Indian Journal of Psychiatry 55(4), Oct-Dec 2013 311 A TribuTe Executive Council of Preventive Psychiatry Section of World Psychiatric Association and Chairman- Preventive Psychiatry Section of World Association of Social Psychiatry. He was also Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists UK and Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He was one of the foremost researchers in Psychiatry in India and conducted researches in collaboration with National Institute of Mental Health, USA; John Hopkins Institute, USA; Indian Council of Medical Research, World Health Organization, World Psychiatric Association and World Association of Social Psychiatry etc. He was one of the pioneering investigators of psychiatric drug trials in the country. He has more than 300 publications in national and international Journals. He received many prestigious awards in psychiatry including Tilak Venkoba Rao Oration, Marfatia Award, Dr. D. L. N. Murthy Rao Oration, Dr. V. N. Bagadia Oration and Dr. N. N. DE Oration among many others. Contributions to KGMC LuCKnow JK Trivedi was one of the pillars for strengthening the department and took it to greater heights in the national and international scene. He has keen interest in teaching psychiatry to his students. Hundreds of his former students are practicing psychiatry not only in India but around the globe and they adore and respect him for his teaching & training skills. He was passionate about treatment & care of his patients and enjoyed teaching clinical skills in psychiatry to his students. Whenever he went abroad and learnt something new about psychiatry he used to share it with the faculty & residents of the department. Jitendra Kumar Trivedi was one of the most eminent psychiatrists India has produced. He was an academician, researcher, teacher and leader of rare abilities and wisdom. His sad and untimely demise on Sept. 16, 2013 leaves a void which is difficult to fill. He was one of the finest human beings whose hallmarks were sincerity, honesty, humility and commitment to his profession. Life and Career JK Trivedi (1952-2013) was born on 15 th March 1952 at Lucknow. His school and college education was at Lucknow his native place from Mahanagar Boys School and Lucknow Christian College. He entered KGMC as a MBBS student in 1969. He completed his M.B.B.S. in 1973 and M.D. (Psychiatry) from same institution in 1977. He joined the department of Psychiatry, KGMC as lecturer in 1978. He became Reader in 1987 and Professor in 1995. He also served as Head of the department from November 2008 to March 2009. He served as a contractual professor in the department from March 2009 to September 2013. He served as a faculty member for about 35 years. He was an excellent psychiatrist who was very well known internationally. He was a regular delegate of almost all the National and Zonal Conferences of Indian Psychiatric Society right from his post graduate days. He held many official positions of IPS. He was President of Indian Psychiatric Society – Central Zone in 1997. He became Editor, Indian Journal of Psychiatry (1997-2002) amd President of Indian Psychiatric Society in 2004-05. As Editor he enforced strict financial discipline and at the end of the tenure of editorship without taking any financial help from IPS, he gave Rs. 26 Lacs to the Journal account. In the international scene he was WPA Zonal Representative for Zone XVI - Southern Asia (2005-08). At the time of his demise, he was President- Elect of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, member of Prof. J. K. trivedi roy abraham Kallivayalil, Pronob Kumar dalal 1 Immediate Past President, Indian Psychiatric Society and President-elect, World Association of Social Psychiatry, 1 Head, Department of Psychiatry, KGMC, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Access this article online Website: www.indianjpsychiatry.org Quick Response Code DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.120527 How to cite this article: Kallivayalil RA, Dalal PK. Prof. J. K. Trivedi. Indian J Psychiatry 2013;55:311-2.