Greetings from JSS Executive
Director of Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai, Dr. Rajendra Badwe will be delivering the
JIPMER Scientific Society External Oration on 12th April 2017 at Superspecialty Block
Auditorium at 2.30 PM.
The title of the Oration will be “Cancer care in India: Challenges and Solutions”
All Students, Postgraduate Residents, Fellows, PhD Scholars, Faculty Members from various disciplines are requested to grace the occasion.
His brief Bio-data is given below
Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe, is a highly acclaimed Surgical Oncologist and
Government of India bestowed him with Padma Shri in 2013 for his contributions in the field of Oncology.
As a School student, he was the winner of Athalye Medal for Maths, Badwe chose medicine and studied with Dorab Tata Scholarship, to graduate in medicine (MBBS) and MS from Bombay University
Dr. Badwe worked in many institutions of repute before joining Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai as the Head of the Department of Surgical Oncology, he worked at the Toronomon Hospital,Tokyo as a Fellow of the International Society for Diseases of the Oesophagus in 1989 and moved to London and worked as the Registrar and honorary consultant at the Guy’s Hospital, King’s College London School of Medicine and the Royal Marsden Hospital, till 1992. He is currently the Director of Tata Memorial Centre
Legacy: Dr. Badwe is considered as an International expert in oncology; his opinions are reportedly considered for devising cancer care strategies, disease management and research protocols worldwide.He is credited with pioneering research in breast cancer treatment, which is his specialty. Some of his researches, such as the one where he subjected 350 women with advanced stages of cancer to chemotherapy are well documented.
His studies revealed that the survival rate in cases where surgical procedures are resorted to is almost the same as the cases where only medication was administered and medicines are potent enough to combat breast cancer with the same efficacy as surgery. One of his researches, on the Timing of surgery during the menstrual cycle for operable breast cancer has positive effects on the cancer treatment regimes in the US and the UK. His contributions in the areas such asbreast cancer, circulating tumour cells, DNA in solid tumours, clinical research methodology, and epidemiological research in oncology are reported to have enabled a better understanding of the cancer biology and in the development of life saving treatments patterns globally.It is reported that Dr. Badwe initiated and implemented the Clinical Research Secretariat (CRS) for the first time in India. He was also behind the establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Clinical Trials Centres for multi centre clinical trials. His mammoth research covering 1000 breast cancer patients in India had a reported effect in reducing breast cancer deaths by 25 per cent.
Badwe has published over 100 research articles in various peer reviewed international and national journals. He serves as a peer reviewer for many journals such as Lancet, British Journal of Cancer, Cancer, International Journal of Surgery, Annals of Oncology, Indian Journal of Surgery and the Indian Journal of Cancer. He has also served as a member of the editorials boards of journals like The Breast Journal and the International Journal of Surgery and Mammology.
Badwe has also delivered keynote addresses at various medical seminars
Positions Held: Rajendra Badwe is the director of the Tata Memorial Centre and the head of the Department of the Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He is also a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency panel of experts.
The Government of India has utilised his services for setting up cancer care centres in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab.]He was a key advisor to the government in the establishment of a National Cancer Centre and six All India Institutes in the fashion of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Dr. Badwe is also an advisor to the Government of India, Breast Health Global Initiative and World Health Organization (WHO) and is the head of the Innovation Council for Cancer Research, a Government of India programme.
Member of the Governing Council - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
Member - Committee on non-communicable diseases - Indian Council of Medical Research
Member - Committee on non-communicable diseases – Department of Bio Technology - Ministry of Science and Technology - Government of India
Awards and Recognitions: Some of his major recognitions are listed below,
Badwe received two awards of repute, in the year 2013. In January, the Government of India conferred on him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri. Nine months later, in October, the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management recognised Dr. badwe’s services by way of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award.
He has also received many other awards such as the Reach to Recovery International Medal of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), Joglekar Gold Medal in 1993, C. V. Menon Gold Medal in 1994 and the Life Time Achievement Award in 2010 and the Outstanding Service Award, both of the Indian Nuclear Society