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                       (Professor Emeritus, J.N.U., New Delhi & Chairman,

                   Governing Body, V.P. Chest Institute, Delhi University, Delhi.) 

Prof. P. N. Srivastava received his M. Sc. (First Class First) and D. Phil. degrees from the University of Allahabad.  He has done his advanced research work in many universities and research institutions of USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy and Japan.  He has also been awarded D.Sc. degree (honoris causa) by universities of India and Japan.  He has been Visiting Professor in various universities of USA, Germany and Japan.    

 He had been elected to the Fellowship of almost all the major academies of India including Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medical Sciences.  Academies in U.K. and U.S.A. (Royal Society of Microscopical Society, U. K., Linnaean Society of London and Member (by invitation) of New York Academy of Science) too have elected him as Fellow.  He had also held the position of Vice-President of the National Academy of Science and Indian National Science Academy. 

            He had been President of the Biological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences; President of the Section of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries of the Indian Science Congress; President of the International Council of Scientific Development, Heidelberg, Germany; President of the Society for Scientific Values; President of the Indian Society of Developmental Biology; Founder President of the Indian Society of Radiation Biology; General President of the Indian Science Congress and Chairman of the Advisory Council, Science Olympiad Foundation. 

            Among the numerous awards that he received include Aryabhata Medal of the Indian National Science Academy, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries Award, J.C. Bose Award of the U.G.C., Atma Ram Award of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Goyal Foundation Award as well as Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Japan, Gold  Medal, Japanese National Academy of Medical Sciences Medal, and Award of Highest honour from Soka International University, Tokyo, Japan and Sir Asutosh Mookerjee Gold Medal as well as Nehru Birth Centenary Award for life-time achievement of the Indian Science Congress Association. 

            He had been the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1982-87) and Member of the Planning Commission, Government of India (1987-90).  He has been the Chairman of the Post-Graduate Medical Institute, V. P. Chest Institute of Delhi University since 2000.

            He played an active role in the formulation of the National Policy of Education, 1986 and as a Member of the Planning Commission was instrumental in introducing the Naovodaya Vidyalaya Scheme; Establishment of the National Literacy Mission; and getting a 166 page national policy document “India’s Population and Perspectives” prepared and presented before the Parliamentary Committee chaired by the Prime Minister.          

            He had been invited as “guest of honour at the 51^st Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners in Lindau”, 2001.  He had been responsible for getting an Indian team of twenty young scientists participate in the above meeting as well as in future meetings. This would give a unique opportunity to the young scientists to interact with the Nobel Laureates for a week each year.

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