Awards and Honours
  • "PADMA SHRI" by the Government of India for distinguished work in the field of kidney transplantation in India, March 1982. He remains the youngest surgeon to receive the award.
  • Appointed as “HONORARY SURGEON” to three consecutive Presidents of India, 1983 - Shri N. Sanjeeva Reddy, Shri Giani Zail Singh and Shri R. Venkataraman.
  • Distinguished Citizen Award, Barseilly, Jesses, 1980.
  • Gold Medal and Scroll, King George Medical College, Lucknow, Alumni (1956-61) for Distinguished Academic Pursuits, 1981.
  • Sr. Joglekar Gold Medal for best research paper in the year 1981, Association of Surgeons of India for work on "Experimental Pancreatic Transplantation".
  • Foundation Day Oration, Department of Surgery, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, 1983.
  • Jhingran Memorial Oration of Indian Medical Association, Gorakhpur, 1983.
  • Reactor of Forum Discussion on Kidney Transplantation at IXth International Congress of the International Transplantation Society, Brighton, U.K., 1982.
  • Invited visiting professor – Medical College Jodhpur, 1983.
  • Presided over Experimental Transplantation Section at Xth International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Minneapolis, USA, 1984.
  • Chaired sessions of Transplantation at XXIVth Biennieal Congress of International College of Surgeons, Manila, 19984
  • Invited as Extension Lecturer Aligarh University, 1984
  • Junior Doctors Association, Orissa, Cuttack, Foundation Oration, 1985.
  • Guest lecture – Association of Surgeons of India, Rajasthan Chapter, Alwar – 1985.
  • Guest lecture on Renal Transplantation “Association of Physicians of India, U.P Chapter Lucknow, 1985.
  • Invited to Karachi for demonstration Operation, 1985.
  • Chaired a symposium on Clinical Renal Transplantation XIth International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Helsinki, August, 1986.
  • Elected Member International Committee on Organ Procurement, 1986.
  • Chaired a session during IIIrd International Symposium on Organ Procurement December, 1987, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Invited participant in Round Table Conference on “Maximization of Donor Organs” Barcelona, 1987.
  • Visiting Fellow Monash University, Australia.
  • Chaired a session at Annual meeting of International College of Surgeons, Japan, Sept. 1987.
  • Invited speaker “Ist International Congress Society for Organ Sharing”, Rome, 1991.
  • Chairman of Plenary Session ”Current Status and Advances in Preservation” – Ist International
  • Congress of the Society for Organ Sharing, Rome, 1991.
  • Chairperson, Plenary Session “Non-Heart Cadaver in Transplantation” Ist International Congress on Transplantation in Developing Countries, Singapore, 1992.
  • International Adviser Ist International Congress on Transplantation in Developing Countries, Singapore, 1992.
  • Distinguished speaker Ist International Congress on Transplantation in Developing Countries, Singapore, 1992.
  • Invited to lead a team from India for World Transplantation Olympics in Vancouver, 1993.
  • Participated as Indian Representative in the first meeting of “International Board of Governors” of the Transplantation Society, Sydney, 1988.
  • "Life Time Achievement Award" Indian Society of Organ Transplantation.
  • Recognition from the World Transplant Games Federation July, 2003 in recognition of pioneering work in the development of transplantation and organ donation in the Indian sub-continent.