Professor of Neurology at the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences ( NIMHANS), Bangalore for 17 years.
Former Director & Vice-Chancellor of NIMHANS for more than five years.
Hon. Professor, University of Liver pool, the UK from 2015 till date.
Received number of Awards nationally & internationally Prominent among them are:
‘Ambassador For Epilepsy’ Award – 2017’ by International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) & International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) – Barcelona September 2017.
Sir. M.Visvesvarya Senior Scientist State Award for the year 2016 for life time contribution to the development of Science & Technology in Karnataka.
Karnataka Rajyothsava – a State award in recognition of the contribution to the State in the field of Medicine 2014.
Basanti Devi Amir Chand ICMR Award for Bio, Medical Scientist – 2013.
Asia Oceanian Outstanding Achievement Award in Epilepsy’ from CAOA, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) at Melbourne, Australia, 2010.
Sir C.V. Raman young scientist award by Karnataka State Govt. for research in Epilepsy in 1998.
ICMR award for Neurology (Research in Epilepsy)- 1998.
Young Scientist Award at International Epilepsy Congress at Oslo, Norway 1992.
Sir J.C.Bose Award for contribution in the field of Neurology 2012