Dr. A.K. Dhawan, Former Professor-cum-Head, Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana started his career an Assistant Entomologist in 1973. He has more than 302 research papers, 10 books, 22 chapters in books, 31 review articles and 121 research papers in national and international conference to his credit. He is a fellow of 4 professional societies, life members of 11 professional societies, referee of 7 scientific journals of entomology and acted as Vice President, Joint Secretary and Managing Editors in different professional societies. He is at present General Secretary of Indian Ecological Society and Society for Sustainable Cotton Production and is also Managing Editor of Indian Journal of Ecology. He participated in 8 international and 63 national workshops/conferences. He has won several awards including the ICAR Team award in "Insecticide Resistance Management in Cotton" and National Award for "Dissemination of IPM Technology Through Street Play" in 2004. He was awarded Role of Honour and Best Extension Worker Award in 2008 and 2010 by PAU, Ludhiana. He did a commendable work in transfer of technology on IPM of cotton recommended by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana among the cotton growers of Punjab.