Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur

Chandreshwar Prasad "C P" Thakur (born 3 September 1931) is a former minister in the Government of India and a physician. He was minister from 1999 to 2004 in the BJP government. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Born in 1931 in Muzaffarpur District in Bihar, he was educated at Patna Medical College, Patna University, Royal College of Physicians, London and Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh and Royal College of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London.

He is M.B.B.S., M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. He stood first and received gold medal in M.B.B.S. Honours. He revolutionised the concept of treatment of Kala-azar and is recognised as an international authority in this field.

He was elected to Lok Sabha from Patna constituency in 1991.

He has held the following government positions:


 * Nov. 1999– May 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources
 * May 2000- June 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare
 * Jan.2003- 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Small Scale Industries

Books published

 * Dynamics of Development (Editor and Contributor);
 * Glimpses of Indian Technology (Co-author);
 * World Trade Organization (author);
 * Technical Report Series 791 up to 1990 (Geneva) Control of Leishmaniasis (joint author);
 * Recent Trends in Leishmania Research (contributor);
 * Text Book of Medicine—API Text Book of Medicine (Joint author);
 * India Under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, B.J.P. Era.

He has also published more than 100 research papers in medical journals and more than 200 articles in the press.

Awards

 * Padma Shree;
 * BC Roy National Award, Indian Medical Council
 * BKAIKET ORATION Award, Indian Council of Medical Research;
 * P.N. Raju Oration Award (ICMR)