Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar
The Lord Kakkar | |
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Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission | |
Assumed office 3 October 2016 | |
Preceded by | Christopher Stephens |
Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission | |
In office 1 October 2013 – 25 October 2018 | |
Preceded by | The Lord Jay of Ewelme |
Succeeded by | The Lord Bew |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 22 March 2010 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ajay Kumar Kakkar 28 April 1964 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | None (crossbencher) |
Alma mater | King's College London Imperial College London |
Ajay Kumar Kakkar, Baron Kakkar, KBE, PC (born 28 April 1964) is professor of surgery at University College London.
Early life and education
Ajay Kakkar was born in 1964 in Dartford, to professor of vascular surgery Vijay Kakkar and his wife, a consultant anaesthetist.[1]
He was educated at Alleyn's School before gaining admission to King's College London, where he gained at first a bachelor's degree in pharmacology in 1985 and then a medical degree in 1988.[citation needed] Subsequently, he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by Imperial College London: his doctoral thesis was submitted in 1998 and was titled "Tissue factor, thrombin generation and cancer".[2]
Son of Professor of vascular surgery Vijay Kakkar, pioneer in the use of low-molecular weight heparin therapy,[3] he followed in his footsteps as a surgeon and medical researcher.[citation needed]
Career
Kakkar is Chair of King's Health Partners, the Academic Health Science Centre,[4] Director of the Thrombosis Research Institute,[5] London, and lectures and publishes widely on his specialism. He has worked with the NHS on its strategy to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE).[citation needed]
He is a Commissioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, chair of the Board of Governors at Alleyn's School,[6] Dulwich, and a Trustee of the Dulwich Estate.[citation needed]
Kakkar was created a life peer on 22 March 2010 as Baron Kakkar, of Loxbeare in the County of Devon,[7] and introduced in the House of Lords the same day.[8] He sits on the crossbenches.[citation needed]
He was Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission from 2013 to 2018.[9][10][11]
Kakkar has been noted for his work promoting British business as an ambassador for the United Kingdom. He has taken 11 trips in 2014 to promote business relations.[12]
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to healthcare and for public service.[13]
Arms
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References
- ^ "European Perspectives". Circulation. 123 (5): f25–f30. 8 February 2011. doi:10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182044d5c.
- ^ Kakkar, Ajay Kumar (1998). Tissue factor, thrombin generation and cancer. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Hagerty, James R. (18 November 2016). "Vijay Kakkar Helped Prevent Deadly Blood Clots During Surgery". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "King's Health Partners News".
- ^ Thrombosis Research Institute Archived 23 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Alleyn's School". Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ "No. 59372". The London Gazette. 25 March 2010. p. 5233.
- ^ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords, Westminster (22 March 2010). "Lords Hansard text for 22 March 2010". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords, Westminster (22 March 2010). "Lords Appointments". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "Message from the Chairman". House of Lords Appointments Commission. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010.
- ^ "House of Lords Appointment Commission". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Revealed: the business men selling the UK to the world". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3186.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- People educated at Alleyn's School
- Alumni of King's College London
- Fellows of King's College London
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- Crossbench life peers
- People's peers
- English surgeons
- British politicians of Indian descent
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- English people of Punjabi descent
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Dartford
- Academics of University College London
- Life peers created by Elizabeth II