Professor Harkishan Singh
25 November 1928, Lyallpur, India (Faisalabad, Pakistan) - 20th March 2020 Chandigarh, India
Citizenship : Indian
Citizenship : Indian
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
Emeritus Fellow (University Grants Commission), Panjab University, 1989-92
Professor Emeritus, Panjab University, since 2003
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
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
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