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For the past couple of years, Dr Kundan Singh Dhillon, formerly head, Department of Pharmacology at the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences and his student Dr Jasmer Singh Khagoora, former head, Department of Parasitology, have been working on the impact of trace elements like zinc and copper on human neurological system.
On the basis of various research papers published in the American Biographical (ABI), a Washington-based institute had recommended the name of Dr Dhillon for the coveted Man of the Year award.
Closely following his teacher, Dr Khagoora has made his name to the Hall of Fame for the Distinguished Accomplishments at Raleigh, North Carolina, ANI Headquarters, where an enlarged photograph of Dr Khangoora will be displayed.
The teacher-student duo has till date published nearly 20 research papers of international repute on issues covering migraine, role of zinc in ischemic cardian injury and various neurological degenerative disorders like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and also diseases like mastitis and Napier grass poisoning in cattle.
Talking about the award, Dr Dhillon said, “It is the American Biographical Institute that recommends the names of the scientists and I am probably the first one from this part of the country. Our work on the role of zinc on human neurological system has been appreciated worldwide.”
On his shift from veterinary sciences to human sciences, Dr Dhillon said, “I am a pharmacologist. Hence, the elements that we need in our system — be it human or animal — remain more or less the same.” Dr Dhillon adds, “Earlier, we used to get traces of zinc, copper, selenium in our diet from grains, which in turn took it from soil. In the present time, due to extensive use of chemicals, it has adversely affected the health of the soil. As a result of this, we no longer get these useful metals in our diet. Thus, we need to take them artificially. All the vitamin supplements that are available these days have zinc in them.”
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