Indian-origin Professor Ajay Rane Conferred With Order of Australia Medal

Indian-origin Professor Ajay Rane Conferred With Order of Australia Medal

PUNE, India and TOWNSVILLE, Australia, February 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



On 26th January 2013, Prof. Rane Makes his Way to the List of Prestigious People who
Have Received Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his Exceptional Service in Medicine



For Professor Ajay Rane, Townsville hospital's director of Urogynecology and James
Cook University professor, helping the women of Australia and across the globe for over a
decade has been its own reward.



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He was both proud and humbled by the announcement of being awarded with OAM.



"The work I do is mostly looking after women who suffer from terrible traumas of
childbirth," says Prof. Rane. Furthermore, he adds, "At the same time, I champion the
world against female infanticide and foeticide, female genital mutilation and sexual
assault against women... there are a lot of injustices done to women the world over."



His contribution to the field of Urogynaecology includes developing awareness-raising
initiatives like 'Beat the Bladder Blues
[http://www.femalepelvichealth.com.au/treatment.html ]' to help educate women; co-inventing
the 'Perigee' - revolutionary mesh to repair prolapsed bladder; and producing Bollywood
film 'Riwayat [http://riwayatmovie.com/news/?paged=2 ]' that exposed the issues in India
about female foeticide. His humanitarian work
[http://www.femalepelvichealth.com.au/tsvbull.html ] in India, Nepal and Malaysia is also
noteworthy. He has been successfully training local doctors in these countries and
co-founded the Gosha hospital in the slums of Chennai.



On receiving the award, he expressed, "I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve
the community and winning the award has only strengthened my resolve to provide with
first-rate women's health care across North Queensland and the world over."



Iconic Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was also conferred with the prestigious OAM
award last year.



About Professor Ajay Rane



Professor Ajay Rane has dedicated his career to improving the pelvic health of women
and is recognised globally for his contributions to Urogynaecology. Professor Rane grew up
in a small rural town called Jalgaon in India, which made him develop a deep empathy to
the health issues prevalent in towns of India. Dr. Rane teaches medical students and
surgeons, as well as undertaking extensive research. He has published more than 80
peer-reviewed papers, contributed to four books and serves on many international boards.
Such is Dr. Rane's energy and commitment that in 2012, he completed his 11th humanitarian
mission to India. He was also one of the finalists of the Australian of the Year Awards
for 2012. He lives in Townsville with his wife and two children. For more information,
visit http://www.ajayrane.com.



Primary Media Contact: Rahul Rane, rahul@connasys.com, 91-20-65000833



Secondary Media Contact: Rucha Rane, rucha@connasys.com, 91-20-25655354






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