Background
Bhargava, Pushpa Mittra was born on February 22, 1928 in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Son of Ram Chandra and Gayatri Devi Bhargava.
Bhargava, Pushpa Mittra was born on February 22, 1928 in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Son of Ram Chandra and Gayatri Devi Bhargava.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics Lucknow University, 1944. Master of Science in Organic Chemistry, Lucknow University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Lucknow University, 1949.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Burdwan, 1988.
Lecturer chemistry, Lucknow U. lecturer chemistry, Osmania U., Hyderabad, India research fellow, Regional Research Laboratory, Hyderabad project associate, McArdle Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison special Wellcome research fellow, National Institute Medical Research, London with staff, Regional Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, 1958-1977; Eleanor Roosevelt International Cancer Research fellow, Institute du Radium, Paris, 1971-1972; director, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Council Science Industrial Research, Hyderabad, 1977-1990; distinguished fellow, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Council Science Industrial Research, Hyderabad, 1990-1993. Life fellow Clare Hall, Cambridge, England, 1986. Visiting professor College de France, Paris, 1992.
Fellow National Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy (B.N. Chopra award 1989), National Academy Medical Sciences (India), World Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Bio-chemical Society (United Kingdom), Society for Study Reproduction (foreign), American Association for Cancer Research, American Fertility Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Biological Chemists India (past president), Guha Research Conference (founder), Indian Immunology Society, Indian Association for Cancer Research, Association biomedical Scientists, Indian Society for Chronobiology, Indian Academy Social Sciences (past pres), Association for Promotion DNA Fingerprinting and Other DNA Technologies (past president).
Married Edith Manorama Patrick, August 11, 1958. Children: Vaneeta, Mohit.