Dr.Versha Katira has to her credit over 40 years of teaching experience in the field of Anatomy. After obtaining her MBBS degree from Government Medical College, Patiala, Dr. Katira worked as a demonstrator (anatomy) at MLN Medical College, Allahabad. Soon followed were stints at GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, and LLRM Medical College, Meerut where she made steady career progressions from Associate Professor to Head. Dr. Katira later joined Christian Medical College, Ludhiana as Professor where she played a very instrumental role in setting up a genetics laboratory for chromosome culture from lymphocytes. Following this was a stint as Professor and Head and later, Vice Principal at Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad where she was responsible for setting up the Anatomy Department and organized various workshops on for endoscopic sinus surgery on cadavers. Even in retirement, Dr. Katira refuses to call it a day and today she serves as HOD of the Department of Anatomy, Harsaran Dass Dental College, Ghaziabad.
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Basics of Human Genetics is the thoroughly revised, updated and enlarged edition of the popular textbook,designed to cater to the needs of all undergraduate students of medical,dental,nursing and paramedical courses. The book follows a cohesive approach of illustration along with the basics of genetics on various relevant aspects like cytogenetics, molecular, biochemical and clinical genetics, common genetic disorders, etc. to make students understand the important underlying concepts.</span><br></p>
