Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan felicitated two NRIs at the Friends of MP Conclave in New York on Sunday night. All the three are luminaries in their respective fields. Chouhan felicitated Dr Dattareyudu Nori, who has international reputation as a pioneer and authority in the field of cancer treatment. Prestigious New England Journal of Medicine of the Harvard University has quoted him as ‘Recognised leader in his Specialty’. Over the last 4 decades, Dr Nori has tirelessly devoted himself to improving cancer care of patients. After receiving post-graduation medical degree in India, Dr Nori joined the world renowned Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in the US in 1976.
At present, Dr Nori is Professor and Executive Vice-Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornel Medical Center and New York Hospital Queens and Director of the Cancer Centre at New York Hospital Queens. America-based Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation and several other prestigious institutions have felicitated him. Dr Nori was also conferred most coveted US award known as ‘Most Distinguished Physician Award’.
The third NRI felicitated by the Chief Minister was Prof Manjul Bhargava, who is one of the most outstanding, influential and profound mathematicians in our times. He has done researches on algebraic number theory, combinatorics and representation theory. He graduated from Harvard University in 1996 and doctorate from Princeton University in 2001. His PhD thesis has astounded mathematicians.
Prof Manjul has been felicitated by a number of organisations. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of USA and the Indian National Science Academy. His method of explaining the deepest mathematical truths in a simple and inspiring way is praised everywhere. He teaches mathematics as an art form. Even though he was brought up and educated in the United States, he has deep roots in Indian culture with a love for Indian classical music, Sanskrit and history of Indian mathematics. He remains in constant touch with Indian mathematicians and institutions and often visits them.