Congratulations, Kaustubh Gokhale (1990)

[Guest guest]

A day before, Kaustubh Gokhale (1990) was awarded prestigious Dr Vasantrao

Gupte award for his decade-old ethical and pro-people practice in Nashik.

The award, instituted in memory of Dr Gupte- he served as mayor of the city

and was a social activist- is given every year to the Nashik doctors who

show what good doctors are really all about.

This year, 14 doctors from Nashik received this award. Kaustubh was the

youngest among the chosen ones to get the award from the Vice Chancellor of

MUHS, Dr Arun V. Jamkar.

Kaustubh belongs to the batch of 1990. He obtained MBBS and MD (Medicine)

from MGIMS and after a brief stint as lecturer in Medicine left MGIMS to

practice as a private consultant in Nashik. Kaustubh was immensely popular

among students for his teaching skills, and therefore everybody was

surprised when he decided to say goodbye to academic medicine.

Two things about Kaustubh flash across mind's kaleidoscope. His beautiful

handwriting- no one on campus could match his handwriting- and his JAMA

debut (he has the distinction of his first paper being published in JAMA in

2004).

Congratulations, Kaustubh. We, at MGIMS are very proud of you. And let us

not forget the significant contribution of Swati Amrute (1990) Kasturbh's

wife and a distinguished Ob Gy specialist in Nasik- she is as much

responsible for shaping Kaustubh's ethical practice and Kaustubh getting

this award as Kaustubh's clinical work.

SP