President and Director for Public Health,
Strategic Institute of Public Health Education and Research
Former-Director Health Services Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh

Professional Information: 
MBBS in 1982 from Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India
• M.D (Ophthalmology) in 1989 from Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
• Professional experience of more than 35 years and 8 months in Punjab Government as a PCMS Officer service
• More than 10 years of expertise in managing and actively contributing to National Non-Communicable diseases Programmes especially Blindness Control/ Tobacco Control Programmes.
• Alumni of John Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore-2012 and University of California San Francisco-2012 as a short term scholar

Awards/Recognition:
● WHO Award 2015 on World No Tobacco Day
● Represented MOHFW for a Consultation in Panama 2016
● Represented MOHFW for a consultation in Geneva 2017
● Corneal Blindness Backlog Free and Tobacco-free Villages Initiatives were accepted in Innovations conclave organized by Govt. of India at Indore-2018
● Award for exemplary services in the medical profession by SBI 2019