Background
Malhotra, Om Prakash was born on March 12, 1929 in Multan, Panjab, Pakistan. Son of Ram Chand and Ishwar Devi (Sehgal) Malhotra.
Malhotra, Om Prakash was born on March 12, 1929 in Multan, Panjab, Pakistan. Son of Ram Chand and Ishwar Devi (Sehgal) Malhotra.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1949; Master of Science with honors, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1957; Doctor rerum naturalium, Freiburg (Germany) University, 1959.
Lecturer Banaras Hindu University, 1951-1961, reader, 1961-1971, professor chemistry, biochemistry, 1971-1994, head chemistry, 1974-1978, head biochemistry, 1984-1986, coordinator biotechnology, 1986-1989. Guest professor Technology University, Lyngby, Denmark, 1984-1985, Konstanz (Germany) University, 1994-1995. Visiting professor University Oregon, Eugene, 1979-1980.
Fellow National Academy of Sciences India.
Married Mohini Vaswani, February 5, 1957. Children: Ajai, Neelam, Varsha.