PROFESSOR HARKISHAN SINGH

25 NOVEMBER 1928, LYALLPUR, INDIA (FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN) - 20TH MARCH 2020 CHANDIGARH, INDIA


POSITIONS HELD:

  • Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, 1953-56
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Saugar, 1956-64
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Maryland, U.S.A., 1958-61 (on leave of absence from the University of Saugar)
  • Reader in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Panjab University, 1964-72
  • Visiting Professor and Research Associate in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Mississippi, U.S.A.,1967-68 (on leave of absence from the Panjab University)
  • Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow, University of London, U.K., 1971-72 (on leave of absence from the Panjab University)
  • Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Panjab University, 1972-88
  • Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, 1976-81
  • Dean, Alumni Relations, Panjab University, 1979-84
  • Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University,1981-85
  • Improved teamwork, peer relations, and reduced conflicts amongst co-workers
  • Emeritus Fellow (University Grants Commission), Panjab University, 1989-92
  • Professor Emeritus, Panjab University, since 2003

AWARDS AND HONORS:

  • 1975 Annual Award of the Shri Amrut Mody Research Foundation
  • President, Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Thirty-third Session (1981), Jaipur
  • 1983 G. P. Srivastava Memorial Award, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, Nagpur
  • 1984 Professor M. L. Khorana Lectureship, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Bombay
  • National Fellow, University Grants Commission, 1985-87; the only pharmaceutical academic to get this honour
  • 1987 Ranbaxy Research Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ranbaxy Research Foundation, New Delhi
  • Elected Member, Academie Internationale d'Historie de la Pharmacie, 1995
  • 1998 Schroff Memorial National Award, Indian Hospital Pharmacists' Association, New Delhi
  • 1999 Eminent Pharmacist Award, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Bombay
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, 2006
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Chandigarh Science Congress, 2007
  • Shri Bhojraj Panjamool Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, Bangalore, 2007
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Banaras Hindu University, 2007
  • Shri Ramanbhai B. Patel Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Mumbai, 2010
  • Invited Lecture Delivered at Workshop on “Science in India in the 20th Century,” Asiatic Society, Kolkata, 2011
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) conferred by the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A, 2014
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Punjab Academy of Sciences, Patiala, 2015
  • Awarded Padma Shri 2017