Please take a look at the following:
* Suman Moolgaokar (1906-1989), TELCO, and considered Father of Indian automotive sector
* Dr Victor F B de Mello (b 1926). Chief design engineer, technical director, superntendent from 1951-1966 of Geotecnica Inc, also executive partner etc.
* F Paul de Mello: GE, Rio Light & Power Co, Extensive research efforts on modelling of dynamics of power systems and power plants, etc. IEEE Fellow, 69 technical papers, etc.
* Charles Correia: innovative designs closely attuned to the environment and local conditions. Emphasises utility and comfort over external grandeur.
* Fleming Rodrigues Dias, known for designing the city of Vasco da Gama with its tree-lined boulevards and gardens. In 1962, joined the Zeneth Radio Corp of Chicago, where he worked on two key technologies (i) FM used for colour TV and (ii) Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW), etc. In 1972 joined Hewlett-Packard central research lab at Palo Alto, Calif. There for 21 years, working on ultrasound imaging devices, invasive blood pressure devies, intravascular ultrasound imaging.
* Claudio Gama Pinto: "the man who gave Portugal its ophthalmology"
* Dr Med Bossuet Afonso (1880-1957)
* Dr Ernest Joachim Joseph Borges (1909-1969) Chief Surgeon and Superintendent, Tata Memorial. Cancer.
* Dr Vithal Nargesh Shirodkar. Originated surgical techniquest which have since formed part of medical text books. Particularly the famous Shirodkar Technique for opening blocked fallopian tubes and the cerfical hood, and a technique for creating an artificial vagina. (By the way, my mum worked under him as a very young nurse in the Bombay Hospital of the 1950s, and she often mentioned his work to us.)
* Dr Arthur E de Sa (1910-1981), editor of the Indian Journal of Surgery since 1964.
* Dr Manuel Vicente Alfredo da Costa, has a maternity hospital named after him in Lisbon, Published several papers.
* Dr Anthony Charles Duarte-Monteiro (b 1906). Noted clinician.
* Dr Luis Jose de Souza (b.1943) (Luzito). Prominent name in cancer treatment. Launched Shanti Avedna Ashram, as a registered public charity trust in Loutolim, to take care of terminally-ill cancer patients.
* Dr Yvan J Das Dores Silva (b. 1936) Member of 24 professional societies relating to medical and surgical care.
* Dr Eustace J De Souza (b. 1921) Basic and applied research in anatomy, histology, histochemistry and also on medical education and bio-medical ethics.
* Dr Chicot Vaz: Leading neurologist in India.
* Dr Ms Sandra de Sa Souza (b. 1943) In 1988 was the pioneer of India's first cochler implant surgery, which offered new hope to the totally deaf.
* Dr Sanjay Khope: Goan paediatric surgeon internationally acclaimed for operative procedure on vernal hernia following a life-threatening defect called omphalocele. Known as "Khope's Operation".
* Jose Custodio de Faria (Abade Faria), global pioneer in hypnotism
* Agostinho Vicente Lourenco: bust on the premises of the Academy of Sciences in Lisbon, besides those of Lavoisier, Liebig, Hoffman, etc, also at the Municipal Garden in Margao.
* Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi: Scientist Emeritus of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
* Indalencio Froliano de Mello: Participated in 40 world medical conferences, research scientist of a high calibre, successful professor, literary man with a mastery of Portuguese and French.
* Emidio Afonso: Known for his research, writing and considered a "great experimental innovator"
* Norman Francis Lewis: PhD in Food Tech and jointed the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
* Datta V Naik: Certificate of Recognition from NASA. Over 28 publications.
This is from the 2016 edition of J. Clement Vaz's Profiles of Eminent Goans: Past and Present, now available as a reprint from Concept, New Delhi. Please check for details. Done hurriedly as it's late... FN
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