Raman Kapur

Raman Kapur is an Indian physician who practices and teaches medical acupuncture. He is president of the Indian Society of Medical Acupuncture, heads the Department of Acupuncture at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, and chairs the Institute of Acupuncture and Natural Medicines, which runs acupuncture courses in affiliation with the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. He took his medical degree at the University of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in 1979, opened his own practice in the city in 1982 and later joined Sir Ganga Ram Hospital as a consultant. He holds an MD in acupuncture conferred in 1987 by Medicina Alternativa and has written three books on the subject, including A Guide to Acupuncture and Tissue Cleansing System, with his wife Sunita Kapur, a doctor and acupuncturist. He collaborates with the Indira Gandhi National Open University on a postgraduate diploma in acupuncture. In 2008 the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, making him the first acupuncturist to receive it.