Padmavati (Sivaramakrishna Iyer) commonly known as Dr.
S.
I.
Padmavati or Dr.
S.
Padmavati (born 20 June 1917) is an Indian cardiologist.
She is director of the National Heart Institute, Delhi and the founder president of the All India Heart Foundation.
The institute collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) in training students in preventive cardiology.Dr.
Padmavati was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 1992 Dr.
Padmavati, an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, was the first woman cardiologist in India in 1954 and established the first cardiac clinic and cardiac cath lab in North India.She was the President of the 5th World Congress of Cardiology, New Delhi (1966)