Jitendra Nath Pande or J. N. Pande (14 June 1941 – 23 May 2020) was an Indian
Pulmonologist and Professor and Head of Medicine at the
All India Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS). He was working as Senior Consultant (Medicine) at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research,
New Delhi. He died on 23 May 2020 during sleep when he was home quarantined due to
COVID-19 positivity during the
COVID-19 pandemic in India, in New Delhi.[1][2][3]
He was posthumously awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, the
Padma Shri in 2021.[4][5]
Personal and family details
Pande was born in
Shikohabad,
India, to Shri Madan Mohan Pande and Smt. Kamla Devi Pande. His parents were from
Uttar Pradesh.
He was younger brother of
Prof. Gyan N Pande, Emeritus Professor,
Swansea University and President, International Centre for Computational Engineering.
Education
Pande obtained both his MBBS in 1963 and MD (Medicine) in 1966 degrees from
AIIMS, New Delhi.
Work and important assignments
Pande specialised in respiratory medicine and clinical epidemiology. He set up the first intensive care unit in India.[6]
The 1997-98 study of Pande titled 'Outdoor air pollution and emergency room visits
at a hospital in Delhi'[13][14] was cited by Supreme Court of India in its CNG judgement.[15]
Publication
Pande published more than 170 papers in national and international journals apart from delivering many prestigious orations.[16]
Awards
Pande was conferred many prestigious awards, some of them are mentioned below:[17]
Guest Editor, The Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR)[21]
Speaker, NCCP (I) – Prof. Raman Vishwanathan Memorial Chest Oration, Amritsar, 1995 (Previously known as Raman Vishwanathan Memorial Oration / Lecture)[22]
Fellow, National College Chest Physicians
Member, Indian Council Medical Research
Vice President, Chest Institute
Member, Chest Institute
Vice President, Indian Council Medical Research
Editor, Indian Journal Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences
Editor, Annals of National Academy Medical Sciences