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((short description|Indian pharmaceutical chemist))
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((Infobox person
| name               = Harkishan Singh
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| birth_date         = ((Birth date|1928|11|25|df=y))
| birth_place        = Lyallpur District, India
| death_date         = ((Death date and age|2020|3|20|1928|11|25|df=y))
| nationality        = Indian
| education          = *B.Pharm. [[Panjab University]] (1950)
*M.Pharm. [[Banaras Hindu University]] (1952)
*Ph.D. [[Banaras Hindu University]] (1956)
| occupation         = Pharmaceutical Chemist
| notable_works      = ''Neuromuscular Blocker [[Candocuronium]] (Chandonium)''|
| spouse             = Mrs Gian Kaur
| partner            = 
| children           = Tript P Singh (son) Dr. Manjeet Kaur (daughter)
| parents            = 
| relatives          = Harinder S Panaser (son in law )
| awards             = Padma Shri (2017)
| honours            = *D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) [[University of the Sciences]] (2014)
*D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) [[Panjab University]] (2016)
| website            = [http://www.profharkishansingh.com/ www.profharkishansingh.com ]
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'''Harkishan Singh''' (25 November 1928 – 20 March 2020)<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/padma-shri-awardee-prof-harkishan-passes-away-59676 |title=Padma Shri awardee Prof Harkishan passes away |date=2020-03-23 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en |access-date=2020-03-28))</ref> was Professor Emeritus at the [[Panjab University]] ([[Chandigarh]], [[India]]). He was a well recognized pharmaceutical academic, medicinal chemistry researcher and science historian. He had more than half a century experience in his respective fields to his credit. He worked at the [[Banaras Hindu University]], University of Saugar, and the [[Panjab University]] in India, and abroad at the [[University of Maryland]], [[University of Mississippi]] and the [[University of London]].

His scientific research had been in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and natural products. Nearly 50 master and doctoral theses were completed under his supervision. There were published 125 original scientific research papers. 14 patents were obtained. His research group was successful in designing a clinically useful [[Muscle relaxant|skeletal muscle relaxant]], [[candocuronium iodide]] (INN) (chandonium iodide, HS-310), which is a synthetic [[azasteroid]]. Dr Singh lectured on his research at several of the institutions and conferences in India, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom and China. He had delivered invited lectures at the [[Harvard School of Medicine]] and at the International Symposium on Molecular Structure sponsored by the [[International Union of Crystallography]] at [[Beijing]].

As a science historian Professor Singh examined the history of pharmaceutical developments in India of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His history research studies were on pharmacopoeias and formularies, pharmaceutical education, pharmacy practice, biographies of pharmaceutical luminaries, and pharmaceutical journalism. He published over fifty articles.

In addition to his scientific and history research papers, Dr Singh authored and/or co-authored twelve books and nearly two dozen review articles, including several book chapters. He wrote extensively on educational, scientific, historical and professional issues. All told, his publications came to well over 300.

Professor Singh was on many academic, scientific, professional and governmental bodies. He was a member of the Committee on Education in Medicinal Chemistry of the [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry]] (IUPAC), which prepared the Report on the International Education of Medicinal Chemists (IUPAC Technical Reports Number 13; 1974).

His affiliations with several scientific and professional organizations included emeritus membership of the American Chemical Society, life memberships of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association and Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, and memberships of the American Institute of History of Pharmacy and British Society for History of Pharmacy.

Professor Harkishan Singh was the recipient of several scientific and professional awards and recognitions. He was a National Fellow of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. He was General President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress. He received Eminent Pharmacist Award of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association. Dr Singh's standing as historian was recognized through his election to the '''Académie Internationale d'Histoire de la Pharmacie'''. The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia conferred upon Professor Harkishan Singh the degree of [[Doctor of Science]] ([[Honoris Causa]]) in recognition of his distinguished academic career and outstanding contributions to scientific research in organic and medicinal chemistry and the history of pharmacy.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.usciences.edu/news/index.html|title=USciences Newsroom|website=University of the Sciences|access-date=20 February 2022))</ref>

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==Neuromuscular Blocker Candocuronium (Chandonium)==
A new neuromuscular blocker, initially named as Chandonium Iodide, was designed and synthesized by the research group of Professor Harkishan Singh at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. The pharmacological testing was carried out at the University at Strathclyde. The toxicity studies at the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, did not reveal any adverse effects. The clinical studies were also successfully completed through the CDRI. The proceedings of the symposium on the clinical testing on Chandonium Iodide were published in the Journal of Anesthesiology and Clinical Pharmacology, 10, 109–151 (1994). The drug was cleared by the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Ministry of Health]], [[Government of India]], for manufacturing and clinical use. [[The World Health Organization]] gave to the drug the INN designation Candocuronium Iodide. The drug is a potent non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker with short duration of action. The injections can be sterilized by autoclaving. The preparation can be stored at room temperature without any loss of activity.((Citation needed|date=May 2017))

==Career==
* Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, 1953–56
* Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Saugar, 1956–64
* Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pharmaceutical Chemistry,   University of Maryland, U.S.A., 1958–61 (on leave of absence from the University of Saugar)
* Reader in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Panjab University, 1964–72
* Visiting Professor and Research Fellow in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Mississippi, U.S.A.1967–68 (on leave of absence from the Panjab University)
* Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow, University of London, U.K., 1971–72 (on leave of absence from the Panjab University)
* Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Panjab University, 1972–88
* Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, 1976–81
* Dean, Alumni Relations, Panjab University, 1979–84
* Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, 1981–85
* Emeritus Fellow (University Grants Commission), Panjab University, 1989–92
* Professor Emeritus, Panjab University, since 2003

==Awards and honors==
* 1975 Annual Award of the Shri Amrut Mody Research Foundation
* President, Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Thirty-third Session (1981), Jaipur
* 1983 G. P. Srivastava Memorial Award, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, Nagpur
* 1984 Professor M. L. Khorana Lectureship, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Bombay
* National Fellow, University Grants Commission, 1985–87; the only pharmaceutical academic to get this honour
* 1987 Ranbaxy Research Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ranbaxy Research Foundation, New Delhi
* Elected Member, Academie Internationale d'Historie de la Pharmacie, 1995
* 1998 Schroff Memorial National Award, Indian Hospital Pharmacists' Association, New Delhi
* 1999 Eminent Pharmacist Award, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Bombay
* Lifetime Achievement Award, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, 2006
* Lifetime Achievement Award, Chandigarh Science Congress, 2007
* Shri Bhojraj Panjamool Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, Bangalore, 2007
* Lifetime Achievement Award, 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Banaras Hindu University, 2007
* Shri Ramanbhai B. Patel Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Mumbai, 2010
* Invited Lecture Delivered at Workshop on "Science in India in the 20th Century," Asiatic Society, Kolkata, 2011
* Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) conferred by the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 2014
* Lifetime Achievement Award, Punjab Academy of Sciences, Patiala, 2015
* Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) conferred by the Panjab University, Chandigarh, India., 2016
* [[Padma Shri]] in Medicine in Jan 2017 by Govt. Of India for his notable work.<ref>((cite news |title=In 2017, Padma Awards to honour unsung heroes of healthcare|url=http://medicaldialogues.in/in-2017-padma-awards-to-honour-unsung-heroes-of-healthcare/ |publisher=Medical Dialogues|date=27 January 2017 ))</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.profharkishansingh.com/ Profharkishansingh.com]

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