Dr. Rajendra Prasad Takhar is the holder of a Postgraduate degree(MD) in Respiratory Medicine awarded to him by the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences,Jaipur, India. He completed his MBBS with First class from University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Government Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan, India.

Interests are; Tuberculosis epidemiology and pathogenesis, Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease and Bronchial Asthma, Interstitial Lung Diseases . His work involves extensive collaboration with colleagues from other disciplines, including; infectious diseases, microbiology, molecular biology, and public health.