Harkishan Singh was Professor Emeritus at the Panjab University.
15 Facts About Harkishan Singh
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Harkishan Singh was a well recognized pharmaceutical academic, medicinal chemistry researcher and science historian.
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Harkishan Singh had more than half a century experience in his respective fields to his credit.
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Harkishan Singh worked at the Banaras Hindu University, University of Saugar, and the Panjab University in India, and abroad at the University of Maryland, University of Mississippi and the University of London.
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Harkishan Singh's research group was successful in designing a clinically useful skeletal muscle relaxant, candocuronium iodide, which is a synthetic azasteroid.
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Dr Singh lectured on his research at several of the institutions and conferences in India, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom and China.
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Harkishan Singh had delivered invited lectures at the Harvard School of Medicine and at the International Symposium on Molecular Structure sponsored by the International Union of Crystallography at Beijing.
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Harkishan Singh wrote extensively on educational, scientific, historical and professional issues.
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Professor Harkishan Singh was on many academic, scientific, professional and governmental bodies.
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Harkishan Singh was a member of the Committee on Education in Medicinal Chemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which prepared the Report on the International Education of Medicinal Chemists.
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Professor Harkishan Singh was the recipient of several scientific and professional awards and recognitions.
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Harkishan Singh was a National Fellow of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
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Harkishan Singh was General President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress.
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Harkishan Singh received Eminent Pharmacist Award of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association.
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Dr Harkishan Singh's standing as historian was recognized through his election to the Academie Internationale d'Histoire de la Pharmacie.