Professor Diwan S Rawat, is a Vice Chancellor of Kumaun University from where he did his masters in 1993. After obtaining his Ph.D. from Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow he worked at Indiana University and Purdue University, USA as a postdoctoral fellow. He was an Assistant Professor for a short period of at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali and joined Delhi University in 2003. Prof. Rawat has published over 166 research papers, authored a book, five book chapters, and eleven patents to his credit. His research work has been cited over 7000 times with impressive h-index of 49 and i-10 index of 132. One of his compounds has entered Phase I clinical trials for the Parkinson treatment. Prof Rawat has supervised 27 PhD students. His Parkinson work has been published by NATURE COMMUNICATION. He was elected as President of Chemical Sciences Section of Indian Science Congress (2019-20) and he is a Visiting Professor at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Professor Rawat has supervised 27 PhD students.
