About the Book:

Dr. Dharmdeo N. Singh has earned a doctorate degree from the University of London in cytogenetics. After teaching at Patna University, Bihar, India, for a few years, he was invited by Yale University, New Haven, USA, on Sessil Fellowship for research. After thirty-three years of teaching and research in the USA, he retired from the Meharry Medical College, Nashville, as Professor and Director of the Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Science in 1996. He then joined the Indra Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, as a Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics.

Dr. Singh has published more than 250 research papers on cytogenetics and molecular genetic on human, animals and plants. He has also published four books on Humangentics and has contributed chapters to about a dozen books. For his scholarly pursuit Dr. Singh has received numerous recognitions from national and international bodies. He has also served on the editorial board of many national and international journals including the Indian Journal of Pediatrics.

After retirement Dr. Singh wrote two books on Hinduism: Hinduism: Basic Concepts, and A Study of Hinduism which were well received by the Hindu community in the USA and in India.