Grand Chronic Hypoxia Tour throughout India July 2016 in the city of Kochi

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After visiting Mumbai with its beautiful airport, where we spent the night at a beautiful apartment and a brief tour of the Gateway to India, we flew to Kochi.

Hosted by Varkey, President of the Lions Club in Kochi, along with his wife, we were given the wonderful surprise that at 10:00 am we could go to the Mariott for a couple of hours to freshen up. It was so beautiful, and so comfortable. Our IPPA team, Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, Lucrecia De Urioste Limariño, Natalia Zubieta De Urioste and Rafaela Zubieta de Urioste, along with our luxury travel team Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh and Prof. Shashisdhara, then moved to the Amrita Hospital, where Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) and Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) had participated several years back in a conference on Clinical Biochemistry.

This time again we were warmly greeted at Amrita by Dr. Sanjeev K. Singh, Medical Superintendent.

ONE CONCEPT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia and Life at High altitude”:

The extraordinary population of a city life La Paz, and El Alto that is like any other matronly in the world. Everyone lives busy and totally unaware of their life at high altitude. They are born here, grow, study, do sports, get married, have children and all in the chronic hypoxia environment uneventfully.

Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja’s conference on “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia”.

We again visited the unique antique shops in Kochi with the kind hosting of Varkey and his lovely wife Sarada Varkey.

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Grand Chronic Hypoxia Tour throughout India July 2016 in the city of Bellary

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Bellary, Bellary, Bellary……..  is what we heard on arrival by train to this lovely city. We thought we had slept past the station, so it was a great relief! In this area, memorable and extraordinary  temples are found. Among them, the unforgettable Hampi !!.

 

 

 

ONE CONCEPT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia and Life at High altitude”:

The Triple Hypoxia Syndrome (THS) created by Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo, was explained. It is due to the superimposition of three different types of hypoxia: [1] Normal high altitude adaptation to hypoxia, [2] Polyerythrocythemia hypoxia (CMS) and [3] acute hypoxia that can be reversed by oxygen. The THS is similar to “surviving” in the summit of Mount Everest. It may be caused by viral infections (gripe) or some other acute respiratory disease, with malaise that lasts several days without treatment and typically is reversed by 24 hours of oxygen to PaO2 baseline values of their chronic condition with Polyerythrocythemia (The sign that results from multiple diseases at high altitude, previously known as Chronic Mountain Sickness). This diagnosis is fundamental to treat patients with increased Hematocrits at high altitude.

 

 

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Grand Chronic Hypoxia Tour throughout India July 2016 in the city of Karad

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Dr. Arun Patil, arranged our visit to the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University. The gardens of the campus were truly beautiful.

ONE CONCEPT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia and Life at High altitude”:

The proposal of IPPA of the use in Space Vehicles of the environmental oxygen levels, PIO2 of 94 mmHg (1/3 less than at sea level) equal to those of the city of La Paz. This would facilitate travel in space tremendously, as it would speed up the preparation for using the space suits for extravehicular activities, it would save oxygen (a scare resource in space) and would hence save energy. Furthermore, it is postulated that man should adapt to chronic hypoxia for the future. The benefit of life under chronic hypoxia are remarkable.

In the photo above: From left Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, Prof. Kusal Das, Sayandeep (Prof. Kusal Das’ son and a 1st year medical student), Mrs. Swastika (Professor Kusal Das’ wife) and Rafaela Zubieta.

 

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Grand Chronic Hypoxia Tour throughout India July 2016 in the city of Bijapur

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On the way from Bellary to Bijapur, we visited a temple in honor of, that is located below the water level at the Krishna River.

BLDE University Conference

It is hard to explain the fantastic visit to Bijapur. BLDE University is truly a jewel within India, and the presence of Prof. Kusal Das is certainly noteworthy. Prof. B.G. Mulimani, Vice-Chancellor and Chairman, Dr. M.S. Biradar Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Principal, Dr. J.G. Amber, Registrar and several other professors and Board Members were so kind with us and made our stay a true delight. We truly felt at home at BLDE.

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Kusal Das has created the Laboratory of Vascular Physiology and Medicine and is also the Chief editor of the BLDE Journal

 

 

An interesting visit of the Shri B. M. Partil Medical Colege Hospital followed.

 

ONE CONCEPT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia and Life at High altitude”:

The formula of Adaptation to high altitude. The fundamental variables are time and altitude. The time factor of adaptation to high altitude is trascendental for adaptation, and the hemoglobin increase is considered the optimal adaptation factor. The curves showing the increase and time taken to reach to the optimal hematocrit on an ascent to city like La Paz, between 4100 and 3100m, were shown and analyzed. The hemoglobin increase is the most energy efficient mechanism of adaptation, reducing the extra energetic cost of the cardio-pulmonary system and allowing for the optimal exercise performance at high altitude.

 

Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh “The Lead man of India” has created conscience about lead toxicity throughout India and the Asian region, creating laboratories to test lead levels in blood, in materials, food and also in paints.

 

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Grand Chronic Hypoxia Tour throughout India July 2016  in the city of Jodhpur

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Visit and conference at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Jodhpur. Prof. Praveen Sharma, Head of the Dept of Biochemistry kindly received the IPPA team along with Prof. Venkatesh and Prof. Nanjundiaha Shashidhara in his office. We then moved to the conference room, for Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Callega’s conference on “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia”.

ONE CONCEPT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia and Life at High altitude”:

The tolerance to hypoxia formula, explaining how paradoxically the higher one goes, the lower hypoxic tolerance there is. At sea level, a low arterial oxygen tension of 60 mmHg is hardly tolerated, however at the summit of Mt. Everest a PaO2 of 27 mmHg is well tolerated.

We then had the opportunity of visiting the new Hospital, outstanding laboratories, endless hallways, giant and grandiose as All India. The AIIMS  Jodhpur is one of the leading new medical schools and hospitals in India that has a brilliant future ahead, without doubt.

We had previously visited the Solar Clock with a precision on 1 second in Jaipur. It is remarkable how India has given us these things and also the number “0”.

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Grand Chronic Hypoxia Tour throughout India July 2016 in the city of Lucknow

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Visiting King George’s University and giving the lecture at Era Lucknow University

 

We then moved to Era’s Lucknow Medical College in their beautiful infrastructure.

 

 

ONE CONCEPT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia and Life at High altitude”:

There is NO LOSS OF ADAPTATION!  firmly affirmed  the late Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo  in regards to what many consider is the reason for the existence of Chronic Mountain Sickness. He considered it a mistake as he then wrote the famous sentence that now lies next to his ashes in the mausoleum at the High Altitude Museum in La Paz. ”The organic systems of human beings and all other species tend to adapt to any environmental change and circumstance within an optimal period of time, and  never tend towards regression which would inevitably lead to death”.

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Grand Chronic Hypoxia Tour throughout India on July 2016 starting in the city of Bangalore.

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Bangalore

Lucknow

Dehli -Agra

Jaipur- Jodhpur

Kochi

Kolar

Bellary

Bijapur

Karad

Bangalore final

Our High Altitude Pulmonary and Pathology Institute has celebrated its 46 years since its creation on July 9th, 1970. The first high altitude clinic in the world, located in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, specifically designed to diagnose and treat high altitude disease and carry out research in high altitude medicine and physiology.  Concomitantly and as a highlight in our celebration we have been honored by an invitation from Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh, the “Lead Man of India”, to travel throughout India giving talks about Chronic Hypoxia and our points of view.

We arrived in Bangalore on July 10th 2016, all the IPPA team, Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, Lucrecia De Urioste Limariño, Natalia Zubieta De Urioste and Rafaela Zubieta De Urioste. Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh and Abby Thuppil received us at the airport. We then arrived to Parthasarthy’s apartment in a very luxurious building in Bangalore. at around 4:00 am. Much to our surprise, we were honored by the visit of N.RajashekarRegional General Manager THE HINDU NEWSPAPER at Bengaluru, that came with his wife and children to meet us at 6:00 am. He kindly brought us very beautiful gifts. Next day,  we visited the Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, the best Hospital in Bangalore. We were warmly greeted by the Board of Trustees and its director Dr. Satish Kumar Jain. We visited the new building of the hospital and then attended the auditorium as shown below.

ONE CONCEPT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia and Life at High altitude”:

The low incidence of Asthma patients at high altitude. Particularly those that have allergen induced asthma to polen and other antigens. As referred by the head of the Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital Obrero #1 in La Paz, Bolivia, the social security largest hospital, in over 35 years of practice not one case of asthma crisis was treated (Intensivist Dr. Freddy Sandi).

Dr. Satish Kumar Jain inaugurated the conference and Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, gave a resume of his points of view on chronic hypoxia. Interestingly one of the physicians of the hospital, attending the conference commented that he had worked as an M.D. with the indian armed forces in the India Pakistan frontier at 6000 m of altitude.

Conference on “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia” at the St. John’s Medical College, where Thuppil Venkatesh is an honorary professor of Biochemistry. In this same top standing medical college of India, Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) many years back had been Felicitated and later honored as the “Mountain Guru” by the NRCLP.

Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo passed away on Sept 17, 2015. He was the creator of completely different concepts about adaptation and formed a school of thought that Gustavo Jr and Natalia (his grand-daughter) now follow.

We also visited Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh’s National Referral Center for Lead  Projects in India. It is located at St. John’s Medical College in their new large offices.

In the evening we had a grand reception dinner at the exclusive Bangalore Club (built by the British during the Colony), hosted by K.V.R. Tagore, President of LEESAT and Prof. Venkatesh where we met outstanding personalities of  Bangalore along with their distinguished couples. The dinner was indeed exquisite, as in many places throughout incredible India.

 

 

 

This trip came through as a big surprise in every step of the way. The kindness and generosity of the colleagues from India, is difficult to explain. One full bag was necessary to return with all the gifts, awards, scarfs, turbans and presents. What a great honor !!!!

 

 

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Grand Chronic Hypoxia Tour throughout India July 2016 in the city of Dehli

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Conference at the prestigious Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) in Dehli 

To arrive once more in Dehli where the fantastic statue of the great Ghandi is located, was indeed a delight.

 

And to be once more in the outstanding Defense Institute of Physiology and Allies Sciences (DIPAS) was, indeed, a delight. Back in 2012, we had jointly carried out the Global Hypoxia Summit and 4th international conference on Chronic Hypoxia (the 4th of our Chronic Hypoxia Symposiums) at DIPAS with great success. Dr. Shashi Bala Singh its Director, and with the kind coordination of Dr. Kaushal K Srivastava, we once again shared kind moments of scientific delight surrounded by professors, faculty, researchers and students in their beautiful auditorium.

The lighting of candles in these scientific meetings in India is a great honor, as it is a symbol to show the enlightenment, an act of giving light to shadows and darkness, signifying bringing knowledge to where there is emptiness in that specific area. This extraordinary symbol in India is a unique ceremony that the whole world needs to understand and learn from this millenary culture that was so creative in science, the arts, the personal growth, the love for nature and the respect for all animals and living beings. The western civilization has so much to learn!!!

 

ONE CONCEPT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE “Extraordinary Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia and Life at High altitude”:

The theory proposed by Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo that man con adapt to live in the hypoxic levels of Mt. Everest, was retouched. It becomes more and more evident that this is a reality. The Indian Army Units disposed in the border with Pakistan at 6000m of altitude, are a strong proof that adaptation to this altitude is possible. DIPAS is the Institution that contributes greatly to the success of such unique missions. We met several Army medical officers, that had worked in such missions and all were in agreement with our points of view.

 

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ranked scientific articles this way:

Wednesday, June 1 , 2011

List 2: Top 10 Articles Published in the Same Domain Since Your Publication Zubieta-Calleja GR, Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Calleja N, Zubieta-Castillo G: Hypoventilation in chronic mountain sickness: a mechanism to preserve energy. J Physiol Pharmacol; 2006 Sep;57 Suppl 4:425-30 Go to the article León-Velarde F, Villafuerte FC, Richalet JP: Chronic mountain sickness and the heart. Prog Cardiovasc Dis; 2010 May-Jun;52(6):540-9 Go to the article Moore LG, Niermeyer S, Vargas E: Does chronic mountain sickness (CMS) have perinatal origins? Respir Physiol Neurobiol; 2007 Sep 30;158(2-3):180-9 Go to the article Rivera-Ch M, Huicho L, Bouchet P, Richalet JP, León-Velarde F: Effect of acetazolamide on ventilatory response in subjects with chronic mountain sickness. Respir Physiol Neurobiol; 2008 Aug 31;162(3):184-9 Go to the article Jafarian S, Gorouhi F, Ghergherechi M, Lotfi J: Respiratory rate within the first hour of ascent predicts subsequent acute mountain sickness severity. Arch Iran Med; 2008 Mar;11(2):152-6 Go to the article Zubieta-Castillo G Sr, Zubieta-Calleja GR Jr, Zubieta-Calleja L: Chronic mountain sickness: the reaction of physical disorders to chronic hypoxia. J Physiol Pharmacol; 2006 Sep;57 Suppl 4:431-42 Go to the article Maignan M, Rivera-Ch M, Privat C, León-Velarde F, Richalet JP, Pham I: Pulmonary pressure and cardiac function in chronic mountain sickness patients. Chest; 2009 Feb;135(2):499-504 Go to the article Penaloza D, Arias-Stella J: The heart and pulmonary circulation at high altitudes: healthy highlanders and chronic mountain sickness. Circulation; 2007 Mar 6;115(9):1132-46 Go to the article Yan JH, Li ZQ, Ji LH, Chai KX, Ge RL: [Changes of serum angiogenesis in patients with chronic mountain sickness]. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi; 2009 Nov;25(4):457-60 Go to the article Huicho L, Xing G, Qualls C, Rivera-Ch M, Gamboa JL, Verma A, Appenzeller O: Abnormal energy regulation in early life: childhood gene expression may predict subsequent chronic mountain sickness. BMC Pediatr; 2008;8:47 Go to the article Read more » Back to top^ List 3: Top 10 Articles Published in the Same Domain, All Time Zubieta-Calleja GR, Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Calleja N, Zubieta-Castillo G: Hypoventilation in chronic mountain sickness: a mechanism to preserve energy. J Physiol Pharmacol; 2006 Sep;57 Suppl 4:425-30 Go to the article Sun S, Oliver-Pickett C, Ping Y, Micco AJ, Droma T, Zamudio S, Zhuang J, Huang SY, McCullough RG, Cymerman A, Moore LG: Breathing and brain blood flow during sleep in patients with chronic mountain sickness. J Appl Physiol; 1996 Aug;81(2):611-8 Go to the article Sun SF, Huang SY, Zhang JG, Droma TS, Banden G, McCullough RE, McCullough RG, Cymerman A, Reeves JT, Moore LG: Decreased ventilation and hypoxic ventilatory responsiveness are not reversed by naloxone in Lhasa residents with chronic mountain sickness. Am Rev Respir Dis; 1990 Dec;142(6 Pt 1):1294-300 Go to the article Erba P, Anastasi S, Senn O, Maggiorirni M, Bloch KE: Acute mountain sickness is related to nocturnal hypoxemia but not to hypoventilation. Eur Respir J; 2004 Aug;24(2):303-8 Go to the article Richalet JP, Rivera M, Bouchet P, Chirinos E, Onnen I, Petitjean O, Bienvenu A, Lasne F, Moutereau S, León-Velarde F: Acetazolamide: a treatment for chronic mountain sickness. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 2005 Dec 1;172(11):1427-33 Go to the article León-Velarde F, Arregui A, Vargas M, Huicho L, Acosta R: Chronic mountain sickness and chronic lower respiratory tract disorders. Chest; 1994 Jul;106(1):151-5 Go to the article León-Velarde F, Villafuerte FC, Richalet JP: Chronic mountain sickness and the heart. Prog Cardiovasc Dis; 2010 May-Jun;52(6):540-9 Go to the article Moore LG, Niermeyer S, Vargas E: Does chronic mountain sickness (CMS) have perinatal origins? Respir Physiol Neurobiol; 2007 Sep 30;158(2-3):180-9 Go to the article Ge RL, Shai HR, Takeoka M, Hanaoka M, Koizumi T, Matsuzawa Y, Kubo K, Kobayashi T: Atrial natriuretic peptide and red cell 2,3-diphosphoglycerate in patients with chronic mountain sickness. Wilderness Environ Med; 2001;12(1):2-7 Go to the article Rivera-Ch M, Huicho L, Bouchet P, Richalet JP, León-Velarde F: Effect of acetazolamide on ventilatory response in subjects with chronic mountain sickness. Respir Physiol Neurobiol; 2008 Aug 31;162(3):184-9 Go to the article Read more » Back to top^ List 4: Top 10 Articles, with Free Full-Texts, Published in the Same Domain Since Your Publication Zubieta-Calleja GR, Paulev PE, Zubieta-Calleja L, Zubieta-Calleja N, Zubieta-Castillo G: Hypoventilation in chronic mountain sickness: a mechanism to preserve energy. J Physiol Pharmacol; 2006 Sep;57 Suppl 4:425-30 Go to the article Jafarian S, Gorouhi F, Ghergherechi M, Lotfi J: Respiratory rate within the first hour of ascent predicts subsequent acute mountain sickness severity. Arch Iran Med; 2008 Mar;11(2):152-6 Go to the article Zubieta-Castillo G Sr, Zubieta-Calleja GR Jr, Zubieta-Calleja L: Chronic mountain sickness: the reaction of physical disorders to chronic hypoxia. J Physiol Pharmacol; 2006 Sep;57 Suppl 4:431-42 Go to the article Maignan M, Rivera-Ch M, Privat C, León-Velarde F, Richalet JP, Pham I: Pulmonary pressure and cardiac function in chronic mountain sickness patients. Chest; 2009 Feb;135(2):499-504 Go to the article Penaloza D, Arias-Stella J: The heart and pulmonary circulation at high altitudes: healthy highlanders and chronic mountain sickness. Circulation; 2007 Mar 6;115(9):1132-46 Go to the article Huicho L, Xing G, Qualls C, Rivera-Ch M, Gamboa JL, Verma A, Appenzeller O: Abnormal energy regulation in early life: childhood gene expression may predict subsequent chronic mountain sickness. BMC Pediatr; 2008;8:47 Go to the article Gonzales GF, Gasco M, Tapia V, Gonzales-Castañeda C: High serum testosterone levels are associated with excessive erythrocytosis of chronic mountain sickness in men. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab; 2009 Jun;296(6):E1319-25 Go to the article Stuber T, Sartori C, Schwab M, Jayet PY, Rimoldi SF, Garcin S, Thalmann S, Spielvogel H, Salmòn CS, Villena M, Scherrer U, Allemann Y: Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension during mild exercise in chronic mountain sickness. Chest; 2010 Feb;137(2):388-92 Go to the article Moore JP, Claydon VE, Norcliffe LJ, Rivera-Ch MC, Lèon-Velarde F, Appenzeller O, Hainsworth R: Carotid baroreflex regulation of vascular resistance in high-altitude Andean natives with and without chronic mountain sickness. Exp Physiol; 2006 Sep;91(5):907-13 Go to the article Bailey DM, Evans KA, James PE, McEneny J, Young IS, Fall L, Gutowski M, Kewley E, McCord JM, Møller K, Ainslie PN: Altered free radical metabolism in acute mountain sickness: implications for dynamic cerebral autoregulation and blood-brain barrier function. J Physiol; 2009 Jan 15;587(Pt 1):73-85 Go to the article BioMedLib Webster Ellard Article Delivery Services www.BioMedLib.com Email correspondence: custserv@bmlsearch.com

Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr.) has received a most extraordinary distinction and honor in Bangalore, India at the St. John’s Medical College:

In response to an invitation by Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh to attend a meeting and present their recent scientific work, Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) and Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) travelled to Bangalore, India and on the way there stopped in Copenhagen, Denmark to visit and discuss scientific projects with Prof. Dr. Poul-Erik Paulev. Further news on this will follow soon.

Once in India, they were received by the most distinguished Shashidhara N. who became along with Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh their guides, and colleagues of profound phylosophical discussions during 10 days of a most memorable visit to incredible India.

Having arrived at the modern airport in Bangalore, they were then transported to Kochi, where the 36th National Conference of Clinical Biochemists was carried out Nov 5-8th, 2009 under the direction of Prof. D.M.Vasudevan. After their presentation both Zubietas were driven to Mysore to meet Prof. Virupasksha Hosur and visit the extraordinary Mysore Palace. Elephants, crocodiles and bird watching filled them with eco-nature and a profound understanding of the wisdom of the people from India.

Upon returning to Bangalore Prof. Zubieta-Castillo (Sr.) and Prof. Zubieta-Calleja (Jr.) were invited to give a talk at the St. John’s Medical College  (see the invitation on the left). Much to their surprise, Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh leaded in the presentation and introduced the Director of the St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences Dr. Lawrence D’Souza, along with very distinguished personalities of Bangalore.

Then upon the podium, starting with Dr. Lawrence D’Souza one by one the wicks of a large oil lamp, were lighted by each of the distinguished guests as a sign of friendship and cooperation (photo below).

Shown at left: Dr. Prem Pais (Dean of St. John’s Medical College), Mr. A.S. Sadashivaiah, Chairman Karnataka State Pollution, Prof. Dr. Zubieta-Castillo (Sr.), Dr. Lawrence D’Souza, Director St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Zubieta-Calleja(Jr) Padmashree Mahadevappa, Former Chancellor UAS and Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh, NRCLPI. (All photos courtesy of the distinguished colleagues from India)

Immediately afterwards, Dr. Lawrence D’Souza presented Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) in a special ceremony a turbant, flowers and a gold plated oil lamp.

The special honors, the turbant, flowers, a gold plated oil lamp bestowed upon Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in Bangalore, India, Nov 11, 2009.

Then the honoree gave a talk on “Patho-Physiology of Adaptation to Hypoxia and Prof. Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) on ” The Current Status of Millions of Highlanders”.

The photo below shows the resemblance of Prof. Zubieta-Castillo with the late and famous legendary Indian Engineer-Statesman: Sir. Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, as expressed by many distinguished attendees.

With Prof. Thuppil Venkatesh, Principal Advisor Quality Council of India (QCI) &
National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India (NRCLPI)
Professor- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
St. John’s Medical College

At a dinner in the Country Club in Bangalore, Prof. Venkatesh surrounded by very important people gave Prof. Zubieta-Castillo, the following distinction:

Furthermore, he was repeatedly mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Price in Medicine for he has determined that Chronic Mountain Sickness is not a “Loss of Adaptation” but rather a consequence of pulmonary diseases with shunts that increase the number of red cells (polyerythrocythemia) thereby saving the life of thousands of high altitude residents that have been intoxicated with drugs like Phenylhidrazine with the wrong concept of destroying the “excessive” red blood cells. This drug damaged the liver cells producing jaundice and also the endothelium of all vessels in the system, and lesions to the kidneys. His theories of Adaptation to life at the hypoxic levels of Mt. Everest applying the high altitude adaptation  formula, following Ohm’s law, and the triple hypoxia syndrome were also mentioned.

They likewise were also honored by a visit to his excellency Governor Karnataka, H R Bhardwaj, at the Governor’s Palace in Bangalore,  below :

Shown here Shashidhara N, Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr), His excellency Governor of Karnataka H R Bhardwaj, Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr), Thuppil Venkatesh.

So those of different countries must be wondering but what is a Guru?

A guru (Sanskrit: गुरु) is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others (teacher). As a principle for the development of consciousness it leads the creation from unreality to reality, from the darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge.

The syllable gu means shadows
The syllable ru, he who disperses them,
Because of the power to disperse darkness
the guru is thus named.

– Advayataraka Upanishad 14—18, verse 5

from Wikipedia