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                                    | 1. | M.B., B.S. |   
                                    | A) | ARMED FORCES MEDICAL 
                                      COLLEGE, PUNE |   
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                                          | i. | Chief 
                                              of Army Staff Silver Medal 1973 
                                              for outstanding first in College 
                                              in Anatomy. |   
                                          | ii. | Chief of Air 
                                              Staff Silver Medal 1973 for standing 
                                              first in College in Physiology. |   
                                          | iii. | Krishna Menon 
                                              Scholarship for standing first in 
                                              College at I.M.B., B.S. University 
                                              Exam Oct 1973. |   
                                          | iv. | Chief of Naval 
                                              Staff Silver Medal for standing 
                                              first in College in Pathology at 
                                              the II M.B., B.S. University Exam 
                                              1975. |   
                                          | v. | Maj. Gen. B. 
                                              Basu Rolling Trophy and Medal for 
                                              standing first in College in Opthalmology 
                                              in College Exam Nov. 1975. |   
                                          | vi. | Anil Chadha 
                                              Memorial Silver Medal for standing 
                                              first in Otorhinolaryngeology at 
                                              the College Exam Nov. 1975. |   
                                          | vii. | Lt. Col. O.P. 
                                              Malhotra Gold Medal for standing 
                                              first in college in Medicine at 
                                              the Final M.B.,B.S. University Exam 
                                              Oct. 1976 |   
                                          | viii. | HQ Central 
                                              Command Gold Medal for standing 
                                              first in College in Obstetrics and 
                                              Gynoecology at the Final M.B., B.S. 
                                              University Exam Oct 1976. |   
                                          | ix. | HQ Southern 
                                              Command Gold Medal for standing 
                                              first in College in Surgery at the 
                                              Final M.B., B.S. University Exam 
                                              Oct 1976. |   
                                          | x. | Lt. Gen. Dayaram 
                                              Thapar Gold Medal for securing the 
                                              highest marks in aggregate in College 
                                              at the Final M.B., B.S. University 
                                              Exam Oct 1976.  |   
                                          | xi. | Kalinga Trophy 
                                              for the best outgoing student of 
                                              the year 1976. |   
                                          | xii. |  
                                              PRESIDENT GOLD 
                                                MEDAL for the best all round outgoing 
                                                student of the year 1976. |  |   
                                    | B) | UNIVERSITY OF PUNE, INDIA |   
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                                          | i. | Dr. 
                                              S.B. Gadgil Scholarship in Anatomy 
                                              for securing the highest aggregate 
                                              of marks in Anatomy. |   
                                          | ii. | Shri Dutt prize 
                                              for having qualified with highest 
                                              number of marks in Anatomy and Physiology 
                                              taken together.  |   
                                          | iii. | Dr. H.M. Joshi 
                                              Prize for securing the highest number 
                                              of marks in Anatomy. |   
                                          | iv. | The Rao Bahadur 
                                              Dr. Pandharinath Waman Shrikhare 
                                              Paristoshik for securing the highest 
                                              number of marks in Physiology. |   
                                          | v. | The late Dr. 
                                              Mukund M. Limaye Scholarship for 
                                              securing the highest number of marks 
                                              at the second M.B., B.S. Exam 1975. |   
                                          | vi. |  Distinction 
                                              in Physiology |   
                                          | vii. | Distinction 
                                              in Surgery  |   
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                                    | 2. | M.D./POST GRADUATE STUDIES |   
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                                          | i. | GOLD 
                                              MEDAL (Hari Malini Joshi Award) 
                                              for standing First in MD (Gen Medicine) 
                                              Examinations of Pune University 
                                              1982.
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                                          | ii. | GOLD MEDAL 
                                              for standing First in Advance Training 
                                              Course in Medicine at Armed Forces 
                                              Medical College, Pune 1980-82.
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                                          | iii. | DIPLOMATE of 
                                              National Board in General Medicine, 
                                              National Board of Medicine Science, 
                                              New Delhi 1984.
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                            | II] | PROFESSIONAL 
                                RECOGNITION & AWARDS: | 
                           
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                                    | 1. | INTERNATIONAL 
                                        FELLOW, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY. |   
                                    | 2. | AFFILIATE MEMBER, 
                                        THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS |   
                                    | 3. | IRACON AVENTIS ORATION 
                                        AWARD 2003 awarded to one rheumatologist 
                                        annually by the Indian rheumatology association |   
                                    | 4. | BJD INTERNATIONAL 
                                        PARTNERSHIP AWARD 2003 awarded to one 
                                        outstanding individual in the World annually 
                                        by the UN & WHO supported ‘The 
                                        Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010’ |   
                                    | 5. | NATIONAL SECRETARY, 
                                        THE BONE & JOINT DECADE –INDIA 
                                        (endorsed by WHO-UN, & Govt of INDIA 
                                        ) |   
                                    | 6. | MEDICAL ADVISOR, 
                                        MISSION ARTHRITIS INDIA (MAI) – 
                                        A patient support group |   
                                    | 7. | Selected by WHO to 
                                        represent India at the launch of UN-WHO 
                                        supported ‘The Bone & Joint 
                                        Decade 2000 - 2010’ in WHO HQ, Geneva, 
                                        Jan 2001. |   
                                    | 8. | Observer, WHO meeting 
                                        in Geneva, Jan 2001, to adopt ‘Classification 
                                        & diagnostic criteria for rheumatic 
                                        diseases’ presented by ACR (USA) 
                                        & EULAR (Europe) |   
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                            | III] | RESEARCH RECOGNITION & AWARDS: | 
                           
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                                  | 1. | DR BERRY 
                                      MEMORIAL AWARD 1987 (for best research paper 
                                      from ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA) |   
                                  | 2. | E MERCK AWARD 1988 
                                      (for best research paper from ASSOCIATION 
                                      OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA) |   
                                  | 3. | BOOTS BEST RESEARCH 
                                      PAPER AND GOLD MEDAL 1990 (INDIAN RHEUMATISM 
                                      ASSOCIATION) |   
                                  | 4. | ASIA PACIFIC LEAGUE 
                                      AGAINST RHEUMATISM (APLAR) STUDY GRANT AWARD 
                                      1992 |   
                                  | 5. | APLAR TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP 
                                      AWARD 1992  |   
                                  | 6. | CHIEF MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR, 
                                      ARTHRITIS CLINICAL DRUG STUDIES (INDO-US 
                                      STUDY) 1993 - 2002, (SPONSORED & SUPPORTED 
                                      BY BIOVED/AYURCORE, INC., USA) |   
                                  | 7. | CHIEF INVESTIGATOR, WHO-ILAR 
                                      COPCORD (COMMUNITY ORIENTED PROGRAM FOR 
                                      CONTROL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES PROJECT), 
                                      VILLAGE 
                                      BHIGWAN - DIST PUNE |   
                                  | 8. | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 
                                      & CO-ORDINATOR, NEW MILLENIUM INDIAN 
                                      TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (NMITLI) 
                                      ARTHRITIS PROJECT 2003-2006 (under auspices 
                                      of CSIR, Ministry of Science & Technology, 
                                      Govt of India) |   
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                            | IV] | MEDICAL / RHEUMATOLOGY JOURNAL 
                              RECOGNITION: | 
                           
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                                  | 1. | MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY 
                                    BOARD, APLAR J RHEUMATOLOGY: 1996 TILL DATE |   
                                  | 2. | MEMBER, EDITORIAL BOARD, CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY 
                                    (ILAR): 2003 TILL DATE |   
                                  | 3. | REFEREE, J RHEUMATOLGY: 2000 TILL DATE |   
                                  | 4. | LISTED IN WHO’S WHO IN MEDICINE & 
                                    HEALTHCARE IN JULY 2004 EDITION |   
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                                  | 1. | ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF 
                                    INDIA |   
                                  | 2. | INDIAN RHEUMATISM ASSOCIATION |  |