Kishore Kunal

Kishore Kunal (Hindi: किशोर कुणाल), also known as Acharya Kunal (10 August 1950 – 29 December 2024), was a 1972 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Gujarat Cadre, from the state of Bihar, India. During his police career, he was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) on the Ayodhya dispute by then Prime Minister V. P. Singh to mediate between the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Babri Masjid Action Committee. He continued to serve in this position during the premierships of Chandra Sekhar and P. V. Narasimha Rao. Under his leadership Mahavir Mandir Trust in the year 1998 started the Mahavir Cancer Institute & Research Centre (MCSRC), at Patna. The Trust runs total 9 hospitals including Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Mahavir Aarogya Sansthan, Mahavir Vatsalya Aspatal, Mahavir Heart Hospital, Mahavir Netralaya, Mahavir Senior Citizen Hospital, Mahavir Vishalnath Hospital and Mahavir Hospice & Palliative Care. Kunal laid the foundation stone of India's first cancer hospital namely Mahavir Child Cancer Hospital on December 12, 2024, only 15 days before his death. Provided by Wikipedia