Background
Dhawan, D.K. was born on April 29, 1955 in Sampla, Haryana, India. Son of Gobind Ram and Raj Rani (Sikka) Dhawan.
Dhawan, D.K. was born on April 29, 1955 in Sampla, Haryana, India. Son of Gobind Ram and Raj Rani (Sikka) Dhawan.
Master of Science in Biophysics, Panjab University, 1978. Postgraduate in Medical Radioisotope Techniques, Radiation Medicine, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Radiation Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, 1984.
DMRIT trainee, nuclear medicine Division Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 1978—1979. Research fellow, department hepatology Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, CHD, 1979—1980, research fellow, department cardiology, 1984—1985, senior demonstrator, department biophysics, 1985—1986. Lecturer, department biophysics Panjab University, 1986, reader, 1996, chairman, 2005—2008, professor, department biophysics, since 2006, coordinator, Nuclear Medicine Center, since 2010.
Consultant Master of Science biotechnology Panjab University, Chandigarh, since 1989, research officer hepatology department,1979-1980.
Member International Society Neurochemistry, Society Nuclear Medicine, Association Medical Physicists, Society Biological Chemists, Indian Biophysics Society, Indian Physics Association, Nutrition Society India, Society Biophysicists India (secretary since 1993), New York Academy of Sciences, Panjab University Teachers Association (executive member 1989, treasurer 1991), Chandigarh Club.
Married Kiran Deora, December 6, 1982.