PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

M.B.B.S. - Tirunelveli Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India [Madurai Kamaraj University]-September 1984 to April 1989.

MD [Internal medicine] - Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India [Panjab

University], January 1992-December 1994.

DM [Neurology] - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciencesand Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, January 1997-December 1999.

FRACP- Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians Feb 2008

FRCP- Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (2016)

FESO- Fellow of European Stroke Organization (2016)

FWSO-Fellow of World Stroke Organisation (2018)

FNAMS-Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (2019)

DETAILED PRACTICING HISTORY

PRESENT POSITION

1. PRINCIPAL, CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, LUDHIANA SINCE APRIL 2018

2. CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY, CMC Ludhiana

2011 till March 2018

3.  DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, Christian Medical

College, Ludhiana

[September 2014-2017]

4. PROFESSOR AND CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST, Department of Neurology, Christian  Medical  College [CMC], Ludhiana,  Punjab, India, 141008

[December 20th 2007 onwards]

5. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST, Department of

Neurology, Christian Medical College [CMC], Ludhiana, Punjab, India, 141008 [October 15th 2007 till December 19th 2007]

6. STROKE/NEUROLOGY FELLOW – [from March 17th 2004 till October 2007] Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and  Women’s Hospital, Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia,  4029.

7. TEACHING EXPERIENCE AS A STROKE FELLOW I had an ACADEMIC TITLE as “SENIOR LECTURER” in SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CENTRAL CLINICAL DIVISION, ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN‟S HOSPITAL, And FACULTY OFHEALTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, from 25th November 2004 onwards. I used to teach first year and 3rd year medical students both basic clinical medicine and neurology. I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN CONDUCTING THE PROBLEM BASEDLEARNING OF STROKE for the 3rd year medical students.

8. CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST [1stJanuary 2000 till 16thMarch 2004]

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, January 2000 till March 2002, Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College [CMCH], Ludhiana, Punjab, India 141008- Affiliated to Baba Farid Medical University, Faridkot, Punjab, India.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,  March  2002-   March  2004, Department of  Neurology, CMCH, Ludhiana,   Punjab,  India  141008- affiliated to  Baba  Farid  Medical  University, Faridkot,  Punjab, India.

9. SENIOR REGISTRAR [Advanced trainee] Neurology [DM degree][1stJanuary1997 till 31stDecember 1999]Sree  Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical  Sciences and  Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

10.ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Medicine, Christian  Medical  College, Ludhiana,  Punjab, India [July1995 till December 1996]

11. SENIOR REGISTRAR, Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India [January 1995 till June 1995]

12. REGISTRAR, Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India [January 1992 till December 1994]

13.HOUSE OFFICER, Department of Medicine, Christian  Medical  College, Ludhiana,  Punjab, India [January 1991 till December 1991]

14.OBSERVING HOUSE OFFICER, Department of Medicine, Christian  Medical College, Ludhiana,  Punjab, India [September 1990 till December 1990]

15. INTERNSHIP, Tirunelveli Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India [Madurai Kamaraj University] – August 1989 till August 1990