He is a M.D in Internal Medicine and have more than 12 years of experience in clinical care and treatment of HIV infected individuals in 3 private sector, tertiary level hospitals in Pune, Western India. For the last 12 years he have been involved in clinical and laboratory research related to HIV and TB diagnosis, prevention and treatment in the capacity of a Physician/Investigator. His areas of interest include HIV and the CNS; antiretroviral therapy related long term comorbidities, HIV associated Tuberculosis and Tropical infectious diseases. 

ACHIEVEMENTS:
Scholarship to attend "Advanced course in HIV Medicine" which was held at Montpellier, France
Awarded scholarship to attend the “Research course in HIV Medicine” which was held at Zagreb, Croatia
Junior researcher award, Eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection held at Glasgow, UK
EACS Scholarship to attend 15th European AIDS Conference held at Barcelona, Spain.

MEMBERSHIPS and RECOGNITION:
Member, American academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM)
Member, AIDS society of India (ASI)
Member, International AIDS society (IAS)
Member, European AIDS Clinical society (EACS)