Dr. Sushila Nayar 

Portrait of Dr Sushila Nayar, physician to Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Sevagram

Dr Sushila Nayar (1914–2001) was the physician who turned a Gandhian village experiment into one of India’s most influential rural medical institutions. Personal doctor to Mahatma Gandhi, Union Health Minister, and founder‑director of MGIMS, she spent a lifetime proving that modern medicine and social justice could walk together. In the winter of 1938, a twenty‑four‑year‑old … Read more