Yadi Hum Nange Rahate...| Acharya Rabindra Nath Ojha|Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha| Anuradha Prakashan

Yadi Hum Nange Rahate...| Acharya Rabindra Nath Ojha|Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha| Anuradha Prakashan

Nava Raipur | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Chandigarh | Planned City | Swami Vivekanand Airport

Nava Raipur | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Chandigarh | Planned City | Swami Vivekanand Airport

Prakriti Prasanna Ojha's Four Books to Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha

                                  

 Prakriti Prasanna Ojha's Four Books 

to 

Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha 

28.03.25

PHD House 

New Delhi 

Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha's Four Books to Well Known Author Prakriti Prasanna Ojha

 

Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha's Four Books 

to 

Well Known Author Prakriti Prasanna Ojha 

28.03.25

PHD House 

New Delhi 

 

Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha's Four Books to Padma Awardee Dr. R. K. Sinha

Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha's Four Books 

to 

Padma Shri Awardee  Dr. R. K. Sinha, Dolphin Man of India 

28.03.25

PHD House 

New Delhi 

 

Book Release | THE ETERNAL: Science of Sanatan Philosophy | Prakriti Prasanna Ojha | PHD House Delhi

Book Release | THE ETERNAL: Science of Sanatan Philosophy | Prakriti Prasanna Ojha | PHD House Delhi

"चुप्पी प्रेम की भाषा है" काव्य संग्रह को मिलेगा "अनामिका साहित्य सम्मान 2025"

 "चुप्पी प्रेम की भाषा है" काव्य संग्रह को मिलेगा 

"अनामिका साहित्य सम्मान 2025"

'डॉ बलराम मिश्र स्मृति संस्थान' ने मासिक पत्रिका 'कविकुंभ' की संपादक, 'बीइंग वुमन' सामाजिक संस्था की राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष, कवयित्री रंजीता सिंह 'फ़लक' को 'अनामिका साहित्य सम्मान- 2025' से समादृत करने का निर्णय लिया है। यह सम्मान उन्हें उनके नए काव्य संग्रह 'चुप्पी प्रेम की भाषा है' के साथ ही उनके साहित्यिक, सामाजिक और सांस्कृतिक सरोकारों के लिए दिया जा रहा है।

 'अनामिका साहित्यिक एवं सांस्कृतिक मंच' की संरक्षिका डॉ सुशीला ओझा, संस्थापिका डॉ शिप्रा मिश्रा, सचिव शुभ्रा मिश्रा ने एक संयुक्त बयान में अपनी संस्था की तरफ से इस वर्ष के सम्मान के लिए काव्य-संग्रह 'चुप्पी प्रेम की भाषा है' के चयन की घोषणा की है। 'अनामिका साहित्य सम्मान' विगत तीन वर्षों से चम्पारण, बिहार मूल के वरिष्ठ साहित्यकारों को उनकी साहित्यिक-सामाजिक-सांस्कृतिक अवदान के लिए दिया जाता रहा है। 

 इस वर्ष 2025 से एक नए शुभारंभ के साथ इसको विस्तार देते हुए बिहार के किसी साहित्यकार की श्रेष्ठ कृति को सम्मानित किया जाएगा।

 मार्च 2024 से फरवरी 2025 के मध्य प्रकाशित वर्ष की विशिष्ट कृति के रूप में इस वर्ष काव्य-संग्रह 'चुप्पी प्रेम की भाषा है' का चयन किया गया है। वाणी प्रकाशन से प्रकाशित यह संग्रह इस मायने में विशिष्ट है कि यहांँ प्रेम उस एकमात्र सूत्र के रूप में उद्धृत और व्याख्यायित हुआ है जो इस समय की वैश्विक, सामाजिक चिंताओं, विडंबनाओं और असहमतियों के दौर में भी हमें मनुष्यता के प्रति संवेदनशील और उदार बनाता है। कवयित्री फ़लक प्रेम को जीवन और प्रकृति का मूल तत्त्व मानती हैं और कवि की यही दृष्टि इस संग्रह को उत्कृष्ट बनाती है।

इस सम्मान के तहत संरक्षक मंडल समिति की तरफ से 25000 रुपए की सम्मान राशि, प्रशस्ति पत्र, हस्तशिल्प के उपहार एवं बिहार के टसर सिल्क पर मधुबनी पेंटिंग के अंगवस्त्र  प्रदान किए जाएंगे।

 संस्थान द्वारा शीघ्र ही इस सम्मान समारोह की पूरी सूचना प्रेषित की जाएगी। इस सम्मान के लिए कवयित्री, संपादक और समाजसेवी रंजीता सिंह 'फ़लक' को 'अनामिका साहित्यिक एवं सांस्कृतिक मंच' की ओर से हार्दिक बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं।

Sulphi Tree | Bustar | Chhattisgarh| Traditional Tree of Tribals | Sulphi Beer | Religious Tree of Bustar

Sulphi Tree | Bustar |Chhattisgarh |Traditional Tree of Tribals |Sulphi Beer | Religious Tree of Bustar

Lady Bus Driver Deepak on DTC Route No. 770 on 25th March 2024

दिल्ली की शान, महिला सशक्तिकरण की पहचान 

महिला ड्राइवर दीपक 

25 मार्च 2025 

समय 11.04 अपराह्न 

फिरोजशाह रोड, दिल्ली 

डीटीसी बस 770 

बस ड्राइवर महिला 

नाम : दीपक 

मैं दिल्ली में ज्यादातर बस से ही यात्रा करता हूँ।  वरिष्ठ नागरिक का पास भी बना रखा है मैंने।  25 मार्च 2025 को जब मैंने फिरोजशाह रोड से बस पकड़ी मंडी हाउस के लिए तो बस ड्राइवर को महिला  के रूप में देखकर बड़ा आश्चर्य हुआ क्योंकि मैंने अभी तक बस ड्राइवर के रूप में केवल पुरुष को ही देखा था।  बहुत अच्छा लगा महिला ड्राइवर को देखकर।  और सबसे बड़ी बात वह महिला ड्राइवर दीपक बहुत ही बढ़िया से बस चला रही थी - न कोई जर्क, न कोई झटका, न कोई लापरवाही।  नहीं तो ज्यादातर पुरुष ड्राइवर दिल्ली में बहुत ही लापरवाही से बस चलाते हैं।  ब्रेक लगाएं तो पीछे का आदमी उछलकर आगे चला आता है , बुजुर्गों को क्या युवाओं को भी चोट लग जाती है।  बच्चों के साथ महिलायें भी परेशान हो जाती हैं। और कुछ कहो तो लड़ पड़ते हैं, मार पीट पर उतर आते हैं, बस को रोक देते हैं।  अपनी लापरवाही को मानते नहीं।  बस को ठीक तरह से रोकते नहीं।  अभी पब्लिक चढ़ ही रही होती है तो बस चला दते हैं।  

तो महिला ड्राइवर दीपक का व्यवहार और बस चलाने का तरीका दोनों ही सराहनीय है, प्रशंसनीय है।  मैं उसको आशीर्वाद और शुभकामनाएँ देते हुए मंडी हाउस पर उतर गया। 

 

Prabuddha Brahman Gaurav Samman|NDMC Auditorium| Sansad Marg |New Delhi |Dr Manmohan Sharma 'Sharan'

Prabuddha Brahman Gaurav Samman|NDMC Auditorium| Sansad Marg |New Delhi |Dr Manmohan Sharma 'Sharan'

Maa Narmada | Amarkantak | Madhya Pradesh | Gujarat | Longest West Flowing River | Bhagvan Shankar

Maa Narmada | Amarkantak | Madhya Pradesh | Gujarat | Longest West Flowing River | Bhagvan Shankar

Acharya Rabindra Nath Ojha | Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha| 13 Books to Doordarshan| Doordarshan Kendra Delhi

Acharya Rabindra Nath Ojha | Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha | 13 Books to Doordarshan| Doordarshan Kendra Delhi

हिन्दी 

1.  बोल उठा खेत उस दिन (निबंध संग्रह)

2.  हम हों केवल भारतवासी (कविता संग्रह)

3.  भारतीय संस्कृति के सप्त आधारग्रन्थ (पत्र लेखन)

4.   तोहर सरिस एक तोहीं माधव (महाकवि विद्यापति पर आधृतनिबंध संग्रह)

5.  जब मैंने ‘Wife’ का ‘Murder’ किया (निबंध संग्रह)

6. टेनिस -सुन्दरी (निबंध संग्रह)

7.  मैं गीध होना चाहता हूँ (निबंध संग्रह)

8. सूअर बड़ा कि मैं (निबंध संग्रह)

9. छलके छलके नयनियाँ के कोर (भोजपुरी कविता संग्रह)

10. हम तो भाई विषपायी हैं ! (हिंदी कविता संग्रह)

 English : 

1. Frozen History

2. From Pasturization To Pauperization of The Tharus

3. Wonderful Tharu Tribe, Alluring Tharuhat & Charming Champaran

"Phul Chand Singh" : A Friend of a Lifetime Passed away! - Nalini Ranjan Mohanty

   A Friend of a Lifetime Passed away!

Late  Shri Phul Chand Singh

                  

I sincerely hoped, and prayed, that  my dear friend Phul Chand  ( P C Singh) would battle his way out of danger from the hospital bed; but that was not to be. When I received a phone call very early in the morning from Mukti Upadhyay, a mutual friend, I knew all our hopes have been dashed.

PC was admitted in the Critical Care ICU of the AIIMS three days ago, last Sunday. This is supposed to be the best medical care facility in the national capital. But possibly the admission into this specialised ICU came quite late, when PC’s physical condition had gone beyond redemption.

It’s a tragic irony that PC died of an infection which he acquired during his hospital stay. He was initially admitted for neurological issues as he had difficulty in keeping balance while walking. The doctor in AIIMS who was treating PC asked him to get admitted so that a thorough investigation could be done. I think, he was admitted into AIIMS on February 22, Saturday. But apparently it was an inordinately slow process; nothing seemed to be moving for days. The doctors advised him to go home, if he wanted to, on 26th, the day of Maha Shivaratri, as the hospital was virtually shut that day. 

PC returned the next day; some routine investigations were carried out in the next few days, but even after three weeks, there was no diagnosis. The professor who had seen him in the OPD and had advised him to get admitted, was abroad. Other Senior Doctors rarely visited; the resident doctors and attending nurses kept saying that they were seized of the matter but they had not been able to come to a diagnosis.

PC was initially admitted to the neuro general ward, as the private ward was not available. There were six patients in the general ward; it was a crowded place filled with anxious friends and relatives; there was no restriction on entry. That was a hotbed for infection.

With a lot of efforts of friends and family members, PC was finally allotted a private ward; but that seemed to be too late. PC seemed to have acquired infection during his general ward stay. He developed breathing problem last Friday. He was put on oxygen. The doctors shifted him to the general ward again for better supervision.

Since Friday, it became difficult to talk to PC. Everytime, he had to take off the oxygen mask to speak. He told me with a straight face: “Mohanty, it’s possibly leading to a point of no return”. But I strongly rebuffed him. “Don’t entertain such thoughts. It’s just a minor breathing issue. You will come out of it in a day or two”, I insisted.

In fact, there was something to cheer about. PC had been taken for a biopsy test for a suspected cancerous patch in the lungs, but the doctors had ruled out that the very same day.  That had brought a lot of comfort to PC and his relatives/friends that Friday evening. 

But that comfort was short-lived; the very next day, PC’s condition worsened and he was put on a ventilator. When my wife and I went to the hospital last Saturday afternoon,  it was a state of mayhem. PC’s all vital parameters had gone haywire. Pooja, PC’s daughter, was all tears and frantically coordinating with the attending resident doctors and nurses who were making a desperate effort to stabilise the blood pressure and oxygen level which had fallen drastically.  The doctors told us that PC had not passed enough urine through the day and he would be sent for a dialysis to flush out the fluid in the body. 

It was a difficult situation for the resident doctors and nurses as well; they were very sincere but they are trained to handle neuro issues and they were treating a patient suffering from pneumonia! The doctors said that they had strongly recommended to shift PC to the Critical Care ICU ( AB 8 ICU) but they had been told that no bed was available there.

We got a clear impression that it needed intervention at the highest level to get admission to the Critical Care ICU. PC’s children, relatives and friends made a Herculean effort to get it done. Harivanshji, deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha, who knew Phul Chand personally and intimately,  spoke to the health minister; that helped. PC was admitted to the Critical Care Unit at 7 pm on Sunday. 

This ICU was completely out of bounds for friends and relatives. Only one attendant of the patient was allowed in the waiting room. PC’s daughter and two sons sat there taking turns. They were told by doctors that PC’s dialysis was done successfully and PC’s blood pressure as well as oxygen level had stabilised but the infection in the body was spreading; they said PC was not responding to the medicine being administered to him. The doctors had said that they would change the mode of treatment. 

All this while, we hoped, and prayed, that PC would emerge victorious in this battle for life. But when I got the phone call at 3.30 am, I knew what we feared in the heart of hearts had happened. My conversation with PC last Friday on that hospital bed in the neuro ward turned out to be the last.

I lost a friend for almost 45 years. PC was tall, handsome, well-built but what distinguished him was his sobriety and unfailing decency. In the university days, we were in different centres, he in sociology and I was in political science. But we were part of the same political-ideological persuasion and banded together very well. 

PC was a close friend of Digvijay Singh ( Dada) from his Patna days. Dada and I were part of the same JNUSU Students’ Union. When Dada became a Union Minister in Chandra Shekhar government and later in Vajpayee government, PC was appointed his Political Secretary. Anyone who had interacted with PC those days knew what a man of golden heart he was. There are many who suffer from hubris when they walk on the corridors of power. But PC was just the opposite: he was more humble than his usual self when he held a position. He would tell me: “All this power and position are ephemeral; if I can be of some help to anyone, that would give me the best satisfaction.”

That was the way PC was all his life; about 10 years ago, I invited PC to come and take a few classes in the Jagran Mass Media institute ( JIMMC) which I was heading. He was an instant hit; students yearned for his classes. At that time, I requested PC to join the institute as a full-time faculty. He agreed; that gave us the opportunity for close interaction on a daily basis.

I was a strict disciplinarian; I would insist that students coming to the class late must not be given attendance. But PC was always more accommodative.  He would accept every pretext a student ladled out for delay and condone him or her with a warning that they must not do it again. But students knew he was a man of soft heart and he would never punish them.

 PC was a thorough professional when it came to teaching. He would come well-prepared for the theory classes; however, he was a marvel when it came to practical lessons. Our Institute was primarily driven by practical training — our aim was to prepare students for the media industry. PC played a stellar role in fulfilling that objective, with his rich experience in the media world and with his felicity  with both Hindi and English language. PC was instrumental in providing internship and job opportunities to scores of our students over the years.

PC was never a polarising figure. He would often upbraid me for my strong, one-sided attack on the saffron establishment. He was more balanced, both when he spoke and when he wrote. We had a YouTube channel of our Institute to which students and faculty could contribute. I used to do a daily monologue which usually was a harangue on the Modi regime for undermining our democracy. But it was a democratic platform; we had a faculty who was besotted with the saffron world and PM Modi in particular and he churned out day after day what good Modi government was doing for the country. I had I insisted that PC should do a daily programme to bring in the much-required balance. He rose to the occasion very well, meticulously presenting a balanced perspective on every issue that he discussed.

When it became difficult for PC to climb stairs last April, PC stopped coming to the Institute. But he completed his course through online classes.  Despite his strain in the legs, PC travelled to his village in Mokama, Bihar several times in the last year and built a modern home at his ancestral property. He wanted to settle down in that enticing rural ambience, but the love for his children drew him back to the NCR. His wife, a true companion of his all his life, had passed away during the Covid due to a brain stroke. But PC could not leave behind his three handsome, adorable children  — Pooja, Harsh and Anand, all established professionals — who virtually doted on him. 

I saw these children’s devotion to their father during the last four weeks when PC was on a hospital bed. Pooja, the eldest and an accomplished lawyer, had postponed all her briefs; she was constantly engaged with the nurses and doctors to administer medicine and do all other medical paraphernalia on time; Farzana, a senior resident doctor told us that she was truly inspired to see the brave daughter working relentlessly for her father; her both brothers juggled work, home and  hospital to attend to their father round the clock.

PC had many devoted friends and well-withers; there was a long stream of them visiting PC both in the private ward as well as the general ward. Mukti Upadhyay deserves a special mention that he and his wife, Chandralekha, went there every night with soup and other items PC loved when he was in the private ward.

PC had a premonition: when his breathing problem accentuated last Saturday morning and he was being shifted to be put on a ventilator, he told his daughter, Pooja, “Beta, it is time to say, Good Bye”. Pooja could not hold back her tears but kept assuring her dad that he would get well soon.

As I write these lines, I can’t hold back my tears. I have not spent so much time with amy other friend, as I have with PC, in all my life. He was a friend one looked forward to for spending time with;  he was never overbearing; he was always a charming company. In the last few months, PC was telling me that he was using his time watching classic movies and reading social thinkers. I had suggested to him that with the help of his film-maker son, Anand, he should do a weekly video programme on current issues. That would give him an active engagement and a larger connect with the outside world. But he dismissed the idea saying that nobody would listen to his videos. I assured him that he had at least 100 close friends who would be interested in knowing what he had to say. He read so voraciously and he was so open-minded in his thoughts and positions that they would love to listen to him. In any case, it did not matter how many read you or watched you, if you presented your thoughts with true sincerity, I said. But he did not buy that argument. He preferred to remain completely anonymous.

Last November, the elections to the Press Club of India was on. I was contesting for a position in the Managing Committee. PC had been a long-standing member of the PCI. He had canvassed for me. But on the day of the election, he had his train ticket booked to go to Patna. I suggested that he go to the railway station straight from his Noida home instead of making a long detour to Raisina Road to vote and go to the station in the peak traffic hour. But he insisted that he would come and vote. What are friends for, he chastised me.

That was the quintessential Phul Chand! He was a friend of a lifetime! Fond memories will linger forever till I live!

                                                                                                                       Nalini Ranjan Mohanty

Hum To Bhai Vishpayee Hain | Hindi Kavita Sangrah | Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha| Acharya Rabindra Nath Ojha

Hum To Bhai Vishpayee Hain | Hindi Kavita Sangrah | Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha| Acharya Rabindra Nath Ojha

हम तो भाई विषपायी हैं 

(आचार्य रवीन्द्रनाथ ओझा की अनमोल कविताओं का अद्वितीय संग्रह)

संकलन एवं प्रस्तुति 

डॉ. अजय कुमार ओझा 

बिहार विभूति आचार्य रवीन्द्रनाथ ओझा की रचनाओं पर आधृत कई पुस्तकें  अब तक प्रकाशित हो चुकी  हैं और अभी कई प्रकाशनाधीन हैं। उनकी कविताओं के  संग्रह भी प्रकाशित हो चुके  हैं  -  हिन्दी में “हम हों केवल भारतवासी, भोजपुरी में “छलके छलके नयनियाँ के कोर”। एक और कविता संग्रह अब आपके हाथों में है - “हम तो भाई विषपायी हैं”।

आचार्य रवीन्द्रनाथ ओझा की रचनाएँ शाश्वत मूल्यों की रचनाएँ हैं -  चाहे ललित निबंध हो, चाहे कविता हो, चाहे पत्र लेखन हो, चाहे समीक्षा हो ।  2010 में आचार्य जी का अचानक निधन हो  गया और  लगता था कि  उनकी कालजयी  रचनाएँ उनके जाने के बाद नष्ट-विनष्ट हो जाएंगी।  और ये भी तो नहीं मालूम था कि उनकी रचनाएँ कहाँ पर हैं, किस अवस्था में हैं, किस स्थिति में हैं ? उनसे इस पर कुछ बात भी नहीं हो पायी थी।  अचानक जो हम सब को छोड़ कर चले गए।  

जब उनकी रचनाओं की हम खोज कर रहे थे तब ही मुझे उनकी लिखी  कई कविताएँ भी  प्राप्त हुईं।  कविताओं के  दो  संग्रह तो  निकल ही चुके हैं ।  अब ये तीसरा संग्रह है जिसमें सत्ताईस हिन्दी कविताएँ  शामिल की गयीं हैं।  इस संग्रह में भी तरह तरह की कविताएँ हैं  - कुछ प्रकृति पर हैं , कुछ देशभक्ति पर हैं, कुछ ईश वंदना पर  हैं, तो  कुछ दर्शन  से संबंधित। एक कविता तो हिन्दी की महिमा पर ही ही  है -

“हिन्दी   है जन जन की भाषा, हिन्दी  जन मन बानी 

हिन्दी है भारत की ऊर्जा,  इसकी   अमर    कहानी ”

एक कविता तो मंदिर में जूता-चोरी प्रकरण पर है।  कविता थोड़ी लम्बी है पर है बड़ा रोचक।  इस कविता की कुछ पंक्तियाँ मैं उद्धृत करने को बाध्य हो रहा हूँ -

“मंदिर में अब जाऊँ कैसे , कौन करे जूता रखवाली 

मंदिर आते जाते मैंने , जूता  चप्पल   बहुत   गँवाली” 

अच्छा तो अब एक देशभक्ति कविता की कुछ पंक्तियाँ भी देख ही लीजिए- 

“आपस  में  मत लड़ो  साथियो, मत  करो   देश  बदनाम,

कितना सुन्दर कितना प्यारा,मधुर-मधुर भारत यह नाम।”

अब उस कविता की पंक्तियाँ प्रस्तुत करता हूँ जिससे इस पुस्तक का नामकरण हुआ है -

“आपत-विपत  बहुत  ही  झेली,सम्पत्ति  कम  ही पायी है 

  ऐसे जीवन को जो भी कह लो, हम तो भाई विषपायी हैं”

तो इस तरह से हम देखते हैं कि आचार्य रवीन्द्रनाथ ओझा के इस कविता संग्रह में भी विभिन्न विषयों पर जो उनकी अनमोल कविताएँ हैं उनको सम्मिलित किया गया है जिससे यह कविता संग्रह भी पठनीय और संग्रहणीय हो गया है।  

इस कविता संग्रह को तैयार करने में भी मुझे काफी श्रम करना पड़ा।  इधर उधर लिखे व बिखरे पड़े कविताओं को  संग्रहित करना, फिर उनको सुरक्षित रखना क्योंकि जिस कॉपी या डायरी में से इन्हें निकाला गया वह कॉपी या डायरी क्षतिग्रस्त अवस्था में थे, कहीं कहीं लिखावट भी धूमिल हो गयी थी, फिर उनको पढ़ना, ठीक करना, टाइप करना, प्रकाशित करवाना, फिर आप सुधी  पाठकों तक पहुँचाना।  

पर प्रसन्नता की बात है कि आचार्य रवीन्द्रनाथ ओझा की अमूल्य रचनाओं से आप अवगत हो रहें हैं, हर्ष का विषय है कि हिन्दी साहित्य को समृद्ध करने में हम भी कुछ गिलहरी-योगदान दे रहे हैं, खुशी की बात है कि नागरी लिपि का भी प्रचार प्रसार हो रहा है।  है न !

तो अब आप इस कविता संग्रह “हम तो भाई विषपायी हैं” का आनंद लीजिये पर हाँ अनजाने में हुई त्रुटियों के लिए हमें क्षमा करेंगे।  

जय हिंद जय भारत ! 

सधन्यवाद।                                                 

                                                            डॉ अजय कुमार ओझा 

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Apollo Hospitals & IBA Pioneer the Next Era of Cancer Treatment

 Apollo Hospitals & IBA Pioneer the Next Era of Cancer Treatment: To Introduce Proteus One - Proton Beam Therapy to India

 

  Apollo Hospitals, the nation's foremost integrated healthcare provider, has inked a landmark partnership on 4th March 2025 with Ion Beam Applications (IBA), the global leader in Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) solutions, to introduce Proteus One system in India.

 

This momentous signing was officiated by Dr. Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd (AHEL) and Mr. Olivier Legrain, Chief Executive Officer, IBA, in the distinguished presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, Representative of His Majesty King Philippe.

 

This partnership represents a defining milestone in India's relentless pursuit of excellence in cancer care. A pioneer in ushering in advanced oncology, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd introduced Proton Therapy to India in 2019 at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, its futuristic cancer centre in Chennai—becoming the first and only Proton Therapy facility in South Asia and the Middle East.  Since its inception, over 2,000 patients from 147 countries have benefited from this cutting-edge technology. Proton therapy is an effective treatment of tumors of the Central Nervous System, head and neck tumors, paediatric and urological, and complex cancers.

 

According to the studies, the global burden of cancer is projected to increase to 21.4 million incident cases by 2030. As per the study published in The Lancet Regional Health, worldwide in terms of absolute incidence number, following China and the US, India ranks third, contributing 7.5% of all new cancer incidences and is expected to grow to 1.5 million this year.

 

Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Founder-Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, expressed his pride in Apollo’s pioneering spirit, stating, “At Apollo, we are driven by an unyielding passion for excellence in healthcare. Our commitment is to ensure that India remains at the forefront of medical innovation, providing patients with access to the world’s most advanced treatments. The addition of Proteus One to our Apollo Proton Cancer Centres further solidifies our position as a global leader in Proton Therapy. This next-generation technology will allow us to achieve superior clinical outcomes and significantly improve the quality of life for cancer patients in India and beyond.”

 

Being at the forefront of medical innovations and providing the world’s best and most advanced treatments, Apollo Proton Cancer Centres continue to expand their expertise in treating complex cancer cases, reaffirming our leadership in Proton Therapy across South Asia and the Middle East. The new Proteus One system includes the DynamicARC® beam delivery technology, subject to statutory approvals.

 

Mr. Olivier Legrain, Chief Executive Officer of IBA, underscored the deep trust and collaboration between the two organizations and said, “These contracts expand upon the close relationship we have built for more than a decade with Apollo Hospitals. Seeing an existing customer reaffirming its confidence in our solutions not only demonstrates the reliability and superiority of the IBA portfolio but also highlights the level of excellence of the services we deliver. We look forward to further strengthening our relationship with Apollo as we enable more patients in India to gain access to this life-saving treatment modality.”

 

Dr. Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, highlighted the broader vision behind this collaboration, stating, “Cancer care is evolving rapidly, and at Apollo, we remain steadfast in our mission to stay ahead of this evolution. The introduction of the Proteus One system is a significant leap towards personalized, precise, and highly effective treatment for cancer patients. Our partnership with IBA reflects our dedication to bringing new hope and healing to patients and families fighting cancer.”

 

This initiative is not only a monumental leap in cancer care but also a beacon of hope for countless patients. It will facilitate knowledge-sharing and training for oncologists, enabling the widespread adoption of advanced treatment modalities across the region. With this milestone, Apollo Hospitals continues its mission to redefine global healthcare, ensuring that the most advanced treatments are within reach for every patient, anywhere in the world.

[Based on inputs from Press Release]