President Confers Gold Medal on Mangalorean Dr Shwetha Kamath at AIIMS
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Mangalore, Oct 24: Dr Shwetha Kamath of Mangalore was conferred the coveted gold medal for Best Junior Resident for 2012 by Pranab Mukherjee, President of India during the convocation ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) held in New Delhi on recently.
The President handed over the gold medal and certificate to her in the presence of Ghulam Nabi Azad, union minister for Health and Family Welfare.
An alumnus of St Agnes Institutions and Canara PU College, she earned her MBBS degree at K S Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA), Mangalore before completing her MD (pathology) with distinction from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, the premier institution of the country.
She is the daughter Shantha and Surathkal Srinivas Kamath of Pound Garden, Kadri, Mangalore.