Experience

• Lecturer Neurology AIIMS, New Delhi- April 1978 - June 1979
• Lecturer Neurology, GB Pant, New Delhi- June 1979 - Nov 1980
• Consultant Neurologist, Lusaka, Zambia- Nov 1980 - June 1983
• Asst Prof Neuro, Kumool Med College- Nov 1984 - Jan 16, 1985
• Asst Prof Neurology, NIMS, Hyderabad- Jan17, 1985 - Sep15, 1986
• Asso Prof Neurology, NIMS- Sep 16, 1986 - June 30, 1989
• Prof. Nerology, NIMS, Hyderabad- Jan 1, 1989 - Feb 29, 2004
• Head of Neurology, NIMS, Hyderabad- Mar 1, 2001 - Feb 29, 2004
• Dean of faculty (add!. charge), NIMS- Oct 1, 2001 - Mar 31, 2002
• Chief Neurologist, KIMS, Hyderabad- Mar I, 2004 onwards

Publications

• Several publications in national and international journals

Awards And Honors

• Vice president of A.P. Neuroscientists Association 1995 - 1996.
• President Of A.P. Neuroscientists Association 1996 - 1997
• Honorary Secretary of the Twin Cities Neurological Society
• Organizing Secretary of the Sixth IAN at Hyderabad 1998
• Delivered Sixth Capt. Venkaiah Oration at Vijayawada, December 1996
• Presidential Oration of 3rd AP Neuroscientists meet at Vijayawada, June 1997
• Convenor of the CME of 5th IAN conference at Chennai, September 1997
• Convenor of the CME of 6th IAN conference at Hyderabad, September 1998
• Convenor of the CME of 7th IAN conference at Calcutta, September 1999
• Life member of the Neurological Society of India, Indian Academy of Neurology, Andhra Pradesh Neuroscientists association and Twin cities Neurological Society
• Examiner of DM Neurology & Mch Neurosurgery, Fellow of the Indian Academy of Neurology

Other

Academic Career and qualifications:-

• MBBS- King George's Medical College Lucknow India- 1965-1969
• Junior Resident:- Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi- Jan 1970 to Dec 1971
• MD Internal Medicine- Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi University- 1974
• Senior Resident, Neurology- Safdarjang Hospital- June 1973 to May 1975
• Senior Resident, Neurology- AIIMS, New Delhi- May 1975 to April 1978
• DM Neurology- AIIMS. New Delhi- 1978

Research Experience:

• Research officer ICMR - Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, May 1972 - June 1973
• Cloni9ine as interval therapy in migrain~ institutional study, AIIMS 1980
• GLA in diabetic neuropathy-multicentric international trial 1999
• Sentintl (epidemiological study conducted for WHO)-Surveillance of industrial population for hypertension and cerebrovascular disease (published in WHO bulletin 2006).

Other Qualifications:

• Past president of AP Neuroscientist Association
• Founder secretary and President of Twin Cities Neurological Association
• Member scientific advisory committee of National Brain Research Center

Medical Registration:

• U.P Meqical Council 14756
• A.P Medical Council 48999

Clinical Research Conducted:

• International multi-centric trial of GLA in diabetic neuropathy.
• Genetics in febrile convulsions
• National mLti-centric trial of genetics in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy.

Symposia, Workshops & Conferences Conducted:

• Botulinum Toxin in Dystonia: 4th & 5th February 1995
• Botulinum toxin in Spasticity: 19th February 1995
• Symposium on Neuroimmunology and role of Immunoglobulins (lsiven V.I) January 28th 1996.
• Symposium on Neuromuscular diseases. February 25th 1997.
• Organising secretary of the 6th Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurology, September 1998, Hyderabad.

Volumes Edited & Chapters written:

• Special supplement of The Clinical proceedings of The Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences(Profeedings of the Workshop on Botulinum Toxin and Movement disorders, February 199f)
• Special Supplement of The Clinical Proceedings of The Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences(proceedingS of the Symposium on neuroimmunology and role of immunoglobulins)
• Reviews in Neurology 1997, 1998 & 1999 Moya Moya Disease in Tropical Neurology edited by JS Chopra & IMS Sawhney, 1999.

International Conferences attended and papers presented:

• World Congress of Neurology 1989, at New Delhi.
• Acute Diiseminated Encephalomyelitis: Clinical, pathological and electrophysiological correlatiors.
• Focal nonspecific meningitis
• Pontine hemorrhage and one-and-a-half eye syndrome
• World Congress of Neurology 1993 at Vancouver
• Induction of Carbamazepine
• Superior Ophthalmic vein thrombosis with Tamoxifen 9th AOCN 1996, Seoul
• Respiratory function in AIDP: A clinical, pulmonary function and electrophysiologcal study.