• 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.