Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar

Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar (born 22 June 1932) is an Indian orthopedic surgeon and the founder of Hardikar Hospital, Pune. He also heads the hospital's charitable trust, the Sushrut Medical Care and Research Society. Hardikar, an honorary fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association, was awarded the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2014, by the Government of India.

Biography Hardikar was born on 22 June 1932 In 1965 he moved to Uganda to work at the Makerere University and New Mulago Hospital in Kampala as a consultant surgeon, and was in charge of the polio clinic there. Over the years, the facility has grown into a multi-specialty hospital, housing 60 in-patients and a charitable trust under the name Sushrut Medical Care and Research Society, engaged in disbursement of medical services to the poor sections of the society, Under the aegis of the society, Hardikar has organised 75 free medical camps where 1,500 children have been provided with free orthopedic surgeries, and has assisted in the rehabilitation of spastic children. and vice president of the Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) from 1998 to 1999. He is a patron and the incumbent president of the Pune chapter of ASSI.

Honours and awards He is an honorary fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association

Personal Hardikar married Leela Sharad Karve in 1957. They have one son and reside in Pune.