Dr. Kamini A. Rao

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Padma Shri Awardee, Chairperson - Medline Academics & Medical Director

Medline Academics and Recipient

Dr Kamini Rao is the daughter of eminent Gynaecologist Dr P.R. Desai and homemaker mother Mrs. Parimala Desai. Dr Rao’s father, Dr. P. R. Desai was the Director of Health & Family Welfare Services for the Govt. of Karnataka and the first male Gynaecologist of the State. He was the senior-most founder of the Bangalore Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology and was thrice elected its President. Her entire family is from medical profession with all but one sibling being an engineer. With her father as a role model, watching his dedication to his patients and career, his relentless hard work, Dr Kamini decided to follow her father’s footsteps and become a doctor. She was always very excited and interested to follow him at work.

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