Former PAU professor Dr Prabhat Kumar Saxena passes away
Ludhiana, September 20, 2021: Dr. Prabhat Kumar Saxena, retired Professor of Zoology and Ex Head, Department of Fisheries, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, PAU, Ludhiana breathed his last on 17.09.2021 due to sudden cardiac arrest at his native place Lucknow.
Anirudh Tiwari, Additional Chief Secretary (Development), Punjab and Vice Chancellor, PAU; Dr RS Sidhu, Registrar; Dr NS Bains, Director of Research and Dr JS Mahal, Director of Extension Education; Dr T.S. Riar, Additional Director Communication; deans, directors, additional directors, faculty, staff and students of PAU expressed their heartfelt condolences over the sudden demise.
Dr Neena Singla, Head, Department of Zoology, PAU informed that Dr Saxena joined PAU as Assistant Professor of Zoology in the Department of Zoology in 1972 after working in the Department of Entomology for five years.
“Besides being a great teacher, researcher and extension worker, Dr P. K. Saxena was a good human being, she said ''.
He was a thorough gentleman pulling on well with his colleagues and friends with an ever smiling face. After his retirement, he was living in Lucknow (U.P.). He is survived by his wife and three daughters.