Jitendra Nath Pande or J. N. Pande ‑ Professor & Head of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS) – passed away after contracting Covid-19 virus on 23 May 2020.
He was working as Senior Consultant (Medicine) at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, New Delhi.
Pande was born in Shikohabad, India, to Shri Madan Mohan Pande and Smt. Kamla Devi Pande. His parents were from Uttar Pradesh.
He was younger brother of Prof. Gyan N Pande, Emeritus Professor, Swansea University and President, International Centre for Computational Engineering.
Pande obtained both his MBBS in 1963 and MD (Medicine) in 1966 degrees from AIIMS, New Delhi.
Pande specialised in Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology.
He treated many famous personalities from public life like President of India, Prime Minister of India, politicians, etc. Some of his famous patients are former Power Minister Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Raj Kapoor.
Pande’s important assignments include Personal doctor to the President of India; Director Clinical Epidemiology Unit, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Chief, SRB Center of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Head, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; and member, Review Committee Bhopal Gas Disaster.
The 1997-98 study of Pande titled ‘Outdoor air pollution and emergency room visits at a hospital in Delhi’ was cited by Supreme Court of India in its CNG judgement.
Pande published more than 170 papers in national and international journals apart from delivering many prestigious orations. Pande was conferred many prestigious awards, including Emeritus Professor by National Academy of Medical Sciences; Ranbaxy Science by Foundation Award; and Sri Omprakash Bhasin by Foundation Award in Health and Technology.