IADVL UP

BHU Dermatology department became a centre of excellence in northern India under his guidance. He was elected National president of IADVL in 1975/76. His research work in the field of bacteriology of skin was acclaimed internationally . He also contributed large number of research papers in different fields of dermatology, leprosy and venereology in various international and national journals.

He has contributed chapters in various books and has also co-authored books for undergraduates and practitioners. He is at present the National Honorary General Secretary of IADVL. Other eminent members from UP are Professors S S Pandey, Lata Sharma, Sushil Chandra,R P Sharma, Lalit Mohan, S K Arora,Drs Suresh Talwar, R L Sah,B K Girdhar, Promod Agrawal, Ratan Singh, Sanjay Singh, Devesh Mishra, Abir Saraswat, Roopak Saxena, K N Saxena and others.

He published IJDVL abstracts(1961-1990) which were very useful for post graduates and research workers in the country. He has also contributed large number of chapters and co-authored books for undergraduates and practitioners.

Dermatology in Uttar Pradesh in early sixties was represented by Dr. K N Saxena (Agra), Dr. R N Gupta (Lucknow) and Dr. Jagdish Chandra (Kanpur). Dr. RN Gupta got the association (IADVL) registered at Lucknow in 1975. Dr. K N Saxena was the first in UP to start Diploma in Dermatology in 1964 at S N Medical college Agra. Prof. Gurmohan Singh established the department of Dermatology at BHU Varanasi and started postgraduation studies in 1972.