Background
Kakkar, Poonam was born on September 28, 1959 in Lucknow, Uttar Prad, India. Daughter of Baij Nath and Shakuntala Devi (Tandon) Kakkar.
Kakkar, Poonam was born on September 28, 1959 in Lucknow, Uttar Prad, India. Daughter of Baij Nath and Shakuntala Devi (Tandon) Kakkar.
Bachelor of Science, Lucknow University, 1978. Master of Science in Biochemistry, Lucknow University, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Kanpur (India) University, 1985.
Junior research fellow, Industrial Toxicol. Research Center, Lucknow, 1981-1983; senior research fellow, Industrial Toxicol. Research Center, Lucknow, 1983-1986; research associate, Industrial Technology Research Center, Lucknow, 1986-1987; scientist "B", Industrial Technology Research Center, Lucknow, 1987-1990; scientist "C", Industrial Technology Research Center, Lucknow, since 1990.
Member New York Academy of Sciences, International Society free Radical Research, Society of Biological Chemists of India.
Married Avinash Kakkar, April 16, 1982. Children: Vatsal, Archit.