Indira Hinduja

Indira Hinduja is an Indian gynecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist based in Mumbai.^[1] She pioneered the Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) technique resulting in the birth of India's first GIFT baby on 4 January 1988. Previously she delivered India's first test tube baby at KEM Hospital on 6 August 1986.^[2] She is also credited for developing an oocyte donation technique for menopausal and premature ovarian failure patients, giving the country's first baby out of this technique on 24 January 1991.^[3]

Academic career[edit]

She has obtained PhD degree for her thesis entitled 'Human in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer' from the Bombay University. She is a full-time practicing Obstetrician and Gynaecologist of the P.D. Hinduja Hospital, Mahim West, Bombay.^[3]

Hinduja is currently also honorary obstetrician and gynecologist at P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre in Mumbai.

Awards[edit]

• Young Indian Award (1987)
• Outstanding Lady Citizen of Maharashtra State Jaycee Award (1987)
• Bharat Nirman Award for Talented Ladies (1994)
• International Women's Day Award by the Mayor of Bombay (1995; 2000)
• Lifetime Achievement Award by Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of India (1999)
• Dhanvantari Award by The Governor of Maharashtra (2000)
• Padma Shri award from Government of India (2011)^[4]

References[edit]

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