National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) - NAMS (India)

Prof. K.N. Sharma, FAMS
MD, FASc, FNA
Prof. K.N. Sharma is an excellent teacher, a first rate research worker with globally
acknowledged credentials, and a highly successful administrator who has effectively
contributed to the planning and development of medical institutions and hospitals.
With over 200 original scientific papers, 8 monographs, and chapter contributions in
important text books and internationally acknowledged publications to his credit, he is
widely known for his outstanding research work. Original research contributions have been
in the field of neurophysiology, behaviour and nutrition and have helped delineate
fundamental concepts and their clinical significance in the fields of feeding behaviour and
neural control systems, ecology of hunger and malnutrition, systems organization in
homeostatic motivations, and spatio-temporal delineation of neuro-humoral events linked
nociceptors, pain mechanisms and managements.
He has developed a method for chronic electrode implantation in peripheral nerves in freely
moving animals and this is being successfully used the world over. The method has opened a
new field of analyzing information transfer and has considerable applied and clinical
significance particularly in the fields of sensory systems, emotions and visceral control.
With his teaching spanning over five decades both in India and abroad (USA, UK, Germany,
Russia, Libya, Nepal), he has been actively involved in medical education (need based
teaching-learning and assessment strategies), development of innovative teaching methods,
and medical curriculum development in India (Univ. of Delhi, MCI, RGUHS, Bangalore
Univ.) and abroad (Nepal, Libya).
He has been a recipient of several National and International Awards such as: ICMR Award,
Amrut Mody National Award for Basic Medical Sciences, CSIR, Gen. S.L. Bhatia Oration,
Anokhin Medal (USSR Academy of Medical Sciences), Sechenov Medal (USSR Academy
of Science) in neurophysiology, Bicentenary Award (1 st Moscow Medical Institute, USSR),
Indian Science Congress Platinum Jubilee Oration, M.M. Basu and P.C. Mahalanobis
Orations; Kamala B.K. Anand International Award in Neurosciences, ‘Suprabal Dakshin
Bahu’ Civilian Award by Govt. of Nepal for outstanding contributions to medical education
and research; Professor of International Health, University of Minnesota Medical School in
recognition of valuable contributions to international Medical Education and Research; 6 th
National Institute of Mental Health Oration, Bangalore, Life time achievement Award,
APPICON, JIPMER, Pondicherry, Academician of International Academy of Sciences
(International Council of Scientific Development)
Area of specialization: Neurophysiology
Address: C-195, Ram Prastha Colony, Delhi-U. P. Border Road, Ghaziabad Res: 2623318,
2628318, drkns@msrsas.org, drsharmakn@yahoo.com
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