Work Experience:

• Clinical experience of more than 40 years

• Presently Chairman of PSRI Heart Institute

• Director, Professor & Head of Department of Cardiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh

• Former Professor & Head, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi

Education & Training:

• MBBS, Punjabi University, Patiala
• MD (Medicine), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
• DM (Cardiology), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
• DSc (Hon CAUSA), NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, AP
• Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS)
• Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (FNA)
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)

Awards Information:

• Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2006
• First to implant and introduce implantable Cardioverter & Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy in India and South Asian region in 1995
• Featured in LIMCA Book of World Records in 1997 for introducing ICD therapy in India & South Asian region
• First to introduce CRT therapy in India in 2000
• Recipient of various ICMR and other National Societies Award for contribution in the field of Cardiology