jammu & Kashmir Health Services.
A Senior Panel Counsel for the Union of India with 22+ years in litigation, arbitration, and advisory. He has represented ministries before the Supreme Court, multiple High Courts, and tribunals in service law, corporate governance, environmental regulation, sports law, and constitutional matters.
Renowned for strategic legal counsel, he advises government bodies, corporations, and sports federations, ensuring compliance and dispute resolution across India’s legal landscape.
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