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Diplomat official

BAL KRISHAN ANAND, Diplomat, Official. Regional Adviser for Health Manpower Development, Regional Office Southeast Asia, World Health Organization. Colonel Amir Chand Award: Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award; Med Council of Indian Silver Jubilee Research Award in Med; Padma Shri Award, India, 69. Executive Council, International Union of Physiological Science; International Brain Research Organization(s); Fellow, Indian National Science Academy; Founder Fellow, Indian Academy of Med Science.

Background

ANAND, Bal was born on September 19, 1917 in Lahore. Son of V. D. Anand and Saraswati Anand.

Education

K East Med College, Lahore, India, 1935-1940, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Med College, Armitsar, India, 1948, Doctor of Medicine. Spoken languages: Hindi, English.

Career

Professor, of Physiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi 1949-1957, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 1957-1974, Professor Emeritus since 1977. President XXVI Institute Congress of Physiological Sciences, New Delhi 1974. Assistant Director WHO. (S.E. Asia) 1974-1977.

Director Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar 1982-1985. Vice-Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 1978. President Indian National Academy, of Medical Sciences.

President National Board of Examinations 1979-1982. President Association for Advancement of Medical Education 1984-1986. Chairman Post-graduate Committee of Medical Council of India since 1985.

Chairman Physiology Committee of Indian National Science Academy since 1988. Honorary Doctor of Science (Banaras) 1983. Rockefeller Foundation Fellow at Yale University School of Medicine 1950-1951.

Fellow National Academy, of Medical Sciences, National Science Academy, Indian Academy, of Sciences. Indian Council of Medical Research Senior Research.

Works

  • Other Work

    • Numerous papers on neurology & medicine education.

Membership

Executive Council, International Union of Physiological Science. International Brain Research Organization(s). Fellow, Indian National Science Academy.

Founder Fellow, Indian Academy of Med Science.

  • Executive Council, International Union of Physiological Science; International Brain Research Organization(s); Fellow, Indian National Science Academy; Founder Fellow, Indian Academy of Med Science.

Interests

  • Literature, photography, tennis, hiking.

Connections

Father:
V. D. Anand

Mother:
Saraswati Anand