Dr. Ajay Kumar belongs to a rare breed of medical professionals who combines academic excellence with deep concern for social welfare. Not without reasons, many among his colleagues and friends see him as an activist who not only wants to cure the suffering people, but, also the ailing society. He is a scientist, an artist, a technologist and a social worker & above all a humanist, all rolled into one to tend his fellow beings to overcome adversaries of all kinds –physical, mental and social to keep them healthy.
Born in a middle class family in the land from where Mahatma Gandhi had launched his crusade against the exploiters (Champaran) an ever-smiling had the schooling at Netarhat Residential School that is known for discipline and rigorous teaching. He started displaying his brilliance right from the childhood.
With heart of a poet and hands of an artist he could have been a painter. Instead he opted for a bigger canvas of medical profession. After having obtained a degree in medicine from Patna Medical College (formally ‘Prince of Wales Medical College’) under Patna University, he sailed to England to specialize in the area of urology. He could have very well stayed back to pursue a highly lucrative carrier there but driven by the sweet smell of Bihar soil, he returned to serve one of the BIMARU (ailing) states, his homeland with enthusiasm. He always quotes John. F. Kennedy, to remind the people around him “Don’t ask what the country has done for you. Ask what you have done for your country”. That explains his Philosophy.
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