About Alaka Deshpande
Alaka Deshpande was an Indian social worker and physician.
Dr. Alaka Keshav Deshpande was an Indian physician and social worker known for her work towards AIDS patients. She was a faculty in the Department of Internal Medicine at Grant Medical College and JJ Hospital Mumbai and in 1990, started the first HIV OPD (Out Patient Department). She established and headed the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) section from 2003-04 till 2011. She was noted to have not taken any salary for this tenure from the hospital. In 2001, she was presented with Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour. She died on December 30, 2025 after battling a critical illness.
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Who was Alaka Deshpande?
Indian medical doctor and social worker
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Alaka Deshpande died on 30 December 2025.
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Alaka Deshpande was a social worker and physician.
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Alaka Deshpande was Indian.
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