Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar, Indian obstetrician and gynecologist (Shiroda, Goa 27 April 1899 –Mumbai 07 March 1971) Described cervical cerclage operation known as Shirodkar stitch (1955) Invented 2 operations for genital prolapsed Developed a technique of placing a vaginal hood over the cervix Designed special instruments for the repair of the incompetent cervix such as a retractor, a fasciotome, a speculum and Shirodkar needles
Virendra Singh
Virendra Singh, Indian physicist (Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh State 08 June 1938 – ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered fixed poles in current algebra amplitudes Obtained new string theories obeying different boundary conditions Formulated a new concept for signal locality Proposed a position-momentum symmetric version of description of quantum mechanics Obtained a new phase space Bell’s inequalities Derived (N+1) marginal theorem for 2N dimensional phase space EPONYMY Singh lemma Gupta-Singh coupling constant sum rule Bég-Singh SU(6) mass formula Singh-Pais theorem on low energy Compton scattering Singh-Roy bounds on high energy scattering amplitude and charge exchange cross sections
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Indian physicist (Ahmedabad, Gujarat State 12 August 1919 – Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala State 30 December 1971) Authored 86 papers Established a complete relationship between spectral changes in interplanetary space, magnetosphere and cosmic rays Proposed a mechanism for explaining recurrent effects and large Forbush decreases of cosmic ray intensity Interpreted that considerable part of the changes in horizontal component of the geomagnetic field is due to the changes in the current system at the magnetopause and in the magneto-tail Discovered that variations in the strength of cosmic rays were related to variations in solar activity Demonstrated the significance of the study of anisotropy, within the solar system, of cosmic rays from the galaxy HONORS Moon crater Sarabhai
Vidya Bhaskar Shukla
Vidya Bhaskar Shukla, Indian palaeobotanist ((Nagpur, Maharashtra State 05 January 1910 – DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA Genus Plantae Gymnovulites 1948 Sahnianthus 1944 Sahnipushpam 1950 Species Dadoxylon deccani 1938 Dadoxylon resinosum 1944 Genus Algae Spirogyrites 1950 (Algae) HONORS (Fossil) Shuklania Dwivedi 1959 (Fungi) Shuklanites Singhai 1964 (Plantae)
Vicente Candido Figueira de Sabóia
Vicente Candido Figueira de Sabóia, visconde de Sabóia, Brazilian surgeon and physician (Sobral, Ceará State 13 April 1836 – Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State 18 March 1909) Son in law of José Martins da Cruz Jobim Authored about 35 scientific works His name was famous in European surgical centers Described tropical pyomyositis before Scriba Myosite suppurada dos músculos rectos do abdomem. Rev. Curso Pract. Theor. Fac. Med. Rio de Janeiro 3:49-52, 1866 Authored Traité theorique et pratique de La Science et de L’Art des accouchement (1873), adopted in medical colleges of Montpellier, Liege and Louvain for many years SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Da glucosuria, suas causas, sede, signaes, diagnostico, prognóstico e tratamento (1858) Anesthesia cirurgica (1859) Ensaio sobre o tratamento radical das hérnias reductivas e inguinaes (1861) Physiologia obstétrica. De uma nova theoria em virtude da qual se pretende explicar o verdadeiro mecanismo da menstruação. Gaz. Med. Rio de Janeiro, 1862 Do aborto considerado debaixo do ponto de vista obstétrico (1865) Lições de clínica cirúrgica (1866) Da conducta que deva ter o parteiro ante as apresentações da espádua sem ou com precedência do braço do feto (1866) Aneurysm of the Subclavian Artery Cured by Galvano-puncture. London Medical Record, 1866 Fracturas complicadas (1871) Fungus benigno do testículo. União Médica, 1875 Memória sobre uranoplastia e staphyloraphia (1877) Clinica cirúrgica do hospital da Misericórdia (1880-1) Anatomia e physiologia pathologicas dos estreitamentos organicos da urethra no homem. União Medica p.59, 1881 Estudo clinico sobre as pseudarthroses consecutivas às fracturas dos membros: lições clinicas sobre fracturas e luxações dos membros (1885) Extirpation totale de l’uterus et de sés annexes. Bull. Acad. Med. Paris (1888) De l’existence d’une certaine variété d’abscés froids paludéenne. Bull. Soc. Chir. Paris 8 fevrier 1888 Contribution à l’etude des resections du genou. Presented in French Congress of Surgery, 1892 Contribuição para a cirurgia contemporânea (1897) Indicações curativas das feridas contusas. Ann. Acad. Imp. Med. 28:264, 18?? HONORS Correspondent Fellow, Reale Accademia di Medicina, Rome Biography in Le Correspondant Medicale number 439
Vavilala Vasudeva Sastri
Vavilala Vasudeva Sastri, Indian stratigrapher and paleontologist (24 August 1926 – 12 October 1997) DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA Foraminifera (with Sahni) Genera Birbalina 1957 Hukawngia 1954 Irrawaddia 1954 Kutaungia 1954 Kyatsokia 1954 Mesania 1954 Yanbonia 1954 Species Ammobaculites kingi 1983 with Govindah Ammodiscus uttaturensis 1960 with Sastry Anomalina indica 1960 with Sastry Asterigerina indica 1950 with Jacob Birbalina pulchra 19057 with Sahni Cibicides praecursorius 1950 with Jacob Dicarinella indica 1950 with Jacob Discorbis indicus 1963 Gaudryina rajahmundrica 1963 Halophragmoides footei 1962 with Murthy Halophragmoides glaessnerai 1966 with Sastry Halophragmoides indicus 1962 with Murthy Hormosina indica 1983 with Govindan Hukawngia problematica 1954 with Sahni Irrawaddia tibetica 1954 with Sahni Irrawaddia trigonalis 1954 with Sahni Kutaungia cretacea 1954 with Sahni Kyatsokia multilocularis 1954 with Sahni Kyatsokia tibetica 1954 with Sahni Lenticulina raoi 1966 with Sastry Mesania kutaungensis 1954 with Sahni Mesania tibetica 1954 with Sahni Mesania vermiforme 1954 with Sahni Nonion scapha 1950 with Jacob Orbitolina chitralensis 1957 with Sahni Orbitolina hukawgensis 1957 with Sahni Orbitolina kashmirica 1957 with Sahni Orbitolina obesa 1957 with Sahni Orbitolina raoi 1957 with Sahni Orbitolina wadiai 1957 with Sahni Rectogumbelina nagappai 1966 with Sastry Rotalia crookshankiana 1950 with Jacob Rotalia subgranulosa 1950 with Jacob Spiroplectammina indica 1962 with Murthy Vaginulina delicatula 1966 with Sastry Valvulineria ramaraoi 1966 with Sastry Yanbonia moniliforme 1954 with Sahni Algae Genus Palaeonostoc 1972 with Venkatachala & Desikachary Species Palaeonostoc indica 1972 with Venkatachala & Desikachary Mammalia Species Sivapithecus lewisi 1968 with Pandey HONORS (Fossil) Sastriella Soodan 1975 (Echinodermata) Sastrilophus Sahni & Khare 1971 (Mammalia)