AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
 
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    Invited participant The Emerging Markets Symposium Oxford (December 4/6, 2009

     Patron : Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University of Oxford.  Guest Lecture on “ Telemedicine in an Emerging Market Country”
  • President Elect Indian Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 
  • National Academy of Medical Sciences 2009 Achanta Lakshmipathi Oration Award
  • Runner up Nominee Modern Medicare Excellence Award 2007 (GE Healthcare)
  • Only Neurosurgeon in India to be awarded the Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in 2007
  • President, Neurological Society of India. 2006
  • Secretary General of the Asian Australasian Society of Neurosurgeons (the largest continental society of Neurosurgeons) from Nov 1999 ( re-elected in 2003 up to 2007)
  • Secretary, Neurological Society of India 1997 to 2002
  • Advisor, Section on "Emerging Technologies" National Science Center, New Delhi
  • Received Singapore Government Technology Awards 2007 - Runner - up Award for Project - "VSAT ENABLED RURAL TELEHEALTH IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY"
  • Invited as “Honoured Guest” to address the Korean Neurosurgical Society April 2005   
  • Invited as “Honoured Guest” to address the Annual conference of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin – Phoenix Sep 23rd 2006
  • Founder Joint Secretary and Treasurer, Telemedicine Society of India
  • Member, Board of Studies Faculty of Medicine, University of Madras
  • Adjunct Professor IIT Madras Only neurosurgeon on the faculty of a world-renowned Institute of Technology
  • Visiting Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit
  • Mentor M.Phil (Hospital Administration) course BITS Pilani
  • Only medical doctor to be featured in excerpts of the Indian National Science Congress 2005 published in National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources 2005 http://www.niscair.res.in
  • OVERSEAS EXTERNAL EXAMINER FOR UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA – First and only Neurosurgeon from India 2004, 2006, 2007
  • Examiner Dip NB Neurosurgery National Board of Examinations Ministry of Health Govt. of India
  • Inspector, National Board of Examinations Ministry of Health Govt. of India
  • Guide and supervisor for the Ph.D in Neuroradiology,  The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai Oct 2004
  • Faculty, Fellowship in Emergency Medicine Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh 
  • Faculty- Course for senior officers – Defence College of Management Hyderabad from 2003 onwards 
  • Adjunct Professor, School of Electronics and Telecommunications. Anna University since 2000. Only medical doctor on the faculty of a technological university. Have taken lectures and guided MS Biomedical engineering thesis
  • Course Director Telehealth Technology Course with Anna University
  • Visiting Professor Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Thiruvananthapuram
  • Advisor and guide for Fullbright scholar from Yale university (in telemedicine) at the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Thiruvananthapuram
  • Chairperson of first Telemedicine session to be held at the International World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Conference at Marakesh 2005
  • Only invited speaker from Asia to give a guest lecture on “ Stereotactic Radiation” at the International World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies conference at Marakesh 2005
  • Hon consultant and advisor in neurosurgery to the Armed Forces Medical Services  2001 - 2004
  • Only neurosurgeon to be featured in World Neurology – official newsletter of the World Federation of Neurology
  • Only neurosurgeon to be invited to deliver a key note address of 60 minutes “Neurosciences in 2020 - a peep into the future” at the Pan Asian Oceanian Congress of Neurology at Manilla 2002
  •  Awarded the University of Madras Dr A L Mudaliar Endowment Oration – August 2002
  •   Chairman Symposium on “Pre hospital management” Neuro Trauma Conference 2000
  •  Guest faculty Reserve Bank of India – Health programme for senior officers since 2001
  •  Convenor National Symposium on “ Stereotactic Radiosurgery “ Annual Conference Neurological Society of India 1999
  • International College of Surgeons, Indian Section, Dr H Karmakar Oration Award, 1999
  • Invited participant and faculty member at the workshop on "Computers and biology" held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Feb 13th to 15th 1997
  • Carried out the first Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery procedure in South Asia on May 27 and May 30 1995 at the Apollo Cancer Hospitals, Chennai, with a personal series of 595 cases of Stereotactic Radiation as on November  2005, have one of the largest experience in this subspeciality in South Asia
  • Represented India at the 2nd Seminar of Neurosurgery Update for Young Neurosurgeons in Asia held in Sapporo Japan December 1 -5 1995
  • Co Convenor / Editor CME programme Neurological Society of India 1995 - 1996
  • Featured in documentary the “Gift of Life” produced by Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India – as the one responsible for the first multiple organ transplant in India Dec 25th 1995
  • Chairman, Academic Committee 4th National Neurotrauma Conference
  • Chairman and Moderator National Symposium on "Critical care in Neurosurgery" 43rd Annual Conference of the  Neurological Society of India
  • Convenor – National symposium on Head Injuries Annual Conference of Association of Surgeons of India 2000
  • Chairman Scientific Sessions, Annual Conferences of the Neurological Society of India from 1989 onwards till date
  • Chairman Scientific Session Neuro trauma section, Neurological Society of India- 1997, 1998, 1999
  • Chairman Scientific Session, International World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies conference at Acapulco, Mexico, 1993, 2001 Sydney and Marakesh 2005
  • Chairman Continuing Medical Education Programme 39th Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India  - Indore 1990 and subsequently on several occasions
  • Awarded Visiting Professorship at the Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of New Jersey and Dentistry Medical School, New Jersey, U.S.A. by the International College of Surgeons - October 1993
  • Awarded 1993, Pondicherry visiting professorship by the Indian Section of the International College of Surgeons
  • National Delegate of the Neurological Society of India for the International Congress of Neurological Surgery - Acapulco, Mexico 1993 and 2001 Sydney
  • Honorary Neurosurgical consultant to the Madras branch of the Spastic Society of India and faculty for post graduate diploma in special education since 1993
  • Convenor `Head injury section' - II National Conference on Neurotrauma. Madurai August, 1993
  • Invited participant for the first workshop on Biomedical Communication jointly organised by the ICMR and WHO held at Pondicherry from June 1-5, 1992
  • Visiting Neurosurgeon, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Choolangon University, Bangkok - Oct 1991
  • Chairman scientific session - 8th Asian Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgery,- Seoul, Korea, Oct 6-11, 1991 & again in 1999 and 2003
  • Invited participant for National Seminar on Bioinformatics, Oct 1990
  • Awarded the Ph.D. degree in Neurosurgery by the Madras University in 1990 for thesis "CT Numbers in Intracranial space  occupying lesions and its diagnostic significance " - Sixth Neurosurgeon in India to be awarded a Ph.D
  • Awarded certificate by COSTED (Committee for Science and Technology in Developing countries) for completing an intensive  hands on course on "Computers and applications  in medicine" August 1988
  • Expert Member - Panel discussion on Cancer Chemotherapy - 33rd Annual Conference of the International College of  Surgeons (Indian section) Calcutta October 1987
  • Guest Lecturer, Australian National University, Oct 1987
  • Contributing Editor `INFORMED' (Quarterly Journal of Society for Medical Learning and Resources Transfer)
  • Co-Investigator, ICMR study on Brain tuberculoma from 1986 September, 1990
  • Referee for Neurology India - official Journal of the  Neurological  Society of India
  • Selected by Government of Tamilnadu to undergo training in advanced  Neuro Epidemiology at an international  course conducted by the World Federation of Neurology, NINCDS, Department of Science and Technology and ICMR in October 1984 at Bombay
  • Faculty Member, C.M.E. Programme Neurological Society of India 1985, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
  • Associate Editor `Neurology India' - Official Journal of  the Neurological Society of  India from 1985 - 1990
  • Poster "Post traumatic Giant cystic Meningioma" awarded special prize for best poster of the 38th annual  Conference of the Neurological Society of India" Dec. 1988 Chandigarh
  • Selected  by the Department of Science and  Technology, Government of India as a young medical  scientist  to participate in the brain storming session on neurobiology held at Bangalore in November 1984
  • Awarded the 1983 `Jr. Medical Scientists Award' by the National  Academy of Medical Sciences for  training  in Microneurosurgery
  • Certified  by  the National Board  of  Examinations  in Neurosurgery in April  1981 - third neurosurgeon in India, the only one in 1981 and the second to be certified in the first attempt
  • Associate Editor of the Proceedings of the Continuing Medical Education Programme, Neurological Society of  India, 1980-1984
  • Awarded M.S (Neurosurgery) degree of the Madras University after five years of post graduate training from April 1975 to April 1980
  • Awarded Senior Research Fellowship of the Indian Council of Medical Research from January 1977 to September  1979. Responsible  for conducting detailed research, under supervision, during this period, on Head Injuries
  • Awarded the M.B.B.S. Degree of the Madras University in January 1975
  • Passed the E.C.F.M.G. Examination in January 1975
  • Awarded research grant by the Madras state research committee as a co-investigator even as a III year M.B.B.S. Student for a project entitled `Chloroquine as an immuno suppressor in skin grafts.'
  • Represented  Madras  Medical College in  numerous  inter collegiate debates, essay competitions, quiz programmes etc., and won many prizes
  • Awarded the certificate of merit for highest mark in the University of Madras in Obstetrics and Gynecology in M.B.B.S. Degree examination, 1973
  • Awarded the R.S.R.M. Gold medal in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1973
  • Awarded part time research scholarship as an under graduate medical  student and actively helped in compiling and analysing data from 3000 cases of head injury.
  • Awarded the first Prize in the All India Essay competition for final year M.B.B.S. Students organised by the T.B. Association of India, (1973) for the essay "Differential diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis."
  • Awarded the first Prize in the inter collegiate Science Quiz (Postgraduate level) in 1972
  • Represented Madras state at the National Science Fair at New Delhi in 1970
  • Awarded the first prize in life sciences for three years in succession (1970, 1971, 1972) in the annual inter-collegiate science fairs
  • Awarded certificate of merit for highest mark in English in the Pre-University examination of Madras University
  • Awarded National Science Talent Award in 1968 with a high all-India rank
  • Awarded Louis Mathias Archbishop Memorial Gold Medal for best outgoing student in the Anglo-Indian high school examination 1966
  • Winner of numerous prizes, medals, cups and certificates throughout schooling period