He was a recipient of “Padma Shri Award” in 2009 by H.E. President of India. He is a surgeon and teacher affiliated to few of the prestigious hospitals in Mumbai like Grant Medial College, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Science and Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Center. He was also a recipient of “Sheikh Hamdan International Award for Humanitarian Volunteers in Medical Science” by H. E. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the deputy ruler of UAE for the outstanding community services in the field of medicine in the year 2010. He has been performing free reconstructive plastic surgical procedures on underprivileged children at remote and tribal areas of different states in India.