Prof. Praveen Sharma

Secretary

Former Professor and Head, Dean Research Biochemistry at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur.

Editor-in-chief, Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Prof. Praveen Sharma (MSc (Med), PhD (Med), FACBI, FAMS, FAACC) has more than 44 years’ experience of teaching Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine. Professor Sharma is an eminent Indian Biochemists, served as Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Dean Research at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India. He has over 250 research publications in various prestigious journals. and has an interest in Metabolic Syndrome, Atherosclerosis, Antioxidants, Metal Toxicity, and Lab Management. He has delivered Invited Lectures at various National and International Meetings. He has been ranked among top 2% in worldwide scientist from India, stated by Stanford University study (Updated science-wide author databases, Plos Biology, 2020).

He is a recipient of the G S Seth Medical College Oration Award (2004), Pattabiraman Oration Award (2010), Awadhesh saran memorial Oration Awards (2013), and A. J. Thakur-ACBI award (2015) for distinguished service and significant contribution to the field of Clinical Biochemistry. He has been awarded a merit award by Rajasthan Government in 2002.

He has been twice President of ACBI and is Fellow of the Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (FACBI), Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), and Fellow of American Academy of Clinical Chemistry (FAACC).

He is Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry (IJCB) and Chairman, Corporate Wing of ACBI. He has also served as a member of the Accreditation Committee of the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) and a NABL Assessor. Dr. Sharma is President of the Indian Society for Lead Awareness and Research (InSLAR) and Director of the National Referral Center of Lead Project India, Jodhpur.

He has served as member of IFCC-CCLM Committee (2016-2019) and is Chair of the IFCC- CCLM Committee (2019-till date).

He is Director on WASPaLM board for South East Asia (2020-till date).

He served as Chair Communication Committee of APFCB and Chief Editor of APFCB News (2010-2019) and Chair of the APFCB Committee on Congress and Conferences (2019-2022). Besides he has also organized the 15 th APFCB Congress 2019 from 17 th to 20 th November 2019 as Organizing Chairman at Jaipur.

Presently he is Secretary APFCB for the year 2023-2024.