Fellow , Madras Medical College
Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences
Ph.D. in Neurosurgery from Madras University for thesis "CT Numbers in Intracranial space occupying lesions and its diagnostic significance"
Fellow, International College of Surgeons since 1987
Fellow, American College of Surgeons (only Neurosurgeon from India to be awarded the FACS. in 1986 and one of the youngest F.A.C.S. from India)
MNAMS (Neurosurgery) Certified by the National Board of Examinations in Neurosurgery in April 1981 - third neurosurgeon in India, the only one in 1981 and the second to be certified in the first attempt
Awarded M.S (Neurosurgery) degree of the Madras University after five years of post-graduate training from April 1975 to April 1980
Awarded the M.B.B.S. Degree of the Madras University in January 1975