T. P. Lahane

Tatyarao Lahane is a Dean of Grant Medical College and J. J. Hospital, Mumbai, and an ophthamologist who set a world record with more than 100,000 cataract surgeries. He was awarded Padma Shri award in 2008, the 4th highest civilian award in India.

Lahane was born in a small village named Makegaon in Latur district of Maharashtra state in farmer's family on 12 February 1957 to father Pudlikrao and mother Anjanabai. He belongs to Denotified Tribes (Vanjhari Samaj). He is one of seven children of the couple. At a young age, both of his kidneys were not functioning and his mother donated one of her kidneys to him.

Before Lahane took over as Dean of JJ Hospital he was head of the department of ophthalmology. As an ophthalmologist he arranged many cataract camps nationwide and also in JJ Hospital. In 2007 he did his 100,000th cataract surgery in JJ Hospital which was attended by then-Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is credited for modernizing the ophthalmology department of JJ Hospital.

He became Dean of Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals in 2010. As a dean he is credited for modernizing Out Patient Department of JJ Hospital along with computerizing the system. The residents have alleged that this was done to keep the residents occupied with typing on computers while Dr.Lahane engaged with the patients and dictated.