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Balswarup Choubey

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Known for
  
Medical academics

Children
  
Sameer Sarika Swati

Awards
  
Padma Shri

Spouse(s)
  
Pramila

Died
  
20 November 2011, Nagpur

Born
  
May 2, 1934 (
1934-05-02
)
Washim, Maharashtra, India

Occupation
  
Nephrologist Medical academic

Parents
  
Bal Mukund Chaubey, Kesar Chaubey

Balswarup Choubey was an Indian nephrologist and medical academic. A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Choubey was the retired dean of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Nagpur and had served as the secretary of the Maharashtra State Medical Teachers Association.

Born on 2 June 1934 at Washim in the western Indian state of Maharashtra to Kesar and Bal Mukund Choubey, a police officer, Choubey did his schooling at English High School, Nagpur and graduated in medicine from the Government Medical College, Nagpur. After specializing in Nephrology, he started his career at his alma mater as a lecturer and rose in ranks to become the Dean of the Department of Medicine of the college as well as Nagpur University in 1982, holding positions as a reader (1963–68), as an associate professor (1968–72), and as a professor and the head of the department (1972–82). He superannuated from the institution in 1992. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to Medicine.

Choubey was married to Pramila and the couple had a son, Sameer Choubey, who is a practicing nephrologist, and two daughters, Sarika and Swati. He died on 20 November 2011 succumbing to the complications developed from a chest infection.

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