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Awards & Recognitions


  • President's
    Gold Medal

  • Himadri Sarkar
    Oration

  • Urology
    Gold Medal
  • Pinnamaneni Venkateshwara
    Rao Oration

 


President's Gold Medal

The medal is awarded to a member of the USI residing in India who has made an outstanding contribution, academic or organizational, to the progress of Urology in India.

Dr.  S N Panda

Dr. S N Panda

2002
Dr.  Mahesh Desai

Dr. Mahesh Desai

2003
Dr.  N P Gupta

Dr. N P Gupta

2004
Dr.  Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

Dr. Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

2005
Dr.  Ketan Desai

Dr. Ketan Desai

2006
Dr.  Rupin Shah

Dr. Rupin Shah

2007
Dr.  S S Ambasta

Dr. S S Ambasta

2008
Dr.  D Thanikachalam

Dr. D Thanikachalam

2009
Dr.  P B Singh

Dr. P B Singh

2010
Dr.  Sanjay B Kulkarni

Dr. Sanjay B Kulkarni

2011
Dr.  Nitin Kekre

Dr. Nitin Kekre

2013
Dr.  Shivaji Basu

Dr. Shivaji Basu

2014
Dr.  SV Kandasami

Dr. SV Kandasami

2015
Dr.  Madhu S Agrawal

Dr. Madhu S Agrawal

2016
Dr.  Rajesh Ahlawat

Dr. Rajesh Ahlawat

2017
Dr.  Arup Kumar Mandal

Dr. Arup Kumar Mandal

2018
Dr.  Janak Desai

Dr. Janak Desai

2019
Dr.  Datteswar Hota

Dr. Datteswar Hota

2020
Dr.  Ravindra B Sabnis

Dr. Ravindra B Sabnis

2021
Dr.  Shrawan K Singh

Dr. Shrawan K Singh

2022
Dr.  D Ramesh

Dr. D Ramesh

2023
Dr. Rajendra Singh Sinam

Dr. Rajendra Singh Sinam

2024
Dr.  H K Nagaraj

Dr. H K Nagaraj

2025

Himadri Sarkar Oration

The Oration is held every year during the Annual Conference of Urological Society of India and is delivered by the past president of the USI or any Scientist / Researcher / Clinician, Indian or from overseas; who has contributed significantly to the advancement of Urology worldwide.

Dr. VNP Tripathi

Dr. VNP Tripathi

1992
Dr.  Ajit G Phadke

Dr. Ajit G Phadke

1993
Dr.  A Rajsekaran

Dr. A Rajsekaran

1994
Dr.  Shyam S Joshi

Dr. Shyam S Joshi

1995
Dr.  Roy Chally

Dr. Roy Chally

1996
Dr.  SS Bapat

Dr. SS Bapat

1997
Dr.  Bimlendu Mukharjee

Dr. Bimlendu Mukharjee

1998
Dr. C Nageshwara Rao

Dr. C Nageshwara Rao

1999
Dr.  SD Bapat

Dr. SD Bapat

2000
Placeholder

Dr. SC Mathur

2001
Dr.  AP pandey

Dr. AP Pandey

2002
Dr.  MH Kamat

Dr. MH Kamat

2003
Dr.  SK Sharmai

Dr. SK Sharma

2004
Dr.  SN Wadhwa

Dr. SN Wadhwa

2005
Dr.  M Bhandari

Dr. M Bhandari

2006
Dr.  Mahesh R Desai

Dr. Mahesh R Desai

2007
Dr.  K Shashidharan

Dr. K Shashidharan

2008
Dr.  NP Gupta

Dr. NP Gupta

2009
Dr.  Ajay Kumar

Dr. Ajay Kumar

2010
Dr.  Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

Dr. Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

2011
Dr.  Subhash V Kotwal

Dr. Subhash V Kotwal

2012
Dr.  P B Singhu

Dr. P B Singh

2013
Dr.  Jagdish Kulkarni

Dr. Jagdish Kulkarni

2014
Dr.  R M Meyyapan

Dr. R M Meyyapan

2015
Dr.  Deepak Kirpekar

Dr. Deepak Kirpekar

2016
Dr.  Percy J Chibber

Dr. Percy J Chibber

2017
Dr.  Rajeev Sood

Dr. Rajeev Sood

2018
Dr.  P N Dogra

Dr. P N Dogra

2019
Dr.  Ajit M Vaze

Dr. Ajit M Vaze

2020
Dr.  Madhu S Agrawal

Dr. Madhu S Agrawal

2021
Dr.  Anant Kumar

Dr. Anant Kumar

2022
Dr.  C Mallikarjuna

Dr. C Mallikarjuna

2023
Dr.  Ravindra Sabnis

Dr. Ravindra Sabnis

2024
Dr.  H K Nagaraj

Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni

2025

Urology Gold Medal

The medal is awarded to the Immediate Past President of USI at the time of inauguration of the USI Annual Meeting by the Chief Guest of the occasion.

Placeholder

Dr. Roy Chally

1996
Placeholder

Dr. S S Bapat

1997
Dr.  SN Panda

Dr. Bimlendu Mukharjee

1998
Dr.  Mahesh Desai

Dr. C Nageshwara Rao

1999
Dr.  R D Joshi

Dr. S D Bapat

2000
Dr.  A K Banerjee

Dr. S C Mathur

2001
Dr.  S C Mishra

Dr. A P Pandey

2002
Dr.  K R Menon

Dr. MH Kamat

2003
Dr.  P S Nair

Dr. S K Sharma

2004
Placeholder

Dr. S N Wadhwa

2005
Placeholder

Dr. Mahendra Bhandari

2006
Dr.  SN Panda

Dr. K Sasidharan

2007
Dr.  Mahesh Desai

Dr. Mahesh R Desai

2008
Dr.  NP Gupta

Dr. Narmada P Gupta

2009
Dr.  Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

Dr. Ajay Kumar

2010
Dr.  Ketan Desai

Dr. Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

2011
Dr.  Rupin Shah

Dr. S V Kotwal

2012
Dr.  SS Ambasta

Dr. P B Singh

2013
Dr.  D Thanikachalam

Dr. Jagdish N Kulkarni

2014
Dr.  PB Singh

Dr. RM Meyyappan

2015
Placeholder

Dr. Deepak Kirpekar

2016
Dr.  SN Panda

Dr. Percy Chibber

2017
Dr.  Mahesh Desai

Dr. Rajeev Sood

2018
Dr.  NP Gupta

Dr. Prem Nath Dogra

2019
Dr.  Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

Dr. Ajit M Vaze

2020

Dr. Madhu S Agrawal

2021

Dr. Anant Kumar

2022

Dr. Mallikarjuna C

2023

Dr. Ravindra B Sabnis

2024

Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni

2025

Pinnamaneni Venkateshwara Rao Oration

It is a prestigious award bestowed by the Urological Society of India (USI) to recognize significant contributions in clinical, experimental, or basic sciences in urology.

Dr.  Rupin Shah

Dr. Rupin Shah

2002
Dr.  Nitin Kekre

Dr. Nitin Kekre

2003
Dr.  Ninan Chacko

Dr. Ninan Chacko

2004
Dr.  Jagadish N Kulkarni

Dr. Jagadish N Kulkarni

2005
Dr.  AK Mandal

Dr. AK Mandal

2006
Dr.  Madhu S Agrawal

Dr. Madhu S Agrawal

2007
Dr.  PB Sivaraman

Dr. PB Sivaraman

2008
Dr.  Col SV Kotwal

Dr. Col SV Kotwal

2009
Dr.  Anant Kumar

Dr. Anant Kumar

2010
Dr.  RB Nerli

Dr. RB Nerli

2011
Dr.  Makarand Khochikar

Dr. Makarand Khochikar

2012
Dr.  Umesh Oza

Dr. Umesh Oza

2013
Dr.  PVLN Murthy

Dr. PVLN Murthy

2014
Dr.  M Ramalingham

Dr. M Ramalingham

2015
Dr.  Suresh Patankar

Dr. Suresh Patankar

2016
Dr.  Hemant Tongaonkar

Dr. Hemant Tongaonkar

2017
Dr.  Shirish D Yande

Dr. Shirish D Yande

2018
Dr.  S K Singh

Dr. S K Singh

2019
Dr.  Rajeev Kumar

Dr. Rajeev Kumar

2020

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