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Awards & Distinctions

  1. "Best Paper Award" "at the South Zone Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatricians, Trichirapalli, August, 1997.
  2. Recipient of "Rajiv Gandhi (Memorial) Award" for service in the field of ENT, organised by Chennai Social & Cultural Academy, at Hotel Palmgrove, Chennai on 20th August 1999.
  3. Recipient of "Vocational Excellence Service Award for the year 2000-2001" by Rotary Club of Tambaram, R.I. Dist.-3230, Oct 2000.
  4. Recipient of "National Award of Excellence" at the IOACON 2003, 48th Annual Conference of Indian Orthopedic Association, Chennai, Dec 2003.
  5. Recipient of "Par Excellence Award" for the Eminent Medical Personality and Excellent Social Activity for the Cause of Poor by Lions Club International District 324-A4 Region-IV, Prasanthi Region Meet at Tiruthani, January 2006.
  6. Recipient of National Award 'Padma Shri' conferred by The President of India, in recognition of Distinguished and Exceptional Service in the field of Medicine, January 2006.
  7. Recipient of  'Indo-Australian Award for Meritorious Service' conferred by Indo-Australian Association, Madras, March 2006.
  8. Recipient of 'For the sake of Honour Award' by Rotary Club of Madras, April 2006.
  9. Recipient of 'Award for Excellence of Service' in appreciation of contribution to Pioneer Cochlear Implant Program in Srilanka, by the President of Srilanka, June 2006.
  10. Conferred 'Award for Excellence' in appreciation of outstanding contribution towards the Cochlear Implant Group of India, at the 4th National Conference of The Cochlear Implant Group of India, by Governor of Kerala, His Excellency Shri. R.L.Bhatia Kozhikode, Kerala, October 2006.
  11. Awarded 'Shri Shyam Lal Saxena Memorial Award 2005-2006' at the 46th Annual Conference held by National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), at Hyderabad, October 2006.
  12. Elected as a 'Member of the Governing Body - Asia-Pacific Cochlear Implant Board', Sydney, November 2007.
  13. Conferred 'Tamilnadu Scientist Award-2007' by Government of Tamilnadu, August 2008.
  14. Conferred 'Doctor of Science (Honoris – Causa)' by The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, September 2008.
  15. Conferred Conferred ‘Fellow of the Madras Medical College’ by the Council of Madras Medical College on the Occasion of the Post Centenary Platinum Jubilee year of Madras Medical College, February 2010.
  16. Conferred  ‘Best Doctor Award’ by The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, November 2011.
  17. Conferred ‘Scroll of Honour’ by The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, September 2012.
  18. Received the ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ during the 45th National Conference of Indian Speech & Hearing Association from ISHA Tamilnadu in recognition of the contribution in making Chennai a Rehabilitative Service, February 2013.
  19. Conferred ‘Doctor of Science (Honoris – Causa)’ by Saveetha University, March 2013.
  20. Honored for the ‘Dedicated Service’ at the Institute Day Celebration of the Upgraded Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, October 2013.
  21. Appointed as Journal of Laryngology & Otology (JLO) and Royal Society of Medicine Visiting Professor in Otology 2015, United Kingdom, March 2014. First Indian Otologist to be recognized this way.
  22. Recipient of the ‘Outstanding Leadership Award’ in recognition of his ‘Pioneering spirit in the field of Cochlear Implants’ at the 1st World Congress on Cochlear Implants in Emerging countries’ Dubai, 2016.
  23. Recipient of the prestigious “Dr. B.C.Roy Award’ for the year 2008 in the development of specialties in different branches in medicine’ in 2016
 
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
  1. Overseas tutor for Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, U K.
  2. Inspector for National Board of Examinations.
  3. Post Graduate & Under Graduate teacher since 1987.
  4. Regularly presents papers in National and International Conferences and has been a invited Guest speaker at several National and International Conferences.
  5. One of the few ENT surgeons who has performed Cochlear Implantation successfully and today has developed a center which is internationally accepted as a training center for Cochlear Implantation.
  6. The only surgeon in INDIA and South and South East ASIA to have successfully performed an AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANT SURGERY.
  7. He is the FIRST and ONLY Surgeon in India, South, South East Asia including Japan and Australia to have performed Totally Implantable Hearing Device (Esteem).
  8. Invited speaker for the prestigious British Academy meeting, the only Indian till date to have been given this honour.
  9. Has the privilege of writing FOREWORD to the American Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Medicine & Surgery.
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