Organiser- WIROC 2016 (Annual Conference of the BOS-Bombay Orthopaedic Society)
Invited Faculty to Sweden- October 7th to 9th, 2016 – Swedish Whiplash Society to give 4 lectures
Convener –MIS-BOS Spine Course [Cadaveric Workshop & Live Demo], Mumbai June 3-4 2016
Organizing Secretary – MISSICON 2015, Mumbai.
Organised ‘Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Workshop‘ – at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai – 17th & 18th May 2013 – Lectures, Mechanical Cadaveric Workshop and Live Surgeries.
Elected as Executive Council Member of BOS (Bombay Orthopaedic Society) at BOS 2013 AGM.
Elected as Executive Council Member of ASSI at ASSICON 2013 AGM.
Convener – Pre-Conference Spine Workshop, December – WIROC 2012.
Awarded ‘Outstanding Young Achiever Award’ by JCI (Junior Chambers International), Marine Drive, Mumbai for 2012.
Organised ‘Advanced Lumbar Spine Techniques – 2ndst Annual Spine Workshop’ – with Conference Theme on ‘Minimal Access Spine Surgery’ – ‘Live Demonstration of MIS-TLIF and Microendoscopic Discectomy and Conference’ at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai -14th & 15th April 2012.
Elected AO SPINE Delegate from Western India – November 2011.
Honoured by ‘Akhila Bharatiya Rigved Brahmin Sangha, Mumbai’ for contribution to the society, November 2011.
Organised ‘Advanced Lumbar Spine Techniques – 1st Annual Spine Workshop’ – ‘Live Demonstration of Total Lumbar Disc Replacement and Microendoscopic Decompression’ at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai in May 2011 under the auspices of AO Spine.
Editor-Spine section, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics (IJO) 2010-2011.
Invited to speak on ‘Spinal Surgery – An Overview‘ by IMA – Gokak Branch on the 28th of June 2008.
Invited to speak on ‘New Advances in Spinal Surgery‘ by IMA – Mumbai Branch on the 8th of June 2008.
Advisor on ‘Spinal Issues and Problems‘ for NDTV.
Performed the First Prodisc-L Lumbar Disc Replacement in the country at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai in February 2008 (Appeared in LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2009).
Invited to speak on ‘New Advances in Spinal Surgery‘ by ‘Somawar Mandal – Senior Citizen’s Club’, Bandra – East Mumbai on the 10th December 2007.
Invited to speak on ‘New Horizons in Spinal Surgery‘ by Maharastra Orthopaedic Nursing Association at SP Jain Auditorium, Bombay Hospital on the 4th of September, 2007.
Honoured by the Indo-American Society, Mumbai on the 24th of August 2007 for the pioneering effort in introducing ‘Artificial Disc Replacement’ to the city of Mumbai.
Pioneer in the field of ‘Artificial Disc Replacement‘ in Mumbai. Performed the first ever ‘Artificial Lumbar Disc Replacement’ in Mumbai on the 6th of July 2007.
Invited as ‘Guest Editor’ for the Journal Neurology India – Spinal Supplement isuue – December 2005 edition.
Selected for the prestigious ‘St George Hospital [Sydney, Australia] Clinical Fellowship in Spine’ starting December 2004.
Selected for the prestigious ‘National University Hospital [Singapore] Clinical Fellowship in Spine’ starting September 10th, 2003 (15 months) under the supervision of Prof. Hee-Kit Wong.
Selected for the prestigious ‘Neuro-Spine fellowship’ conducted by Dr Atul Goel (the pioneer of C1-C2 lateral mass fixation), Head of Department, Neurosurgery Department, KEM Hospital and Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai.
Awarded the ‘Gopalkrishnan Fellowship in Arthroscopy’ by the Indian Arthroscopy Society.
Secured 17th rank for the country in the All India Post Graduate Entrance Examination, 1997.
Secured 94th rank for the state in the Common Medical Entrance Test, Karnataka Board 1990.
National Merit Scholarship for securing 69th rank at the state level in the Karnataka S.S.L.C. Examinations in 1988.
