
In India, medical physics activities started in the mid 40s with the appointment of Dr. Ramaiah Naidu as the first medical physicist at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay with a responsibility to set up and operate a radon plant for cancer treatment. He was a pioneering Indian medical physicist who helped to establish the foundations of medical physics in India and thus rightly called as the “Father of Medical Physics” in India. He is better known for working under double Nobel Laureate, Marie Curie, for his post-doctoral thesis in Paris, France. After the passing away of Dr. Ramaiah Naidu in the year 1991, the Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI) constituted a oration award in his memory in the year 1992. The award is conferred at the annual national conference of the AMPI every year to an outstanding medical physicist.
This year the oration award was bestowed on Dr. T. Ganesh, Chief Examiner, College of Medical Physics of India (CMPI) during the AMPICON-2024 held in Hyderabad from Nov 8 to 10, 2024.
It is a matter of pride for the entire SCMPCR community that Dr. Ganesh, who is the Editor-in Chief of the SCMPCR Newsletter, has been awarded with this most prestigious honor and wholeheartedly congratulates him on his achievement.