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