45 do-gooders to be feted

Chandigarh, January 25

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The state government today released a list of 45 personalities who performed their duties perfectly with passion in various fields.

An official spokesman said Pradeep Kumar, fire officer, Municipal Council, Dera Bassi, has been selected for bravery. Sonu Sood, Sonu Maheshwari, Chairman, Youth Welfare Society, Bathinda, Kuldeep Singh Mann, Secretary, Swami Ganga Nand Bhuri Wale International Foundation, Dham Talwandi Khurd, Jagraon, Anil Bharti, Ludhiana, Tarjit Singh, driver, Tehsil Office Amritsar-21 have been selected for social service.

He said for occupational expert, Sarabjit Singh, Dr Sarabjit Singh Randhawa, senior veterinary officer, Batala, Gurdaspur, Dr Ajit Dua, Dr Rupinder Bakhshi, Sarabjit Kaur Sohal, president, Punjab Sahitya Akademi, and Bansi Kaul have been selected.

For excellent services during Covid, Dr KK Talwar, cardiologist, consultant, Health and Medical Education, Punjab, Dr Raj Bahadur, orthopaedic, Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Dr Rajesh Kumar, executive director, SHSRC, Dr GD Puri, dean and professor, Department of Anesthesia, PGI, Dr Pulb Ray, professor, Department of Microbiology, PGI, Dr Biswa Mohan, professor, Department of Cardiology, DMC Ludhiana, Dr Clarence J Samuel, vice-principal, Community Department, CMC Ludhiana, Dr Neelam Marwaha, former head and professor, transfusion medicine, PGI, Dr Ambuj Rai, professor, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, Dr Vishal Chopra, professor and head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, GMC, Patiala, Dr Raminder Pal Singh Sibia, professor and head, Department of Medicine, GMC, Patiala, Dr Veena Chtarath, professor and head, Department of Anesthesia, GMC, Amritsar, Dr Sandeep Kataria, attending anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, Bronxcare Health Care System, 1650 Grand Concourse Bronx, New York, Dr Anoop Singh, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lennox Hill Hospital, 77 Avenue Greenwich Village, New York, and Dr Ajit Kumar Kayal, consultant anesthetist, St George’s NHS Foundation Trust, London, among others have been selected. — TNS