Mumbai, Jul 29 (Reporter) Dr Snehalata Shamrao Deshmukh, former vice-chancellor of University of Mumbai, passed away at her home here on Monday morning, varsity officials said. She was 86. Deshmukh, a renowned paediatrician, was former dean of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Nair Hospital and served as the vice-chancellor of Mumbai University from 1995-2000. Born in December 1938 in Ahmednagar, Deshmukh was educated at the Indian Education Society (IES) School in Dadar, later graduated from the Ruia College and topped in her MBBS degree from the G S Medical College (KEM Hospital) and did her MS qualifications from there. She pioneered and co-founded the neo-natal department of the BMC’s KEM Hospital, and also functioned as a Governing Council member of the Tata Memorial Centre under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. She was also instrumental in founding the Research Society there, a ‘breastmilk bank’ for women who could not breast-feed their infants. She received various state and central government awards for her excellent services in medical and educational fields...////...