Prof N N Wig, the doyen of Psychiatry in India who led many pioneering studies related to mental health at national and international levels and headed departments in various prestigious institutions like AIIMS, Delhi and PGIMER, died here at the age of 88 after a brief illness.
He breathed his last yesterday at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), where he had set up the psychiatry department in 1963.
He was also head of the Department of Psychiatry at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. He contributed to the development of mental health programmes in India and many other other countries.
Members of the fraternity paid tributes to Wig, recalling his seminal contributions to research in the field.
Describing Wig as "a living legend of Indian Psychiatry", Ajit Avasthi, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, Chandigarh said his vision will continue to guide the students and staff of the institute.
"He single-handedly brought the department into being in 1963 and he continued to be intimately associated with the department and the PGIMER as one of its Emeritus Professors till 12th July 2018, when he passed away after a brief illness at PGIMER, Chandigarh," Avasthi was quoted as saying in a statemet by PGIMER,
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