Padamshree Dr. Ashok Seth, Chairman, Janki Max Hospital

Honoured by the National awards of’ PADMA SHRI, by the President of India in 2003.

Dr.Seth has contributed extensively to the growth, development and scientific progress of Cardiology especially Interventional Cardiology in India and across the world. Over the past 20 Years he has pioneered numerous angioplasty techniques for India and Asia Pacific region.

His expertise, skills and his pioneering efforts in teaching and training in angioplasty have won him Respect and accolades all across the world. He is perhaps one of the most recognized and respected Indian Cardiologist across the globe. His efforts have created a unique respect for India on the International sphere especially in the west.

Dr.Seth has also created new standards of excellence and patient care in India by being Instrumental in creating the new ‘ Max Heart & Vascular Institute ,in a short span of 2 years

Which is being acclaimed all across the Nation.

He has had the unique distinction of organizing the ‘2nd AICT , (Asian Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics) conference in India in October 2006.This was a privilege and Pride of Nation. This landmark meeting brought together for the first time in India 200 top most

Cardiologists of the world and more than 1000 delegates from 27 countries. The President of India, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam gave the inaugural address to the Cardiologists and it was acclaimed and Lauded Internationally.

Dr. Seth is setting up a Foundation in association with patients of heart disease (Dil se Dil Ke Liya) to further the cause of those suffering from heart disease. This foundation aims to prevention in of Heart disease, patient education, and activities to raise fund for poor patients and programmed & former to decrease the cost of heart care in this country. It also targets burning issues like awareness of heart disease in women” as well as ‘’ valve disease in poor patients in villages”.

Dr. Seth is an aAvisor/Founder Governor to several prestigious International scientific bodies in the world.

In recognition of his exceptional successes in the world of cardiovascular medicine and for his

Outstanding contributions to society, Dr. Ashok Seth has been highly decorated by the National Academia and by citizens’ forums throughout the country and abroad.


He has been honoured internationally and invited to teach angioplasty techniques practically Across the globe . He has had the unique distinction of the only person from Asia- Pacific Asked to transmit complex angioplasty cases by satellite from India to teach Cardiologists In USA at TCT , Washington and Europe to PCR Paris.

He has the unique distinction of being invited on the editorial board of several internationally-indexed medical publications of Cardiology and internal medicine. It is an indication of the

Great esteem in which the international Medical community holds him that Dr.Seth holds honorary faculty positions in premier international cardiology seminars and workshop Spanning several countries, including the United States, France, Australia, Malaysia, Japan,

Singapore, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and, of course, India. He has been Course Director of The National Angioplasty teaching Course since 1992, and of the Rotablator Certification Workshop held in New Delhi in 1995. he has been an Invited Faculty Member and Guest Speaker at numerous Live Demonstration Workshop in Advanced Coronary Interventions across India and Across the glode. Dr.Seth also serves on the board of several national and International high-tech advisory panels on newer devices and quality control assurance.

He has been invited to co-author the regulatory documents and position statements of the most Important US Regulatory Body of Interventional Cardiology ‘’Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions’’.

Dr. Seth is the Chief Coordinator of CSIR funded NTMLI project to manufacture an indigenous Low-cost Drug Eluting Stent in India by years end 2008.

Concurrently , over these years, Dr.Seth’s contribution in helping to set up similar programs all Across the country and the indian subcontinent has also increased dramatically. He has been Instrumental in setting up numerous cardiac catheterisation labs and the interventional Cardiology program in Govt. Sector at SMS Medical College in Jaipur, India, and at the post-

Graduate Institute of Cardiology, Calcutta, India He provides regular training and guidance in Interventional and invasive cardiac procedures to numerous Cardiologists from all over the Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka).

Dr.Seth was the first Cardiologist in Asia Pacific region to perform Directional, Atherectomy, Angioscopy, Stent Thrombectomy devices &Drug Eluting Stent. He has performed one of the higest number of angiographies and angioplasties in the world – which is acknowledged by the “LIMCA” Book of Records.

Dr. Seth is one of the youngest person to be honoured Doctorate of Science (DSc) Honoris causa by Banaras Hindu University in 1998.


Hw also was one of the youngest overseas doctors to be awarded the Fellowship of all the three Royal colleges of London, Edinburgh & Ireland in year 1995.

He has also been a prolific writer of original scientific papers and has more than 150 publications to his credit in prestigious Indian and international medical journals. He has also written and edited chapter in text books of Cardiology and Medicine.

Dr. Seth has trained more then 350 cardiologists from India and abroad in advance techniques of angioplasty. The Govt. of Malaysia, Bangladesh, WHO, SAARC Cardiac society, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia has all sponsored has all sponsored doctors from their country to train under Dr. Seth.