DESIGNATION:
•Professor (Senior Scale)
•Former Head, Dept of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, JIPMER, Puducherry
•Former Dean (Academic) JIPMER, Puducherry
•Dean In-charge, School of Medicine, Pondicherry University

AFFILIATION:
•JIPMER, Puducherry
•Pondicherry University (Central University)

ACHIEVEMENTS:
Awards:
•Life time achievement award: Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists 2015
•K Y Bhojraj Award: Best review article (Indian J Anaesth 2018-19 and 2020-21)
•Best Original Research article for Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (Indian J Anaesth 2018-19).
•Best Paper Awards: 12

Visiting Professor:
•Adjunct Professor: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
•Visiting Professor: Invited Professor: Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc at Brussels (Belgium).
•Former, Professor and Head: Dept of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care. JIPMER, Puducherry
•Officer In-Charge: Biomedical Division, JIPMER, Puducherry

Courses/Fellowships:
•UGC Sponsored Fellowship: Ultrasound applications in Anaesthesia (Hong Kong)
•WHO Fellowship: Intensive Care
•WHO Fellowship: Interventional Pain Management
•National Teacher’s Training Course: JIPMER

Academic Appointments:
•Dean In-charge: School of Medicine, Pondicherry University
•Member: Governing body, NAMO Medical Education and Research Society. UT of Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
•Member: Academic Council, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
•Selection Committee: UPSC, New Delhi

Orations: 11

Positions held:
•Immediate Past President: AIDAA (National)
•Former Vice President: ISA, Pondicherry branch (2006)
•Associate Editor: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, Journal of Anaesthesiology & Clinical Pharmacology
•Editorial Board: Airway, Malaysian Journal of Anaesthesiology, Indian Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care

PUBLICATIONS:
•152 (Peer reviewed Journals)
•Citations = 3487, h-index = 33, i10-index = 78

CHAPTERS: 12

AREA OF INTEREST: Airway, Regional Anaesthesia, Critical Care