Sukhdev Raj Bawa

Background

Bawa, Sukhdev Raj was born on December 25, 1929 in Lahore, Punjab, India. Son of Bhagat Ram and Lajwanti (Kaur) Bawa. came to the United States, 1958.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Panjab U., India, 1949; Master of Science with honors, Panjab U., India, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Panjab U., India, 1954.

Career

Assistant professor department Zoology, Panjab U., Chandigarh, India, 1954-1958; founding chairman, professor biophysics, Panjab U., Chandigarh, India, 1964-1992; dean, foreign students, Panjab U., Chandigarh, India, 1985-1987; lecturer department zoology, Columbia University, New York City, 1958-1959; Boese postdoctoral research fellow department zoology, Columbia University, New York City, 1959-1960; population county research fellow, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1960-1961; biomedical research fellow department anatomy, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1960-1961; instructor department anatomy, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1961-1963; honorary research fellow department zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1961; electronmicroscopist David Axelrod Institute, Wadsworth Center for laboratories and Research, New York State Department Health, Albany, New York, since 1995. Principal investigator Indian Council of Medical Research, 1967-1969. Visiting research zoologist University of California, Los Angeles, 1969.

Visiting research scientist Institute Zoology, U.Siena, Italy, 1972. Visiting professor Institute Biophysics, U. Saarlandes, Homburg, 1976, 77, Downstate Medical Center, New York City, 1979-1980, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1986. Visiting scientist Worcester Foundation Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1980-1981.

Honorary professor of University Wisconsin, Madison, 1981. Member Standing Advisory Committee on Biophysics, University Grants Commission, Government India, 1983-1988, national lecturer, 1985-1986. Guest professor of University Saazlandes, Homburg, 1987.

Advisor electron microscope laboratories, Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Center, Panjab U., 1983-1988, coordinator Biotechnology Center, 1986-1988. Adjunct faculty Columbia Greene Community College, Hudson, New York, 1993. Visiting instructor State University of New York, Cobleskill, 1994.

Achievements

• Sukhdev Raj Bawa has been listed as a noteworthy Electronmicroscopist, biomedical researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Electron Microscope Society of India (vice president 1983-1986, president 1986-1993), Indian Biophysical Society (secretary 1986-1988), Northern India Science Association (founding secretary 1966-1993).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, travel, photography, cooking.

Connections

Married Sudesh Bhalla, November 29, 1954. Children: Renu Kallianpur, Raj Bawa, Rubina Bawa.

Father:

Bhagat Ram Bawa

Mother:

Lajwanti (Kaur) Bawa

Spouse:

Sudesh Bhalla

child:

Rubina Bawa

child:

Renu Kallianpur Bawa

child:

Raj Bawa