Prof. Rajinder K Dhamija
Director, IHBAS
Prof. Rajinder K Dhamija MD DNB(Neuro) FRACP FRCP is an Australian-trained neurologist and the currently Professor of Neurology and Director Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences New Delhi India. He is MD from Medical College Rohtak (Haryana) . Thereafter He did his DNB(Neurology) From National Board of Medical Examinations New Delhi and FRACP from Melbourne Australia . He has received CCST(Eqv.) from Specialist Training Authority of Medical Royal Colleges (UK) and FRCP(London). He established Neurology Department at Lady Harding Medical College New Delhi and was Head of the Department till January 2022 before taking over as Director IHBAS. He is also an advisor for Royal College of Physicians (London) and has been invited to present his research and lecture at several international meetings in the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Morocco, Malaysia, Cameroon and Bhutan. Dr Dhamija was awarded Commonwealth academic fellowship in 2000 and 2003 and WHO fellowship in National Stroke Research Institute Melbourne Australia in 2004. He was also WHO fellow at National institute of Epidemiology in 2011.
Prof. Dhamija has been an expert /advisory member for several organizations including UPSC, J &K Public Service Commission, ICMR , UGC and Member National Task Force and Co Chair PG expert Group PG National Medical Commission . He has published more than 120 peer review research papers and book chapters. He has been DM (Neurology) Examiner for various universities including AIIMS Rishikesh, Delhi University, IP University , Rajasthan University of Health Sciences , Mahatma Gandhi university and SKIMS Srinagar. He is also Chair of Movement Disorders at World Federation of Neurorehabiltation (WFNR).
Prof. Dhamija was Addl. Personal Physician to Honble Prime Minister of India. He has received several awards and honors including 33rd S Radhakrishnan Memorial National Medical Teacher Award in 2017, Dr B C Bansal and Mrs. Uma Devi Oration in Clinical Medicine and National Award for Science Communication from Ministry of Science and Technology Govt of India.