| April 6 |
1949 |
Foundation stone of the Institute was laid down
by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
|
| November |
1951 |
Ad-hoc Governing Body was appointed by the Executive
Council of University of Delhi for Administrative affairs of the
Institute.
|
| December |
1951 |
Main building of the Institute was completed.
|
| January 12 |
1953 |
The Institute was formally opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the
Union Minister of Health, Government of India.
Prof. R. Viswanathan was appointed as the first Director. The
grant for 1953-54 was Rs. 2 lakh.
|
| January 21 |
1955 |
A regular Governing Body was constituted by the
Executive Council of the University of Delhi for the management
and administration of the Institute.
|
| April 4 |
1955 |
The first meeting of the regular Governing Body
was held.
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| |
1955 |
Prof. A.S. Paintal reported the discovery of lung
deflation receptors, a historical landmark in understanding the
functioning of lung and its diseases.
|
| July 1 |
1957 |
Prof. R. Viswanathan took over as full-time Director
of the Institute. Previously, he was the Deputy Director General
of Health Services, Govt. of India and Honorary Director of the
Institute.
|
| September 24 |
1957 |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru said in a message : “It
was a brave act of the University of Delhi to start the V.P. Chest
Institute".
|
| October 24 |
1957 |
Clinical Research Centre was inaugurated by Dr.
Rajendra Prasad, President of the Republic of India.
|
| January 24 |
1959 |
Indian Association for Chest Diseases was inaugurated
by Sir A.L. Mudaliar. It was rechristened as National College of
Chest Physicians (India) in January, 1981.
|
| July |
1959 |
The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases, a Quarterly
Journal, was started under the joint auspices of the V.P. Chest
Institute and the Indian Association for Chest Diseases.
|
| July |
1959 |
A ward of 20 beds was opened to admit in-patients.
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| |
1959 |
By a resolution of the Governing Body, V.P. Chest
Institute was nominated as A National Institute for Teaching and
Research in Chest and Allied Diseases.
|
| January |
1960 |
A Diploma course in Tuberculosis Diseases, which
was started in March 1947 was re-designated as “Diploma in
Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases” (DTCD) from XIV Course. The
XV DTCD Course started from July, 1960.
|
| April 6 |
1961 |
Celebration of Foundation Day of the Institute
was started.
|
| April 7 |
1962 |
Foundation stone of Patel Niwas, a Post graduate
Hostel, was laid down by Dr. C.D. Deshmukh, Vice-Chancellor, University
of Delhi.
|
| January 26 |
1963 |
A contingent of V.P. Chest Institute staff participated
in the Republic Day Parade.
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| February 20-24 |
1963 |
VII International Congress on Diseases of the
Chest was held at Vigyan Bhawan under the auspices of V.P. Chest
Institute, Indian Association for Chest Diseases and the University
of Delhi.
|
| August 1 |
1964 |
Prof A.S. Paintal joined as Director of the Institute
after the retirement of Prof. R. Viswanathan.
|
| April 6 |
1965 |
Patel Niwas was inaugurated by Dr. C.D. Deshmukh
on the XVI Foundation Day of the Institute.
|
| April 6 |
1966 |
Biochemicals Unit of the Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research for preparation and sale of special biochemicals
was inaugurated by Shri M.C. Chagla, the Union Minister for Education.
|
| |
1966 |
Prof. A.S. Paintal was elected Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburg.
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| |
1969 |
Padma Shree was awarded to Prof. R. Viswanathan.
|
| |
1974 |
Padma Bhushan was awarded to Prof. R. Viswanathan.
|
| |
1981 |
Prof. A.S. Paintal was elected Fellow of the
Royal Society of London.
|
| |
1984-85 |
Prof. A.S. Paintal was elected General President
of the Indian Science Congress Association.
|
| |
1985-88 |
Prof. H.S. Randhawa was elected Vice-President
of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology.
|
| |
1986 |
Prof. A.S. Paintal was appointed as Director
General of the Indian Council of Medical Research.
|
| |
1986 |
Padma Vibhushan was awarded to Prof. A.S. Paintal
|
| |
1986-88 |
Prof. A.S. Paintal was elected President of the
Indian National Science Academy.
|
| November 10 |
1991 |
Prof. H.S. Randhawa joined as the Director of
the Institute.
|
| October 5 |
1998 |
Dr. V.K. Vijayan joined as the Director of the
Institute.
|
| April 6 |
1999 |
Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Foundation
Day of the Institute.
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| |
|
1st VPCI Oration by Prof. N.K. Ganguly, Director-General,
Indian Council of Medical Research.
|
| June 14 |
1999 |
24 hour Respiratory Emergency Services started.
|
| November 12 |
1999 |
His Excellency, Shri K.R. Narayanan, President
of India, received the copy of Compendium of Activities 1949-99.
|
| April 6 |
2000 |
2nd VPCI Oration by Prof. A.S. Paintal, Ex-Director-General,
ICMR and Ex-Director, VPCI.
|
| August 30 |
2000 |
A New Ward (with an additional 40 beds) was inaugurated
by Dr. A.K. Walia, Honourable Minister for Health, Govt. of NCT
of Delhi.
|
| |
2000-06 |
Dr. V.K. Vijayan was elected International Regent, American College of Chest Physicians, U.S.A.
|
| March |
2001 |
A Respiratory Critical Care Unit was started.
|
| March 15 |
2001 |
CT Scan Centre was inaugurated by Honourable
Padma Shree Dr. C.P. Thakur, the Union Minister of Health &
Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
|
| April 6 |
2001 |
3rd VPCI Oration by Dr. S. Lakshminarayanan,
University of Washington School of Medicine, Washington, Seattle,
U.S.A.
|
| April 21 |
2001 |
1st Refresher (CME) Course in Respiratory Diseases
started.
|
| November 21 |
2001 |
Inauguration to Tobacco Cessation Clinic.
|
| April 6 |
2002 |
4th VPCI Oration by Dr. S. Padmavati, President,
All India Heart Foundation & Director, National Heart Institute,
New Delhi.
|
| August 14 |
2002 |
Inauguration of the State-of-the-art Oxygen Plant
by Prof. P.N. Srivastava, Chairman, Governing Body, V.P. Chest Institute.
|
| January 12-14 |
2003 |
International Conference on Chest Diseases and
Allied Sciences was held at Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi, to
commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Inauguration of the Institute.
|
| April 7 |
2003 |
5th VPCI Oration by Prof. J. S. Bajaj, Ex Prof
and Head Department of Medicine,All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi & former member of Planning Commission, Government
of India.
|
| May 28 |
2003 |
"Bhoomi Pujan" to start the construction work of the Golden Jubilee Auditorium.
|
| April 6 |
2004 |
6th VPCI Oration by Prof. H. S. Randhawa, Ex-Director
of VPCI.
|
| April 6 |
2005 |
7th Prof. R. Viswanathan-VPCI Oration by Prof.
Naranjan S. Dhalla, Distinguished Professor and Director, Institute
of Cardio-vascular Sciences, St.Boniface General Hospital and Research
Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. The VPCI Oration was re-named as "Prof. Raman Viswanathan-VPCI Oration" in 2005.
|
| September 24 |
2005 |
First Prof. A.S. Paintal Memorial Oration by
Prof. M.S. Valiathan, Honorary Advisor, Manipal Academy of Higher
Education, Manipal (Karnataka).
|
| January 10 |
2006 |
Inauguration of 8-bedded Intensive Care Unit
by Prof. P.N. Srivastava, Chairman, Governing Body (VPCI).
|
| April 6 |
2006 |
8th "Prof. Raman Viswanathan-VPCI Oration" by Prof. C.N. Deivanayagam Former Medical Superintendent, Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Chennai. |
| September 24 |
2006 |
2nd "Prof. A.S. Paintal Memorial Oration" by Prof. P.N. Tandon, President, National Brain Research Centre Society, Gurgaon. |
| December 8 |
2006 |
Inaugration of the Golden Jubilee Auditorium by organising an International Symposium on Herbal Drug Research and Therapy. |
| March 2 |
2007 |
The Hospital wing of the Institute, Clinical Research Centre has been renamed as "Viswanathan Chest Hospital" in honour of the Founder Director of the Institute and the Golden Jubilee Auditorium has been renamed as "Paintal Memorial Golden Jubilee Auditorium" in honour of the former Director of the Institute by a resolution of the Governing Body. |
| April 6 |
2007 |
9th "Prof. Raman Viswanathan- VPCI oration" by Prof. K.K. Talwar, Director, Post graduate. Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. |
| September 24 |
2007 |
3rd "Prof. A.S. Paintal Memorial Oration" by Prof. P.N. Srivastava, former Vice-chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and chancellor, Manipur Central University, Manipur. |
| April 6 |
2008 |
10th "Prof. R. Viswanathan-VPCI Oration" by Prof. C.R. Babu, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, Delhi. |
| September 24 |
2008 |
4th "Prof. A.S. Paintal Memorial Oration" by Dr Nanduri R. Prabhakar, Director Center for System Biology of Oxygen Sensing, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. |
| April 7 |
2009 |
11th "Prof. Raman Viswanathan-VPCI Oration" by Prof. Peter J. Barnes, Head of Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College, London and Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Head of Airway Disease at the National Heart and Lung Institute and Honorary Consultant Physician at Royal Brompton Hospital, London. |
| September 24 |
2009 |
5th "Prof. A.S. Paintal Memorial Oration" by Prof. Arun Dharmarajan, Winthrop Professor, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia. |
| April 6 |
2010 |
12th "Prof. Raman Viswanathan-VPCI Oration"
by Prof. M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Government of
India, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi. |
| September 24 |
2010 |
6th "Prof. A.S. Paintal Memorial Oration" by
Prof. Chulani Tissa Kappagoda, Professor of
Medicine, University of California, Davis,
U.S.A.
|
| February 12 |
2011 |
Inauguration of the National Centre of Respiratory Allergy, Asthma and Immunology by Prof. P.N.Tandon, President, National Brain Research Centre Society and Chairman, governing body, V.P. Chest Institute, Delhi.
|
| February 15 |
2011 |
Permission from Medical Council of India to start DM (Pulmonary Medicine) course with annual intake of two students per year from the academic year 2011-12
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