Kanwal Preet Kochar

Background

Kochar, Kanwal Preet was born on January 7, 1960 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Daughter of Jaswani Singh Kohli and Amrit Kaur Sodhi.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery with honors, Rohtak Medical College, India, 1982. Doctor of Medicine, All India Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy, All India Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1998.

Career

Assistant research officer All India Institute Medical Sciences, 1983, junior resident, 1984, junior demonstrator, 1985-1988, senior demonstrator, 1988-1993, assistant professor, 1993-1998, associate professor, since 1998. Chief investigator Ethics and Attitudes to Medicine, since 1993.

Achievements

• Kanwal Preet Kochar has been listed as a noteworthy physiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Jt. secretary Indian Drs. for Peace and Development, since 1997. Member Hindi Science Council, 1996. Member All India Bioethics Association (vice president since 1998), Medical Research Society United Kingdom, International Bioethics Network, New York Academy of Sciences.

Interests

• Classical indian music, reading, crosswords puzzles, interior design, english literature.

Connections

Married Gurinder Singh Kochhar, August 21, 1983. 2 children.