Harpinder Singh Chawla is an Indian dental surgeon, medical researcher and writer, known for his work in pediatric dentistry. Born on 15 March 1945 to Sukhdev Singh and Iqbal Kaur Chawla in

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

, the temple town in the Indian state of

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, he graduated in Dentistry from the Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar in 1967. He did his post graduation in the speciality of pedodontics and preventive dentistry from the same college in 1970. He joined Institute of Medical Education and Research in 1970.He started his career as a registrar at the

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is a public medical university in Chandigarh, India. It is an 'Institute of National Importance'. It has educational, medical research, and training facilities for its studen ...

(PGIMER),

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in 1970 and worked in several capacities such as lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor and professor and is the incumbent Head of the ''Oral Health Science Center'' of PGIMER. Chawla is known to have been involved in medical research and has published his research findings as several articles in peer reviewed journals. He is a former president of the Asian Academy of Preventive Dentistry and a member and elected Fellow of the

National Academy of Medical Sciences National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), better known by its acronym, NAMS, is a nodal agency under the Government of India, which acts as an advisory body to the Government in matters related to National Health Policy and Planning and as a ...

(NAMS) as well as the Indian Society Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, in 2007, for his contributions to Indian medicine.He was also bestowed with the Punjab Ratan in 2006 He is married to Kiran Chaudhary and the couple has a son and a daughter.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chawla, Harpinder Singh Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine 1945 births People from Amritsar district Medical doctors from Punjab, India Indian dentists Indian medical researchers Indian medical writers Indian medical academics Living people Punjabi people Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences Academic staff of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

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