Dr. Devi Shetty

Basic Information

Name Devi Prasad Shetty
Category Healthcare
Nationality Indian
Alma Mater Guy’s Hospital London – Cardiothoracic Unit, (1983–1989)
West Midlands Cardio-Thoracic Rotation Program (Trained in Cardiac Surgery)
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, (1982)
St. Aloysius Mangalore
Specialisation Cardiothoracic Surgery,

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery,

Cardiovascular Surgery

Institutions Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore,
Guy’s Hospital United Kingdom,
B.M. Birla Hospital Kolkata,
Manipal Hospital Bangalore
Birthday 8 May 1953
Birth Place Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka
Age 65 years
Spouse Shakuntala

Awards and Honors

Name(Year) Awarding organisation
Padma Bhushan award for Medicine in 2012 Government of India
Karnataka Ratna award in 2001[ Government of Karnataka
Entrepreneur of the Year at ET awards in 2012 Economics Times
Business Process Award 2011 The Economist Innovation Awards
Honorary Degree University of Minnesota in 2011
Honorary Degree Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2014
Schwab Foundation’s award in 2005 Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Padma Shri award for Medicine in 2004 Government of India
Dr. B C Roy award in 2003 Medical Council of India
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award in 2003
Ernst & Young – Entrepreneur Of The Year – Life Sciences in 2012 Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young – Entrepreneur of the Year – Start-up in 2003 Ernst & Young
Rajyotsava award in 2002 Karnataka Government
Indian of the year in public sector 2012 CNN-IBN

 

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