| Stood first and received gold medal in M.B.B.S. Honours |
| Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and currently Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Patna Medical College, Patna |
| Chairman, (i) UNDP sponsored core group discussion on Kala-azar, 1993, and (ii) Balaji Utthan Sansthan, Patna, since 1994 |
| Member, (i) Cardiological Society of India, 1960, (ii) Indian Medical Association, 1960, (iii) Indian Science Congress Association, (iv) Association of Physicians of India, 1957, (v) New York Academy of Science and (vi) British Medical Association, (vii) Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, 1985, (viii) Scientific Working Group, WHO Geneva, 1993, (ix) Member Steering Committee on VL, WHO, Geneva, 1983-85, (x) Experts Committee on kala-azar (VL), 1988-2010, (ix) Indo-USA team to Washington for Vaccine Development Programme, 1992 and (xii) Scientific Advisory Committee, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute, 1994 and 2001-2006 and (xiii) Board of Governors, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 1998 |
| has served as member on the Governing bodies of different organizations, chaired scientific sessions and organised and chaired many scientific meetings and symposia Attended/Participated in (i) 53rd Annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) held at Miami, Florida, U.S.A |
| 7-11 November, 2004, (ii) Principal Investigators meeting of Paromomjan phase IV drug trial, organised by IOWH, San Francisco, in Atlanta, 12-15 November 2006, (iii) Conference of 55th American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygience held at Atlanta, U.S.A., 12-16 November 2007, (iv) Conference of 56th American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene held at Philadelphia, U.S.A, 4-8 November 2007, (v) Principal Investigators meeting of Miltefosine, held at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 7 November 2007, (vi) Second Regional Technical Advisory Group (RTAG) Meeting on elimination of kala-azar held at Kathmandu, 30 October-2 November 2006, (vii) South East Asia WHO sponsored meeting held at Kathmandu, July 2007 and (viii) First meeting of the WHO/SE of the Regional Technical Advisory group on kala-azar held at Manesar, Gurgaon, 20-23 December 2004 |
