Affiliations

Hospital/Clinic addresses and consultation timings are listed here.

1. Medical Director, RECOUP Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation Centre

• RECOUP is an unique medical centre specialising in the prevention, assessment, treatment and research of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and other Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD), and various Childhood Disabilities through an inter-disciplinary approach.
• RECOUP has 5 centres in Bangalore: Jayanagar (main centre), Indiranagar, HSR Layout, Rajaji Nagar, and Outer Ring Road (Bellandur) and one centre in Hyderabad: Jubilee Hills. Branches in Pune and New Delhi are starting soon. The RECOUP Hospital in Bangalore is likely to start functioning by the end of 2008.
• Over 35,000 patients, including several from countries like USA, Canada, UK, France, Sweden, Poland, UAE, Zimbabwe, Singapore, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Israel, New Zealand and Australia (besides from throughout India) have already been successfully treated at RECOUP, since 2001.
• RECOUP currently leads the largest prospective research study in the world to identify the causes and results of treatment of RSI (2001-2008). Over 30,000 computer professionals have already been evaluated.

2. RSI and Ergonomics Consultant to Major Companies

• Hewlett Packard (India) Software Operations Ltd., Bangalore (since February 2, 2001): The first well-known medical ergonomic intervention programme in India. Over 4000 Information Technology (IT) Professionals have already been treated in the in-house RSI Clinic.
• Oracle Software (India) Ltd., Bangalore & Hyderabad. Over 2000 IT Professionals have been treated in the RSI Clinic.
• Texas Instruments India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore. Over 750 IT Professionals have been treated in the RSI Clinic.
• Sterling Commerce Solutions, Bangalore. Over 300 IT Professionals have been treated in the RSI Clinic.
• Perot Systems, Bangalore. Over 200 IT Professionals have been treated in the RSI Clinic.
• Monsanto Research Centre, Bangalore
• CSR India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore (Formerly Ubinetics)
• McKinsey & Company, Mumbai & New Delhi. Ergonomics Consultant to the Firm RSI Group, covering all McKinsey locations world wide
• Microsoft, Cisco, GE, Infosys, Cisco, Wipro, AMD, Ness Technologies, Sage Design Systems, Honeywell, Webmethods, Titan Industries, Quintiles, Philips Software, British Gas, Digicaptions, Sandisk, and over 60 other major companies.
• Over 25,000 IT/ITES Professionals have attended our Training Programs on RSI Prevention (including employees of companies like Infosys, Wipro, Motorola, Compaq, HP, IBM, McKinsey, Novell, Texas Instruments, Honeywell, Analog Devices, Ace Designers, Enercon Systems, Sage Design Systems, NDS, Alliance Semiconductor, National Semiconductors, Huawei Technologies, Shobha Renaissance Information Technology (Pvt.) Ltd., Timken, Inductis, Microchip, Monsanto, ISRO, Lightsurf, Ubinetics, Newscale, Titan and Stylus Systems). READ MORE

3. Head, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Centre for Child Development & Disabilities, Bangalore Children's Hospital

• Multispeciality Medical Centre dedicated to Developmental Disorders in Children, located at Malleswaram, managed by Sackhumvit Trust (a not-for-profit organization)
• The team of eminent Medical Specialists include Developmental Paediatricians, Paediatric Orthopaedician, Paediatric Neurologist, Paediatric Psychiatrist, Paediatric Endocrinologist, Paediatric Pulmonologist and various Rehabilitation Professionals, and the latest neurodiagnostic and rehabilitation facilities are available.

  
  
  

4. Consultant in Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Sagar Apollo Hospital, Jayanagar, Bangalore (http://www.sagarapollo.com), and The Sagar Clinic, Banashankari (http://www.thesagarclinic.com)

• Visiting Consultant with admission rights. I am not available for consultation at this location.

5. Consultant in Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Bangalore

• 75 bedded hospital, set up by Agarwal Seva Samiti Trust in 2001
• 2 Operation Theatres, C-arm, Fracture Table, X-ray, Clinical Laboratory, ICU, Telemedicine link up
• Administration guidance by Narayana Hrudayalaya (Asia Heart Foundation)
• One of the three hospitals in Bangalore recognised under the Yeshaswini Scheme, run by the Cooperative Department, Govt. of Karnataka. This health insurance scheme covers over 16,000 members of rural cooperatives ? milk unions, sugar factories, PLD banks, Stree Shakti groups etc. Orthopaedic operations costing upto Rs. 2 lakhs are admissible.
• Free rehabilitative surgery for locomotor disabilities for poor patients, sponsored by Radhika Mandal (more than 85 free operations successfully performed since 2002)
• Recognised by all major health insurance companies (Mediclaim)

6. Chief Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Consultant to the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (Govt. of Karnataka), 40 Tambuchetty Street, Cox Town, Bangalore-560005 (http://www.disabilityactindia.org/)

• Consultant to the Govt. of Karnataka on Disability and Rehabilitation related issues
• Chief Resource Person for assessment and surgical rehabilitation of persons with orthopaedic disabilities for the state of Karnataka
• Responsible for the training of State Government cadre Orthopaedic Surgeons and Rehabilitation Workers in Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Technology related to Locomotor Disabilities

7. Member, Expert Committee on Cerebral Palsy and Autism, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India (http://socialjustice.nic.in/)

• Constituted on November 27, 2003 to prescribe national guidelines for evaluation of disabilities associated with Cerebral Palsy and Autism and procedure for certification.
• The 5 member committee of medical experts on Cerebral Palsy met on December 30, 2003 and has made its recommendations to the ministry.

Academic Affiliations:

1. Faculty Member in Orthopaedics, Indian Society of Health Administrators, Bangalore (http://www.ishaindia.com). I conduct training workshops for physicians, nurses, paramedical workers, and health administrators; and participate in research activities and technical medical writing for the Non Government Organisation.
2. Faculty Member in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Mobility India, Bangalore (http://www.mobility-india.org). One of India's topmost NGO's in the field of Disabilities and Rehabilitation. Runs training courses for various rehabilitation professionals, including prosthetists and orthotists.