Yash Sachdev

Background

Sachdev, Yash was born on October 25, 1929 in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of L. M. Collge Pharmacy and I.D. (Kalra) Sachdev.

Education

Bachelor Medicine B Surgery, Glancy Medical College, Amritsar, India, 1952. Diploma in child health, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India, 1965. Doctor of Medicine in Pediatrics, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India, 1967.

Doctor of Medicine in General Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, 1971.

Career

House physician, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, 1952-1953; regimental medical officer, Indian Army, Kashmir, 1953-1957; registrar, Military Hospital, Jabalpur, India, 1958-1960; physician, Military Hospitals, Jallandhar and Hyderabad, India, 1960-1968; reader, professor pediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India., 1968-1974; clinical and research fellow in endocrinology, U. New Castle-upon-Tyne, England, 1974-1976; chief radioimmunoassay research laboratories, professor endocrinology, Army Hospital, New Delhi, 1976-1981; professor medicine and endocrinology, Command Hospital, Pune, 1981-1984; consultant medicine and endocrinology, commandant, Command Hospital, Lucknow, India, 1984-1985; deputy director medical services, Headquarters 16 Corps, Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1985-1986; deputy director medical services, Headquarters Eastern Command, Calcutta, 1986-1987; additional director medical services health and pathology, Medical Directorate General Army Headquarters, New Delhi, 1987; senior consultant Office of Directorate, General Armed Forces Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Ministry of Defense, New Delhi, 1987-1988; chief consultant, additional director, General Armed Forces Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Ministry of Defense, New Delhi, 1988; commandant, officer in charge Administrative Management College records, Administrative Management College Centre & School, Lucknow, 1988-1989. Visiting professor endocrinology U. Wales, Cardiff, 1981, 90. Graduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral teacher and examiner various national medical institutions and colleges, India, since 1968.

Chief visiting consultant Hamdard U. Hospital, New Delhi, since 1990. Founder, president National Medical Edition and Research Forum, New Delhi, since 1992. National coordinator survey, evaluation and research division central technical committee integrated mother and child development Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, since 1991.

Member expert group on geriatrics Indian Council Medical Research/World Health Organization, New Delhi, 1990-1992. Shurvir visiting professor pediatrics and medicine Osmania U. Medical Colls. India, 1968-1989; researcher in pediatrics, diabetology, endocrinology and medical education.

Achievements

• Yash Sachdev has been listed as a noteworthy endocrinologist, researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant general Medical Corps Indian Army, 1953-1990. Fellow American College Chest Physicians, Institute Public Health and Hygiene London, International College Angiology. Member Association Physicians India (life, editorial board 1982-1993, chairman credential committee since 1993), Endocrine Society India (life, president 1985), Geriatric Society India (president 1990, 92), Science and Social Study Group India (founder, chairman 1996), National Academy Medical Sciences (chairman endocrinology panel since 1981).

Interests

• Avocations: music, photography, reading, nature, bird watching.

Connections

Married Mumta Cooper, July 10, 1962.

Father:

L. M. Collge Pharmacy Sachdev

Mother:

I.D. (Kalra) Sachdev

Spouse:

Mumta Cooper