• Senior Practicing Dermatologist, Cutaneous & Laser Surgeon.
• In private practice: 31 years at Pune, India
• HOD Dermatology Dept: Maharashtra Medical Foundation
• President: Dermatology Society Pune
• Past Secretary & president: Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India.
• Scholarship at WCD 2015 : Melanocyte transplant on difficult areas
• Dr. P.N. Behl Oration : 2012 at ACSICON
• Dr. Jagaokar  award, Dr. Shah -Trasi Award and Dr. Lonkar Award at state
• One of the first few to use Erbium YAG Laser in India (1998)
• Scholarship by Israel government in 1998-99.
• Fellowship at Tel Aviv University
• Training in Lasers at Washington and New Jersey 2002.
• • Author of  over 50 national & International publications.
  • Written a chapter in a book on Vitiligo Surgery. Editor: Somesh Gupta
  • Was on the editorial board of IJDVL
  • Editorial board: Recently published  ACSI textbook Book on Cutaneous        and aesthetic Surgery
  • Editorial board of Journal of Cutaneous & Aesthetic Surgery.   Indian Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. Reviewer for various journals.
  • Presented poster on evaluation of alopecia in premenopausal women in India  at World congress of Hair research UK 2013
  • Faculty at WCOCD Mexico 2012
  • Faculty and on Scientific committee IMCAS
  • Faculty ICAAM 2013, 2016.  DUBAI DERMA 2017
  • Presented papers at EADV, ESCAD. Faculty EADV 2016.
  • Arranged workshops of dermato-surgery at National and state conferences