| Invited for training the trainers course for new technique of Radiofrequency assisted liposuction – Toronto, Canada |
2009 |
| Invited faculty – International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery meeting – Bruno , Zec Republic to give lecture on “ scope of power assisted liposuction under local anaethetic and sedation |
2008 |
| Invited by the international news agency ‘Reuters’ for surgical demonstration of liposuction |
2008 |
| Invited by BBC Channel 4 for demonstration of surgical correction of male breast in the programme entitled ‘Embarrassing Bodies’. |
2008 |
| Invited for radio talk/interview on ‘Scope of liposuction’ |
2007 |
| Invited faculty to the Australian Interplast for 15 days training visit to the department of plastic surgery, Dhaka Medical College,Bangladesh |
2007 |
| Chairman- Scientific session European congress Cleft palate and Craniofacial anomalies, Spain, Bilbao |
2007 |
| Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) travelling ursary Cleft Lip and Palate Project, India) |
2004 |
| Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) travelling ursary (Cleft Lip and Palate Project, India) |
2003 |
| Cleft Lip and Palate Association (Hull) travelling bursary (Cleft Lip and Palate Project, India) |
2002 |
| Co-Chairman of scientific session on Management of Velopharyngeal Incompetence at The International Cleft Congress Munich, Germany |
2002 |
| Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) research grant |
2001 |
| Sir Earnest Finch Travelling Scholarship University of Sheffield (to participate in the 9th International Congress of Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies) |
2001 |
| Chairman of a scientific session on Cleft Palate Repair 9th International Congress of Cleft Palate and Associated Anomalies, Gothenburg,Sweden |
2001 |
| Second prize for the research paper presentation competition at Oxford and Anglia Plastic Surgery Regional Meeting |
1995 |
| International Travelling Fellowship by Association of Plastic Surgeons’ of India |
1993 |
| J.N.Tata Travelling Fellowship (Clinical Fellowship – Department of Plastic surgery, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Gotoberg, Sweden) |
1991 |
| Diploma in Public Speaking, Nazareth Public Speaking Academy, Bombay |
1988 |
| First Prize for the best paper presentation at the Plastic Surgery National Conference, India, ABU, Ahemdabad |
1987 |
| Gold Medal in final M.B.B.S. |
1981 |
| First in Forensic Medicine at Second M.B.B.S. (160 students) |
1979 |
| Distinction for Pre-Science, Saurashtra University |
1975 |
| Distinction/National Scholar in S.S.C. Board, Gujarat |
1974 |
