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Dr Manjeet Kaur & H S Panesar institute award

in memory of Professor Harkishan Singh

Dr Manjeet Kaur presenting the award certificate Dr Manjeet Kaur and Mr. Panaser with the M Pharma Awardee and her two supervisors

OUR BUREAU Harkishan Singh was a PhD from Prof. Singh played a dominant Dr. Manjeet Kaur also launched
Banaras Hindu University, India, and role in establishing and structuring along with her husband, H S Panas-
Chandigarh/New York, NY
DSc from the University of Sciences, NIPER (National Institute of Phar- er, and daughters, Ajooni, and Alicia
n the 95th birthday of her late Pennsylvania, USA and Punjab Uni- maceutical Education and Research) Kaur “Professor Harkishan Singh
father, November 25th, 2023, versity, Chandigarh, India. He was at SAS Nagar, Punjab, India under Foundation Corporation” from USA,
ODr. Manjeet Kaur initiated Padma Shri, Emeritus, Educator, Government of India (MOCF). Prof. to provide Scholarships/Awards to
along with her husband, H S Panas- Author, Historian, Researcher and Harkishan Singh Archival Collection students in need, honoring a pioneer
er, and daughters, Ajooni, and Alicia Humanitarian. is located at NIPER. Here you can in Pharmaceutical Education. Man-
Kaur, the “Professor Harkishan Singh Professor Singh published 125 find the history of 1713 Volumes on jeet has declared two lifetime scholar-
High Impact Research Publication original scientific research papers, Pharmaceutical developments in In- ships/ Awards at Punjab University for
Award” for an M. Pharm student, at with 14 patents. He was successful in dia from the last couple of centuries. B.Phrama and M.Pharma respectively.
the University Institute of Pharma- designing the drug Candocuronium All Pharmacy history is available here The event was held at the Gold-
ceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab Uni- Iodide (INN) (Chandonium Iodide, under one roof. en Jubilee Hall at Punjab University
versity, Chandigarh, India. HS-310), a synthetic azasteroid. It is A nonagenarian, Professor which was attended by 125 plus at-
Panjab University is the very insti- rare that a new drug gets discovered Singh’s contribution in chronicling tendees from different parts of India
tute where Professor Harkishan Singh in the precincts of a university. He the History of Pharmacy in India, is and abroad. Many attendees also
was affiliated from the date he joined had over 350 publications including unparalleled. Today his legacy lives on visited NIPER to view Prof. Harkis-
it in 1964 till the last week of his life, in 19 books to his credit. He was rec- in our hearts as a benevolent mentor. han Singh Archival Collections. The
March 2020. ognized through his election to the He will always be nostalgically remem- family thanks UIPS faculty members
The Doyen of Pharmaceutical Academie Internationale d’ Histoire bered as a very respected figure who for helping us launch the two-lifetime
Education and Research, Professor de la Pharmacie. reaped posterity for eons to come. scholarship/awards in his name.

Dr Jagat Motwani, breathes his last, at 97

ounding member of GOPIO, Dr Motwani this end, he was a Founding Member of the Global
stood out for his deep dedication to the In- Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)
Fdian Diaspora community for 4 long decades. and served as its Secretary General from 1996 to
Dr Jagat Motwani, lived a long and fulfilling 2004. He was a Co-Convener of the First Global
life and breathed his last on December 27 at the Convention of People of Indian Origin held in 1989
age of 97 in Long Island, New York. A Fulbright in New York City where GOPIO was formed. He
scholar, professor and social worker, he worked for served as official of several community organizations
the City of New York Health Services prior to his including Heart and Hand for the Handicapped,
retirement. Other than his professional contribu- Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), Nation-
tions, he stood out for his deep dedication to the al Federation of Indian-American Associations
Indian Diaspora community for 4 long decades. (NFIA). Dr. Motwani was one of the initiators of
Dr. Motwani was born in 1926 in Mehar, a the First India Day Parade in New York City in 1981.
town in the outskirts of Karachi, Sindh prior to He arrived in US in 1970 with an American He wrote several books on the Indian Diaspora.
the partition of India. He subsequently moved to Dream. He attained his PhD from Fordham Uni- A globetrotter, he traveled to several coun-
Gujarat, India where he studied and taught at the versity in 1986. He was devoted to keeping his Indi- tries, to interact with people of Indian origin. Dr.
University of Baroda and also completed his Mas- an heritage alive in the US. Dr. Motwani worked to Motwani lived a full life and believed in making the
ters in Economics and Social Work. unite people of Indian origin around the world. To most of every moment.

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