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