A medical graduate having post-graduate qualifications in Family Medicine, Health Systems Management and Industrial Medicine. He is an elected member of National Academy of Medical Sciences. His illustrious career in the Indian Air Force included a tenure with the Ministry of External Affairs in Oman, where he was commended for his devotion to the service by the His Majesty Sultan of Oman. He also underwent advanced training abroad in Hospital Planning for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) warfare. Under a WHO fellowship, he did a pioneering work in the field of Healthcare Waste Management in late nineties, when Biomedical Waste Rules were promulgated in 1998. He anchored formation of Indian Society of Hospital Waste Management in the year 2000.
After taking voluntary retirement form the Indian Airforce in 2003 with a desire to work for the larger good, he has been actively working for betterment of the health systems across the country and abroad. He led EU supported Sector Investment Programme (SIP) in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The SIP had many key Health Sector Reforms (HSR) initiatives, which were later subsumed into the National Rural Health Mission. His deep commitment for the HSR took him to Abu Dhabi for revision of Policy framework at Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD).
Health Quality and Patient Safety are his other passion. Since last 11 years, he leads the efforts for the betterment of Quality of Care (QoC) and patient safety under the NHM. Under his leadership, Quality Standards for different level of Health Facilities have been developed. The Standards and quality surveyor training programme are accredited by International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua). He has been a WHO consultant to support the Government of Maldives in formalising frameworks for Patient Safety and health quality.
He is a visiting faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai and also guide to PhD scholars.
