Background
Bhan, Maharaj Kishan was born on November 9, 1947 in India.
Bhan, Maharaj Kishan was born on November 9, 1947 in India.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Post Graduate Institute Medical Research, Chandigarh, India. Doctor of Medicine in Pediatrics, Post Graduate Institute Medical Research, Chandigarh, India. Doctor of Science (honorary).
Professor department pediatrics All India Institute Medical Sciences. Secretary department biotechnology Indian Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, since 2004. Chairman national adaptation committee Integrated Management Child Health, India.
Chairman science advisory committee National Institute Nutrition, India. Chairman maternal and child health research Indian Council Medical Research. Chairman National task force on micronutrient policy, Committee Preparation of Strategy for Promotion of neonatal health in Southeast Asia.
Chairman task force on child health research World Health Organization, member technical advisory group, child and health division, member technical advisory group, child and adolescent health division, chairman science working group on clinical diarrheal disease research, 1989—1990. Member Task force on rotavirus vaccines, European Community Research Council Asia, 1995—1997. Member science and engineering research council Department of Science and Technology, India, member progressive advisory committee medical biology, India.
Member medical biotechnology board Indian Department Biotechnology. Member science advisory committee Indian Council Medical Research, National Institute Enteric Diseases and Cholera, India, Tuberculosis Research Center, India, National Institute Epidemiology, India. Member science advisory council International Center Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, India, 1991—1992, member international review board, 1989.
Member advisory group promotion of training and education in science in university system Government India, member immunization advisory board. Advisory Drug Regulatory Authority India. Board directors International Vaccine Institute, Republic of Korea.
He holds honorary Doctor of Science and is responsible for policy formulation and is Member of the Jury for nearly all major national science awards awarded by the Government of India.
Married Girija Bhan; 2 children.