Sampat Shivangi

Sampat Shivangi (1940 – 10 February 2025) was an Indian-born American physician. Shivangi was the president of Indian American Forum for Political Education. He served the Board for the Department of Mental Health in Mississippi for several years. Shivangi received several awards for his work. The most notable award he received was the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award from the President of India Pranab Mukherjee in Bengaluru on the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.

Background Sampat Shivangi was born in the town of Athani, now in Karnataka State, India. He joined Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India where he received his under Grad in medicine M.B.B.S.

Career Sampat Shivangi completed his Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Ob-Gyn and migrated to the United States in 1976. Later, he completed a fellowship from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Shivangi served as the Advisor to the US Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2005 to 2008. He was the founding president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in Mississippi and was a president and chair of the India Association of Mississippi.

Shivangi also served as a house delegate in American Medical Association in Chicago. He worked on India Civil Nuclear treaty and US India defense treaty that was passed in US Congress and signed by US-President George W. Bush. He attended numerous National GOP Conventions as a Delegate. He joined Executive Advisory Board of the Washington, DC–based think tank International Leaders Summit. He advocated for the Green card reforms in the United States for physicians, engineers, teachers, nurses, and medical professionals.

Awards and achievements 2008: Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2017: Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Sanman award