Qualifications 

• MBBS: Government Medical College, Mysore, Karnataka, India (1997 – 2003)
• MCh : Department of Neurosurgery, NIMS, Hyderabad, India (2005 – 2010)
• Fellow in Skull base Surgery : Osaka City University, Japan (2013)

 Experience 

• House Surgeon: 1 year (2002 – 2003), MMC, Mysore, India.
• Resident in Orthopaedics: 1.5 years (2004 – 2005), KMC, Hubli, India.
• Junior Resident in Neurosurgery: 3 years (2005 – 2008), NIMS, Hyderabad, India.
• Senior Resident in Neurosurgery: 2 years (2008 – 2010), NIMS, Hyderabad, India
•  Junior Consultant In Neurosurgery: 3 years (2010 – 2013), KIMS, Secunderabad, India.

 Publications 

Morphometric analysis of posterior fossa in Indian CP angle acoustic schwannoma patients : Provisonally accepted, jan,2013, Asian journal of Neurosurgery. Traumatic calvarial stone: A rare case report and review of the literature, Neurology India, Vol 59, Issue 6, 2011. Anteverted odontoid: A rare congenital bony anomaly of craniovertebral junction, Neurology india, vol 58, Issue 3, 2010 Management of Osteoporotic Vertbral fractures, KFRC journal, 2011 Suprasellar sellar colloid cyst, a rare presentation, KFRC journal, 2013

Papers presented

Outcome of surgery for Temporal lobe epillepsy: STEREOCON, 2006, Hyderabad Surgical approaches for petroclival lesions based on a proposed grading system: NSI, 2006, Madurai. Factors determining the outcome of surgery for MTS: APNS, 2007, Kurnool. Morphometric analysis of posterior fossa and outcome of surgery for CP angle Tumors based on this proposed grading system: CNS, 2009, New Orleans. Surgical outcome of CP angle tumors base on proposed grading system: Skull base, 2009, Hyderabad. C2 ganglia preservation C1-C2 distraction and fusion surgery; a review of 12 cases: APNS, 2011, hyderabad.