Kirpal Singh Chugh

{{Short description|Indian nephrologist}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|12|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Patti, Amritsar, Punjab, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|17|1932|12|12|df=y}}

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| occupation = Nephrologist

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| children = Sumant Chugh, Sumeet Chugh

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| awards = Padma Shri
B. C. Roy Award
National Kidney Foundation Award
Nihon University Medical School Gold Medal
ICMR Outstanding Research Award
Motashaw Memorial Award
M. D. Adatia Award
Indian Society of Nephrologists Award
Association of Physicians of India Award
K. B. Kanwar Memorial Award
Dhanwantari National Award
Nephrology Forum Award

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Kirpal Singh Chugh (12 December 1932 – 17 September 2017) was an Indian nephrologist{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/chandigarh/dr-kirpal-chugh-india-s-father-of-nephrology-dies-at-85-468473 | title=The Tribune | date=2017 | access-date=17 May 2020}} from Patti, a neighbouring town to Amritsar in the Indian state of Punjab.{{cite web | url=http://www.scientistindia.com/specialization%20phy.htm | title=Scientist India | publisher=Scientist India | date=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}} He was reportedly the first qualified Indian nephrologist and is considered by many to have been the father of Nephrology in India{{cite web | url=http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=8103 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116124304/http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=8103 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=16 November 2012 | title=Lokvani | publisher=Lokvani | date=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}} for his pioneering efforts in starting the first medical department in the discipline in 1956 and establishing the first medical course in nephrology (DM) at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh .

Born on 12 December 1932,{{cite web | url=http://cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/ISN/VLP/Trans/chugh.htm | title=ISN Video Legacy Project | publisher=ISN Video Legacy Project | date=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014 | archive-date=29 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229095649/http://cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/ISN/VLP/Trans/chugh.htm | url-status=dead }} Chugh won many awards and honours such as B. C. Roy Award (1993), National Kidney Foundation Award, Nihon University Medical School Gold Medal (1979), ICMR Outstanding Research Award (1978), Motashaw Memorial Award (1975), M. D. Adatia Award (1976), Indian Society of Nephrologists Award (1976), Association of Physicians of India Award (1978), K. B. Kanwar Memorial Award (1979), Dhanwantari National Award and Nephrology Forum Award.

A member of the Advisory Board of World Kidney Forum{{cite web | url=http://211.144.68.84:9998/91keshi/Public/File/16/54-4/pdf/1-s2.0-S0272638609009469-main.pdf | title=American Journal of Kidney Diseases | publisher=American Journal of Kidney Diseases | date=2009 | access-date=29 December 2014}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}} and an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}} he was honored by the Government of India, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }} ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific data has listed 262 publications of K. S. Chugh.{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kirpal_Chugh | title=ResearchGate | work=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}}