Qualifications

General Medical Council
Registration number 4059369 FULL
Specialist Register: General Adult Psychiatry, 1996
Medical Degree
M.B.B.S., Topiwala National Medical College
University of Bombay, India, 1985
Postgraduate Degrees
D.P.M. (Diploma in Psychological Medicine),
University of Bombay, India, 1987
M.D. Psychiatry,
University of Bombay, India, 1989
B.C.Psych. (Board Certificate in Psychiatry and Neurology),
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England, 1992
M.R.C.Psych., London, 1993
F. R. C.Psych, London, Feb. 2004
M.Sc. Mental Health Studies, - 1994
Division of Psychiatry, Guy's & St Thomas` Hospital Medical School,
University of London, England
Specialist Modules: Marital and Sexual Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with research methods.

Honours

2nd Rank in D.P.M. Part I examinations in Bombay University, 1986
1st Rank in D.P.M. Part II examinations in Bombay University, 1987
1st Rank overall in D.P.M. examinations
Dr A P Patkar Prize for 1st Rank in M.D. Psychiatry Examinations, held in Academic Year 1988 to 1989

Awarded Certificate in Theory and Practice of Behaviour Therapy by Professor Isaac Marks and Association of University Teachers in Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England. Duration: 1 year part-time, 1992.
Awarded Post-graduate\Post-qualification Certificate in Theory and Practice of Cognitive Therapy, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, England. Duration : 1 year part-time. 1993.
Advanced Training in Theory and Practice of Hypnosis (Hypnotherapy), by Faculty, Atkinson-Ball College of Hypnotherapy, Regent's College, Regent's Park, London, England 1994.
Advanced Training in Stress Management, Centre for Stress Management, British Psychological Society accredited: London 1994-95.
Approved as Medical Practitioner under Section 12 (2) of the Mental Health Act 1983, England for diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.