Won numerous awards for standing first in SSC (GCSE O Level) in Goa
Stood first in state of Goa, India, amongst all medical entrants in the year 1975
Won Mumbai University prizes in Pathology and Forensic Medicine in MBBS (2nd year)
Stood 1st in Goa in final MBBS (1979)
Attended 1st Microsurgery workshop organised by The Indian Microsurgery Society in Dec 1989
Awarded 1st prize (by Prof. Brunelli, Past President of International Microsurgery Society), for winning All India Microsurgical competition organised at this workshop in form of free registration to attend 6th International Advanced Microsurgery course held in Italy in June 1990
Attended International Course in Transforaminal Spinal Endoscopy in Maharashtra in Sept 2014