Sharadkumar Dicksheet

Sharad Kumar Dixit was an Indian born American plastic surgeon and the founder of The India Project, a social initiative for free treatment of plastic surgery for the financially compromised people. A multiple nominee for Nobel Peace Prize, he was honored by the Government of India, in 2001, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.

Biography Sharad Kumar Dixit was born in Pandharpur, Solapur district, in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra on 13 December 1930, as one among the six children of a post master. but discontinued the course to pursue studies in medicine at Nagpur after which he served in Indian Army for a short while. In 1959, Dixit moved to US and had higher training in Ophthalmology. However, a further change of mind saw him studying plastic surgery to secure a master's degree (MD) to the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. a 55 minute biopic directed by Joshua Z Weinstein, which narrates Dixit's life in a dilapidated Ocean Parkway apartment in Brooklyn and outside of it. The American Medical Association conferred on him the Nathan Davis International Award in 2008.

A Nominee for the 2001 Gandhi Peace Prize, Diwaliben Mehta Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the World Congress of Cosmetic Surgery. He received the 10th Mahaveer Award by Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation.