Professor SD Seth: A Tribute

摘要

Professor Shiv Dayal Seth was born in Agra in 1937, did his MBBS from SN Medical College, Agra, and his MD in Pharmacology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. After a brief stint as an Assistant Professor in Ludhiana at Dayanand Medical College, he joined AIIMS as an Assistant Professor in 1965. He became a Professor and later the head of the department in 1993. He was also elected unopposed as the President of the Indian Pharmacological Society. He was a member of several prestigious committees such as the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Geneva, Drugs Technical Advisory Board, Investigational New Drug Committee, National Pharmacovigilance Steering Committee, and other committees of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, and the Ministry of Health.