Lachman Das Kapoor

Background

Lachman Das Kapoor was born on September 27, 1916 in Muzaffarabad, India. Son of Bhagwan Das and Janki (Devi) Kapoor.

Education

Lachman graduated from Punjab University with a B.Sc. in 1937. Then he received from Banaras Hindu University his M.Sc. in 1940. He also earned from London School of Pharmacy, London his Ph.D. in 1958.

Career

Lachman worked as an exploitation officer for the survey and collection of forest products at Forest Department of Jammu and Kashmir, Baramulla, India in 1942-1944. He was also a botanist at Drug Research Laboratory of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu, India from 1944 to 1955. Kapoor worked as senior assistant director at CSIR, Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu from 1958 until 1964, then at CSIR, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India as deputy director in 1964-1976. He retired in 1976. Moreover, he was a consulting scientist to Lupin Laboratories, Baidyanath Ayurved Pharmaceuticals, and Mehta Pharmaceuticals.

Achievements

• He won prize from the president of India in 1972 for the invention of a “new apparatus for attars and perfumed waters”.

Works

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  • Opium Poppy: Botany, Chemistry, and Pharmacology
  • CRC Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
  • Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants: Herbal Reference Library

Membership

Lachman was a member of the American Society of Pharmacognosy (fellow), Indian Association of Science (fellow; life member).

Interests

• The culture of herbs, Urdu poetry

Connections

Lachman married Prakash Nagpal on February 23, 1943. The couple had 3 children: Suman Kapoor Virmani (daughter), Anil (son), Ashish (son).

Father:

Bhagwan Das Kapoor

Mother:

Janki (Devi) Kapoor

Spouse:

Prakash Nagpal

Daughter:

Suman Kapoor Virmani

Son:

Anil Kapoor

Son:

Ashish Kapoor