MBBS from KGMC, Lucknow and MD (Pathology) from Kanpur Medical College. Trained in Transfusion Medicine at SGPGI, Lucknow. Presently Director, Deptt of Transfusion Medicine at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon
Over 130 publications in national and international journals. Recipient of H D Shourie award of Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology (ISBTI) for 2009 and J R Jolly award of ISBTI in 2016
Is reviewer to several journals, including: Transfusion Medicine/Transfusion and Apheresis Science/Journal of Blood Transfusion/Journal of Blood Disorders and Transfusion/ AJTS/IJHBT/Hematology Reports/Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Journal/GJTM
Life member of ISBTI and ISTM; currently Vice-President of ISTM. Certified NABH assessor and certified Transplant coordinator from NMDP, US. Member of Institutional Review Board for over 12 years; Member of several committees of SBTC/SCAS and NACO; Resource person in national and international conferences; held editorial positions in AJTS. Area of interest includes Immunohematology, Infectious Disease Markers (IDM), Therapeutic Apheresis and Cellular therapies