Prof. Mittal of PGI Awarded Homi Bhabha Memorial Oration

By 121 News Reporter
Chandigarh 16th December:- Dr. B.R. Mittal, Prof. & Head of Nuclear
Medicine & PET at the PGIMER, Chandigarh has been conferred with the
Homi Bhabha Memorial Oration Award during the 45th Annual Conference
of Society of Nuclear Medicine, India held at Mumbai from 12-15
December 2013.This is the most prestigious award by the society
started in 1970 in the memory of Homi Jehangir Bhabha, a great Indian
scientist who played a major role in the development of the Indian
atomic energy program and is considered to be the father of India's
nuclear program. First Homi Bhabha Memorial Oration was awarded in
1970 to Dr. Vikram Sarabhai who succeeded Dr. Bhabha as the chairman
of Indian atomic energy commission. Later this oration has been
awarded to distinguished doctors/scientists like Dr. V Ramalingaswami,
Dr. Raja Ramanna, Dr. Anil Kakodkar. This honor has been conferred to
Dr. Mittal for his dedicated career and contribution to clinical
Nuclear Medicine practice, teaching & training.