Otology &  Lateral Skull Base, Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Voice and Airway

• MBBS (1988-1993) - Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (Mangalore University), India.
• MS (ENT) (1995-1997) - Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (Manipal Academy of Higher Education), Manipal, India.
• Dip.NB (Otolaryngology), National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, 2001.
• MBA-HCS (Health care services), Sikkim – Manipal University DE, July 2008.
• MNAMS National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2009

Awards and recognition:

• Inferiorly based periosteal flap with modified conchomeatoplasty in open cavity mastoidectomy. September 1996, Bangalore (First consolation prize).
• Lymphoepithelial cyst of the epiglottis – a case report. October 1997, Belgaum. (Judge’s appreciation award).
• 3D CT reconstruction of the styloid process (poster). May 2005, Hubli (awarded 2nd prize).
• KTP 532 laser in the management of benign cricopharyngeal diseases. May 2007, Mangalore (awarded the ND Purushottam award for innovations in ENT)
•  Total laryngo-pharyngo-esophagectomy (upward eversion stripping) and gastric transposition (poster). October 2006, Udaipur. (awarded the gold medal)
• Carotid body tumours. August 2008, Davangere. (awarded 2nd place in the  CM Gurumurthy teaching faculty award paper session).
•  Microendoscopic staged resection of epiglottic chondrosarcoma (awarded the Dr. SK Mondal gold medal in video session), Sept. 2011, Belgaum.
•  KTP laser assisted management of symptomatic pesudoepiglottis (awarded the Dr. SK Mondal gold medal in video session), Sept. 2012, Bangalore.
•  Awarded the FHNO (Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology), India Traveling Fellowship for 2008 – visited the Head & Neck Institute – Plastic Reconstructive unit at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Kochi, Kerala, India for four weeks (22-10-08 to 18-11-08). 
• Politzer society educational fellowship to attend meeting in London from    3-5th September 2009

Text book of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Competency based approach for undergraduates , Yr 2022 - Dec, Thieme Publication 

• Current post: Professor & Head of the Department of Otolaryngology (ENT), Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India from 10.06.2018
• Professor in ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India from 12.03.2018
• Associate Professor in ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India from 09.01.2016 to 11.03.2018
• Specialist in Otolaryngology in Amber clinics and in Canadian Specialist Hospital, Dubai 27.09.2012 to 31.08.2014
• Addl. Professor in ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India from 18.06.2012 to 22.09.2012.
• Associate Professor in ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India from 24.02.2005 to 17.06.2012. 
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India from 23-4-2001 to 23-2-2005. 
• Lecturer in ENT, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, NEPAL from 25-1-2000 to 11-4-2001. 
• Post doctoral Fellow in neuro-otology (cum Tutor), ENT Department, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India from 02.11.1998 to 18.01.2000. 
• Registrar in ENT, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India from 01.06.1998 to 31.10.1998. 
• Post Graduate / Resident in ENT & Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India from Jan. 1995 to Dec. 1997. 
• Junior Resident in ENT, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India from 04.10.1994 to 14.02.1995.
• Compulsory rotating housemanship Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India from 08.04.1993 to 07.04.1994.