Background
Dhawan, Ashok K. was born on March 14, 1952 in Fazilka, Punjab, India. Son of Ved Parkash and Lal Devi Dhawan.
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Dhawan, Ashok K. was born on March 14, 1952 in Fazilka, Punjab, India. Son of Ved Parkash and Lal Devi Dhawan.
Master of Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Panjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1977.
Professor & incharge Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India, 1994—2006. Director Center Plant Biotechnology, since 2006. Scholar Australian National University, Canberra.
Visiting scientist Swedish University Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, 1985. Visiting postdoctoral researcher University California, Davis, 1998—1999.
Member of K. K. Nanda Foundation,, Indian Society Plant Physiology, New Delhi (secretary 2003-2008, K. K. Nanda Memorial Lecture award 2006), Indian Science Congress, Calcutta.
Married Rupa Sethi, December 3, 1979. Children: Ankur, Neha.