Background
Srivastava, P. N. was born on July 1, 1927 in Basti, India.
Srivastava, P. N. was born on July 1, 1927 in Basti, India.
Master of Science, University Allahabad, India, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Allahabad, India, 1951. Doctor of Science (honorary), Kanpur University, India, 1995.
Assistant professor University Allahabad, 1951-1961. Associate professor University Rajasthan, Jaipor, India, 1961-1966, professor India, 1966-1975, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1975-1987, rector, 1977-1979, 81-82, vice chancellor, 1982—1987, professor emeritus. Member planning commission Minister of State, India.
Visiting professor Thomas Jefferson Medical University, Philadelphia, 1979, Institute Nuclear Medicine, Julich, Germany, 1992, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1975-1976, Pasteur Institute Medical Research, Kyoto, 1997, Osaka University, Japan, 2001-2003. Research associate, visiting scientist Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1958-1960, Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, 1961, National Institute Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan, 1963, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Paterson Laboratories and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, United Kingdom, 1965, Italian Atomic Energy Agency, Casaccia, 1969, Kyoto University. President section zoology, entomology and fisheries Indian Science Congress, 1977.
President International Council of Scientific Development, Heidelberg, Germany, 1989-1994. General president Indian Science Congress, 1993-1994. Member steering committee for establishment of Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, All India Council for Technology Education.
Chairman committee for development of National Science University. Member steering committee for establishment of Asian Association Universities United Nations Educational, member administrative board International Association Universities, Paris, 1985-1990, 90-95, planning board, 1990-1995. Chairman board governors, vice president, Chest Institute, Delhi University, 2001, chancellor, Manipur Central University, Imphal, since 2006.
Fellow Indian National Science Academy (executive committee, treasurer, Arybhata Gold medal), National Academy of Sciences (executive committee, vice president, president section biological science 1978), National Academy Medical Sciences, Royal Microscopical Society, Linnean Society United Kingdom. Member New York Academy of Sciences (foreign), Indian Society Radiation Biology (founding president 1988-1990), Indian Science Society Values (president 1992-1995, 95-98), International Association Hyperthermic Oncology, Japenese Society Promotion of Science.
Son of Srivastava and Chandrawati Devi. Married Rani Gaur (deceased). Children: Anil, Anita, Archana, Aparna.