Dr Lt Gen Velu Nair

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MILITARY AWARDS FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES •    Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) in 2017 by the President of India. •    Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) in 2011 by the President of India. •    Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) in 2005 & 'VSM and Bar' in 2008 by the President of India. •    Chief of the Army Commendation Card (4 Times) in the year 2002; 2003, 2006 & 2014.

ACADEMIC CIVILIAN AWARDS • Received the Apollo Clinical Excellence Award for the Distinguished Academician by Apollo, 2025. • Awarded for the excellence in Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, by the Times of India Group, presented by Former H'ble Chief Justice of India, Shri NV Ramana, May 2025. • FICCI Medical Value Travel Awards 2025 for Bone Marrow Transplantation to Apollo Hospital International Limited, Ahmedabad. • Medflix Award for Outstanding Editorial Contribution to the RCP VTE conference in June 2025. • "Eminent NBEMS Distinguished Teacher Award", by the Association of National Board Accredited Institutions, 2024. • All India NBE Teacher award for Excellence in Medical Education 2014 "Scroll of Honor for Individuals", National Board of Examinations, New Delhi. • Recipient of the prestigious 'JB Chatterjea Oration Award' from Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHBT), 2017. • Recipient of the prestigious 'Maj Gen Amir Chand Award & Oration' from National Academy of Medical Sciences (2009) for the best medical research & contribution in the field of Stem Cell, Thrombosis and Dengue Syndromes. • Awarded "Rabindranath Tagore Oration" on 'The evolving saga of stem cells' by Association of Physicians of India (APICON), Ludhiana 2014. • Awarded "SK Manchanda Memorial FIPS Oration" by Federation of Indian Physiological Societies organized by PSI at University of Calcutta, Kolkata, December 2015. • Awarded "Dr. LK Bhutani Oration" on 'The evolving saga of stem cells and Clinical Application of Stem Cell' by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, 2014. • ‘Manorama Sapre Oration & Award' by National Society of Haematology (ISHTM) in 2009. • Oration on 'High altitude related Thrombosis', AIIMS, Bhopal, April 2014. • Awarded "R K Biswas Oration" on 'Venous Thrombosis' Association of physician of India, West Bengal, Nov 2014. • Dr. Prayag Oration on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by BJ Medical College, Pune (2010) • Awarded "Cameron Pinto Oration" on" Thrombosis: The plot behind the Clot!" by Bombay Medical Congress, (BMC, 2014) Mumbai. • 'Millennium Trust Oration & Award' on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Stem Cell Therapy by Association of Physicians of India (API), West Bengal in 2009. • Oration on "Aplastic Anemia: Current concepts in management & Indian experiences" in 71st Annual Conference of The Association of Physicians of India (APICON 2016). • Recipient of the prestigious 'Sardar Patel Award' from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Foundation on 10th International Prestigious Award 2015 on 31 Oct 2016. • Best Paper Award during ISHTM 2008 (Pondicherry) on Monitoring of Response to Therapy with Imatinib Mesylate in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in chronic phase (CML-CP) (Principal worker) • Lifetime achievement award by the Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHBT). • Lifetime achievement award in the 41st ICON Conference 2019.

ACADEMIC ARMY AWARDS • Kalinga Trophy and Gold Medal standing first in I, II & III MBBS AFMC, Pune in 1977 • President's Gold Medal for Best All Round Medical Student in AFMC, Pune in 1977 • Maj General Choudhary Gold Medal for PSM AFMC, Pune in 1977 • Gold Medal for Surgery AFMC, Pune in 1977 • Silver Medal for standing First in Opthalmology AFMC, Pune in 1976 • Silver Medal for standing First in Forensic Medicine AFMC, Pune in 1976 • Sir Neelakant Jatar Cash Award for standing first in Surgery AFMC, Pune in 1977 • Silver trophy for standing first in all clinical subjects: Surgery, Medicine & Gynacology in final MBBS AFMC, Pune in 1977 Best Research Paper Award by Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC) (2010 • Two 'Research Awards' by AFMRC for work on Blood Clotting and Blood Cancer. • Chief of Naval Staff Award-2005 Symptomatic portal system thrombosis in Soldiers due to extended stay at extreme altitude (co-worker). • Chief of Army Staff award 2015 "A study on rapid induction via Manali- Leh road: A randomized field trial" in 2014 (co-worker). • Late Maj Gen NG Latey Memorial Prize-2001, Diagnosing DIC in acute infection can we do without EDP & D-dimer (co-worker).

ACHIEVEMENTS • President Elect of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), New Delhi. • President, The Indian Myeloma Academic Groupe (IMAGE) group. • Elected Council Member (Twice) of NAMS, New Delhi. • Convener & NBE Coordinator of the "National Live Webinar Series in speciality of Clinical Haematology" for DNB residents across the country. • Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of National Institute of Virology (NIV), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Pune • Chairman of the Institutional Ethics Committee, Cellogen Therapeutic Pvt. Ltd. • Chairman of Accreditation committee, NABH. • Chairman of the drafting committee of Accreditation Standards for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy by the Quality & Accreditation Institute Centre for Accreditation of Health & Social Care • Chairman of the drafting committee of ICMR for the National Guidelines BMT 2021. • Chairman of the VTE Taskforce, National Academic of Medical Science (NAMS), New Delhi. • Member of Editorial Board and advisory board of Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) & Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHTM). • Recognized Teacher, Academician and Examiner for MBBS, DrNB, MD, DM & PhD, for various universities in the country.