Founder President Indian Orthopaedic Association (1954)

• • Born on July 26, 1910 at Almora (now Uttarakhand)
• • Graduated from K.G. Medical College, Lucknow in 1928; Post Graduation from England
• • Lecturer in Anatomy (1937-38), Orthopaedic Surgery (1939-50)
• • Reader (1950), Professor & Head of Orthopaedic Surgery from 1955 until retirement in 1971
• • Established Orthopaedics Department and PG in Orthopaedics at KGMC, Lucknow
• • Founder President of Indian Orthopaedic Association

Major Roles & Recognitions

• • President, Indian Orthopaedic Association (1954–58)
• • President, Association of Surgeons of India – 1960
• • President, Medical Council of India – 1975–78
• • Hon. Consultant to President of India; Brigadier, A.M.C.
• • Founder, Indian Society for Rehabilitation of Handicapped
• • Fellow, British Orthopaedic Association
• • President, National Academy of Medical Sciences
• • D.Sc. (Hon) – Karnataka (1976), Kumaun (1976), Rohilkhand University (1977)
• • Padmashree Award – 1970
• • Dr. B.C. Roy Award for Eminent Medical Teacher – 1982

• Dr. B.N. Sinha expired on January 18, 2000.

• Central Zone of IOA started the Dr. B.N. Sinha Oration, to be delivered by an eminent Orthopaedic Surgeon to commemorate his memory.