Banoo Jehangir Coyaji | |
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| Born | 7 September 1917[1] Mumbai, India |
| Died | 15 July 2004 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Grant Medical College |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Institutions | King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune |
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji (7 September 1917 – 15 July 2004) was an Indian physician and activist in family planning and population control. She was director of King Edward Memorial Hospital in Pune, and started programmes of community health workers in rural areas of Maharashtra, the third largest state in India. She became an advisor to the union government and an internationally recognised expert.