Education:

• MBBS, D.Y.Patil Education Society’s Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik, Maharashtra. (2004)
• MD (Respiratory Medicine), Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra. Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik, Maharashtra. (2009)
• DNB (Respiratory Diseases), National Board of Examinations (NBE), Delhi. (2010)

Teaching Experience: 13 years 

• 1 Nov 2017 – present    Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagpur, India
• 16 Sep 2009 – 31 Oct 2017    Assistant Professor, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagpur, India

Academics:

• Post Graduate Guide / Examiner for MD (Respiratory Medicine) Course.

Distinction / Awards:

• Fellowship, National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP), India awarded in 2020.
• Best Young Researcher Award, 2019 awarded by GRABS Education Trust, Chennai 2019.
• Best Research Paper Award of the year, in Staff Research Society, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, 2018
• Best Young Teacher Award 2015 awarded by GRABS Education Trust, Chennai 2015.

Research contribution in medical literature:

• Pioneer medical research in “Study Of Pulmonary Function Test In Patients Of Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) With COPD Or Asthma.”
• Coined the term Bindi Tuberculosis by reporting the first such case in Medical literature.
• Proposed for the first time, the concept of low dose amoxicillin-clavulanic acid in drug-resistant TB management and published the first proof of concept case in the medical literature.