Qualifications: Holds M.B.B.S. and M.S. (Ortho) from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore University, D.N.B. from the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, and completed a Fellow AO at Denver Health, USA.
Pioneering Achievements (First in Karnataka):

1. First Surgeon to perform uncemented THR surgery in any Government hospital in the state of Karnataka.
2. First Surgeon to perform revision uncemented THR surgery using Wagner revision stem and allo bone-grafts.
3. First Surgeon to perform mobile bearing TKR surgery.
4. First Surgeon to use a ceramic-on-ceramic bearing in total hip replacement surgery.
5. First Surgeon to use S-ROM Total hip prosthesis.

First to perform THR by direct anterior approach (DAA).

Professional Memberships: Life Member of the Bangalore Orthopaedic Society, Karnataka Orthopaedic Association, Indian Orthopaedic Association, Indian Medical Association, Indo German Orthopaedic Foundation (IGOF), and Bombay Orthopaedic Society. Also a Member of AADOS (Asian Association for Dynamic Osteosynthesis), ISBMR (Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research), A.O. Alumni, and SICOT.