Dr Kailash Nath Agarwal obtained the MBBS degree from Lucknow University (1959), the DCH at Delhi University (1961), PhD at Uppsala (1965) and MD at Delhi University (1969). He was Director of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (1990-93) and Dean of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi (1994). Between 1994 and 2002 he served as Professor of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences (Delhi University), Delhi .