in Nice, France (1994) and in Beijing, China (1996). He has been appointed International President of the Seventh World Congress of Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound, which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2003.

Dr. Nanda was among the first to pioneer the use of Color Doppler Fluid Mapping and was the first to develop an echocardiography technique to assess pulmonary hypertension and recognize congenital bicuspid valve. He has also done pioneer work on myocardial tissue characterization by two-dimensional echocardiography and more recently on three- and four-dimensional echocardiography and transpharyngeal echocardiography. He has received several awards including the first Tufts University Award in echocardiography. Government of India Life Time Achievement Award and other awards from the Government of Egypt, Brazilian Society of Cardiology, the Chinese Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Chinese Medical Association. He has been selected for inclusion in the Directory of The Best Doctors in America consistently since 1994 when it was first published.

Dr. Nanda is the author/co-author of over 700 scientific publications including nine books and video-teaching tapes devoted to echocardiography. He has published more books on echocardiography than anyone else in the world.

Dr. Nanda was presented by Karan Munuswamy, M.D. and was conferred the Charaka Award.

K. Rajender Reddy
K. Rajender Reddy, M.D., is a professor of medicine. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine at Philadelphia. He is certified by The American Board of Internal Medicine and by The American Board of Gastroenterology. Dr. Reddy is a Fellow of The American College of Gastroenterology and The American College of Physicians. He is a member of Florida Gastroenterology, American Gastrological Association; American Society of Gastrointestinal endoscopy; and American Association for the study of Liver Diseases. He is currently a member of Research and Awards Committee, The American College of Gastroenterology, and The Current Practice Parameters Committee, AASLD. Dr. Reddy is on the editorial boards of The American Journal of Gastroenterology, The American Journal of Internal Medicine and nine other national and international journals. He has been invited as guest speaker at more than 30 places in and out of the United States. Dr. Reddy has published 166 papers in various national and international journals with special emphasis on Liver Disease - especially Hepatitis-C. He has contributed chapters in 23 books.

Dr. Reddy was presented by Dr. Durgesh Thaker and was conferred the Charaka Award.

Pravin C. Singhal
Pravin C. Singhal, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York; Chief of Nephrology Division, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York; and a Professor of Molecular Science at the Institute of Graduate Studies, New York. He is also an established investigator at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, and Senior Investigator at North Shore Long Island Jewish Research Institute, New York. Dr. Singhal is the recipient of several awards including the International Research Award (Canada); National Research Award; Fellowship of Harvard University, Boston; and Travel Fellowships from The New York Heart Association and from The International Society of Nephrology. He has been getting research grants from the National Institute of Health continuously since 1989. He is a Certified Physician by the American Board of Internal Medicine with sub-specialty in Nephrology. He is a fellow of The American College of Physicians; and of The Indian Society of Nephrology. He is a member of The American Society of Nephrology, The American Society of Physiology, The Federation of Clinical Research, The International Society of Nephrology, and The American Society of Hypertension.

Dr. Singhal has published 196 research papers and 300 abstracts in various national and international journals. Dr. Singhal was presented by Ashok Patel, M.D. and was conferred the Charaka Award.

Jayant Radhakrishnan
Jayant Radhakrishnan, M.D., retired as Professor of Surgery and Urology and as Chief of Division of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Illinois in Chicago in September 2000. He is now Co-director of Education at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago.