Dr Barindranath Sircar
1910 to 1965
Place of birth: Calcutta
Nationality: Indian
CRN: 715603
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Schooling unknown; Mumbai Medical School |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MBBS, Mumbai, date unknown |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1952 |
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Other qualification(s) |
DA(RCP&S), 1939 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
Sircar trained in anaesthesia in the UK, spending at least seven months (1939-40) with Macintosh at Oxford, and with Ralph Waters in the USA before returning to India and becoming honorary consultant at the King Edward Memorial Hospital and other hospitals in Mumbai. Later he was Head of the Department at the King Edward Hospital and the associated Seth G.S Medical College, Mumbai.
Professional interests and activities
He introduced cyclopropane into India and made significant contributions to the organisations of the specialty. He was a founder member of the Indian Society in 1945, its first Honorary Secretary from 1947 to 1951, and President in 1958. He edited the Indian Journal of Anaesthesia in 1959.
Other biographical information
His experience with Macintosh and Waters obviously encouraged an interest in research, and Sircar was known to fund projects himself. He received his Fellowship when Macintosh and Mushin visited India in 1952. He had a daughter and two sons.
Author and Sources
Author: Prof Tony Wildsmith
Sources and any other comments: Personal knowledge of Prof Vasumati Divekar who kindly provided the photograph | Beinhart J. A History of the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford 1937-87. Oxford, OUP. ISBN 01926148X
Additional information provided by his grandson, Siddharth Sircar in December 2023