Shekhar Saxena

Background

Saxena, Shekhar was born on June 24, 1956 in Bareilly, India. Son of Shiv Sahay and Kamla Devi Saxena.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Bhopal U., India, 1973; Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Science, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1977; Doctor of Medicine, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1981; DAB with distinction, Institute of Psychiatry, London, 1989.

Career

Resident, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1979-1981, 82-84; lecturer, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1984-1985; assistant professor, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1985-1986; associate professor, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1986-1990; additional professor, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, since 1990. Official development assistance fellow Institute Psychiatry, London, 1988-1989. Medical officer World Health Organization, Geneva, 1995-1996.

Achievements

• Certified Medical Council India.

Membership

Fellow Indian Psychiatric Society. Member Indian Association Social Psychiatry (executive county since 1994, G.C. Boral award 1990), American Psychiatric Association, Royal College Psychiatrists London.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, photography.

Connections

Married Abha Saxena, March 4, 1982. Children: Shubhra, Shreya.

Father:

Shiv Sahay

Mother:

Kamla Devi Saxena

Spouse:

Abha Saxena

child:

Shreya Saxena

child:

Shubhra Saxena