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Suniti Solomon

1938 - 2015

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Suniti Solomon (1938 or 1939 – 28 July 2015) was an Indian physician and microbiologist who pioneered AIDS research and prevention in India after having diagnosed the first Indian AIDS cases among the Chennai sex workers in 1986 along with her student Sellappan Nirmala . She founded the YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education in Chennai. The Indian government conferred the National Women Bio-scientist Award on her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Suniti Solomon is the 716th most popular physician (up from 718th in 2024), the 1,365th most popular biography from India (down from 1,322nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Indian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Suniti Solomon ranks 716 out of 726. Before her are Donald Henderson, Bill Frist, Anna Bågenholm, Hinrich Romeike, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, and Siddhartha Mukherjee. After her are Amina Okueva, James Heilman, Jonny Kim, Atul Gawande, Ai Fen, and Felipe Contepomi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Suniti Solomon ranks 623. Before her are Patrick John, Derek Dougan, Sai Paranjpye, Shashi Deshpande, Bill Christian, and Paul G. Kirk. After her are Frank Kelly, and Tom Lester. Among people deceased in 2015, Suniti Solomon ranks 582. Before her are Alexis Vastine, Ronnie Carroll, Jean-Luc Sassus, Olga Syahputra, Jerome Kersey, and Gregory Mertens. After her are Márton Fülöp, Richie Benaud, Greg Plitt, Tim Drummond, Yao Beina, and Hussein Fatal.

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In India

Among people born in India, Suniti Solomon ranks 1,365 out of 1,861. Before her are Gauri Lankesh (1962), Abhinav Bindra (1982), Mamta Chandrakar (1958), Vikram Batra (1974), Muzaffar Ali (1944), and Shefali Jariwala (1982). After her are Rahibai Soma Popere (1964), Emraan Hashmi (1979), Rajesh Roshan (1955), Nitu Chandra (1984), Akshaye Khanna (1975), and Sushmita Banerjee (1964).

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Among PHYSICIANS In India

Among physicians born in India, Suniti Solomon ranks 12. Before her are Devi Shetty (1953), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Indira Nath (1938), Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), and Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970). After her are Netha Hussain (1990).

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