Dr.Sardarilal, born in Amritsar and Graduated from Medical College, Amritsar. After acquiring Diploma in Venereology from Institute of Venereology, Madras Medical College, he obtained M.D. (Dermatology) Degree from Punjab University. He served as teacher in Dermato-Venereology at JIPMER, Pondichery, Rothak medical College, Shimla Medical College, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and retired in 1992 as Professor and Head of the Dept. of Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. His Clinical skills, enthusiasm for his clinical work and his outstanding personal qualities of wisdom, cheerfulness earned the admiration of his colleagues and friends. As a delightful colleague and a successful teacher, he was greatly respected and loved by one and all. Accepting and acknowledging his hunger for academic activities, the Members of Association nominated him as the founder Editor of its Journal (Indian Journal for the study of Sexually Transmitted Diseases – IJSTD). Having accepted the Editorship he published Journal single handedly from 1980 till his demise in 1993, which earned a lot of appreciation for him from different quarters. In recognition of his services rendered to the specialty and to the Association, IASSTD has instituted an award in his name viz. “Dr.Saradarilal Memorial Award”. This award would be presented at the National Conference to the author of the best article published in the Journal (IJSTD) every year. The following are the recipients of the Dr.Sardarilal Memorial Award:
    1999 23rd VISAKHAPATNAM Dr. Puneet Bhargava
    2000 24th CHANDIGARH Dr. Puneet Bhargava
    2001 25th JAIPUR —
    2002 26th NEW DELHI Dr. Bhushankumar
    2003 27th VADODARA Dr.D.M. Thappa
    2004 28th JABALPUR Dr. Alka Gogate
    2005 29th KOLKATA Dr.Y.S. Marfatia
    2006 30th CHENNAI Dr.B.K. Kavina
    2007 31st RHOTAK Dr. Thilagavathy Subramaniam
    2008 32nd Kodaikanal Dr.N.A .Karibasappa
    2009 33rd Khajuraho Dr. Meenakshi Malhotra
    2010 34th Vijayawada Dr. Ragini Ghiya
    2011 35th New Delhi Dr. Shilpee Choudry
    2012 36th Kochi Dr TS Anish
    2013 37th Mysore Dr. Taru garg
    2014 38th Chandigarh Dr.Sivaranjini.R
    2015 39th Coimbatore Dr.Vibhu Mendiratta
    2016 40th Bhopal Dr Nagendran Prabhakaran
    2017 41st Bhubaneswar Dr. Deepika Pandhi
    2018 42nd New Delhi Dr. Kashinath Nayak
    2019 43rd Kodaikanal Dr.Dimple Chopra
    2022 46th Hyderabad Dr.Nisha Madaan (2019) Dr.P.K. Ashwini (2020) Dr. Swati Singh (2021)
    2023 47th Kolkata Dr. Aradhana Bhargava
    2024 48th New Delhi Dr.G.V.Seethalakshmi