A group of professionals in Kashmir, including doctors and engineers, lead double lives as artists. They pursue art as a passion alongside their primary occupations. The artworks reflect their connection to Kashmir and serve as a refuge and a means of expression. Iftekhar Ahmad Wani, an industrial marketing specialist turned artist, paints his hometown Srinagar. Architect Syed Ana Fatima finds solace in painting Kashmir to stay connected to her homeland. Dr. Jahangeer Makhdoomi, an oncologist, turns to art to find solace from the stresses of his profession. Engineers Shazia Basharat and Saiqa Rashid discover their artistic passions later in life through painting and calligraphy respectively. They believe art brings contentment and empowerment.
SRINAGAR: Dr Ashraf Ganai, Professor of Endocrinology and Head of Clinical Research at SKIMS Srinagar was conferred with an honourary Fellowship jointly by the South Asian Federation of Endocrine Society (SAFES) and the Indian Thyroid Society (ITS), reports reaching from Kochi said.
by Raashid Andrabi SRINAGAR: America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally approved the Kashmir cardiologist’s life-saving device that helps in managing pulmonary embolism.
Within less than seven decades after the British Christian Missionaries introduced the modern allopathic system of medicine to Kashmir, a Srinagar-based doctor, Dr Ghulam Mohuddin – one of the first to have MBBS, moved to England and felt coerced by the devastation wreaked by World War II to settl.
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir administration is planning to hand over the administration of premier hospitals associated with the Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) to lower and middle rung officials, as per the latest draft proposal.