M. M. S. Ahuja

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Padma Shri |signature = |signature_alt = |footnotes = }} Professor Man Mohan Singh Ahuja, better known as M. M. S. Ahuja (1929 – 12 July 1998) was famous Indian Physician and Endocrinologist.^[1]

He was born in 1929 in Multan in British India. He was graduated from Madras Medical College in 1952. He has passed M.R.C.P. (London) in 1956, and did residency at Hammersmith Hospital, London. In 1958, he has joined All India Institute of Medical Sciences as Registrar in Medicine department under Prof. K. L. Wig. He was promoted as Associate Professor and later as Head of the Department of Medicine in 1969. He has become Head the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, when it was formed, from 1982 to 1989. He was Dean of the Institute in 1988-1989.

He played key role in founding 'Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India' in 1972^[2] and 'Hormone Foundation, India.' He was the founding editor of International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries.

He was Chief editor of medical publication series on "Progress in Medicine". They are unique and monumental documentations of scientific work done in India on problems of Indian Medicine. Many generations of Medical students have been benefited from these volumes.

He died on 12 July 1998 in New Delhi. He is survived by his wife Dr. Meera Ahuja, daughter Sumati and son Vikas.

Awards

• He was awarded the prestigious B. C. Roy Award for Medical Research in 1982.
• Government of India awarded Padma Shri in 1991.

References

1. ^ Obituary, Prof. M.M.S. Ahuja by N. Kochupillai in Int. J. Diab. Dev. Countries (1998), Vol. 18, pp: 95-6.
2. ^ History of Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India

Persondata
Name	Ahuja, M. M. S.
Alternative names
Short description	Endocrinologist
Date of birth	1929
Place of birth	Multan, British India
Date of death	12 July 1998
Place of death	New Delhi, India