Dr. Mandakini Parihar was a Consultant Gynaecologist and Infertility Specialist. She completed her graduation and post graduation from Lokmanya Tilak Medical College , Mumbai. She attended the University Of Texas Medical School in Houston, USA as a visiting fellow and then went on to work at South Tees General Hospital, Middleborough, UK. She was trained in Endoscopic surgery, both hysteroscopic and laparoscopic surgery at Frauklinik, Heidelberg, Germany, University of Nashville, Tennessee and Hysteroscopy Training Centre, Haarlem, Netherlands.

 

She edited 8 books and authored more than 40 chapters in graduate and post-graduate textbooks. At the time of her passing, she was attached as an Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the KJ Somaiya Medical College and was the Director of Mandakini Fertility Clinic and IVF Centre. She was also attached as a Consultant at the Wockhardt Hospital , Mumbai & at BEAMS, Khar, Mumbai.

 

Dr. Mandakini Parihar was a recipient of numerous awards and prizes. She had been awarded the Kumud Tamaskar research Prize for her work in infertility. She had the Nimish Shelat Prize for original work in Reproductive Endocrinology. She was a very active member of the Federation of obstetrics and gynecological societies of India (FOGSI) and had served as Jt. Secretary to the FOGSI President Dr Sadhana Desai in 2003 and as Chairperson, Family Welfare Committee from 2004 to 2009. She was Vice President of FOGSI at the time of her passing . She had also been awarded the prestigious Mehroo Dara Hansotia Prize for the best work done by her committee. She was also the recipient of the C. S. Dawn prize for the best paper presented at AICOG in 2004 and had been given the D. K. Dutta prize twice for the best publication in 2002 (for her book Advanced Infertility Management) and again in 2006( FOGSI Focus in The Modern Pill). She was awarded the ICOG Foreign Fellowship in 2006.

 

Dr. Mandakini Parihar was a very renowned speaker and was frequently invited for guest lectures and invited talks at various National and International Conferences on Infertility. She had presented papers and posters at National and International Conferences on Infertility and had also been awarded numerous prizes for the same. She had also organized many successful international conferences, the last one being “The Ovary Unraveled” 2009 held at Mumbai