• Dr BC Roy National Award; Received from Honorable President of India Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil on July 2, 2008.

  Receiving Dr BC Roy National Award from Honorable President of India Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil on July 2, 2008

  

  Group photograph of recipients of Dr BC Roy National Award 2006 with Honorable President of India Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil on July 2, 2008

  
• Harold O Conn award by American Association for the study of Liver (AASLD) for presentation of research paper at the Annual meeting held in November, Boston, USA

  Receiving Harold O. Conn Award from the AASL President Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD in 2012

• ICMR Awards: ICMR is the highest medical body facilitating research in various medical fields in India and I have been awarded 4 times
• “Basanti Devi Amir Chand” by ICMR for the year 2009 for outstanding contribution in Hepatology

  Receiving “Basanti Devi Amir Chand” ICMR Award from Honorable Health Minister of India Sh Gulam Nabi Azad

• “Amrut Modi Unichem” given by ICMR in 2007 for significant contribution in Portal hypertension
• “Shakuntala Amir Chand Award” given by ICMR for “Prognostic evaluation of early indicators in fulminant hepatic failure by multivariate analysis” in 1998.
• “Dr DV Datta Memorial Oration Award” for excellence in research in Liver Diseases in 1996.
• AASLD [American Association for the Study of the Liver]

  Receiving Honor from Prof Patrick Kamath on behalf of AASLD President Prof Anna Lok for Conducting a Joint AASLD-INASL Session at the Silver Jubilee 25^th Annual Meeting of INASL on 4 August 2017.

• “Apollo Award of Merit” in 2006 by Apollo Hospitals for significant contribution in the field of Medical Sciences.
• “Olympus Mitra Endoscopy Award” by Indian Society of Gastroenterology for the year 2003 for promoting education in the field of endoscopy.
• "Young Investigators' Award” by 11^th Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology and 8^th Asian Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy at Hong Kong, in 2000.
• “Hoechest Om Prakash Memorial Award” for outstanding contribution in Gastroenterology by Indian Society of Gastroenterology in 1997
• "Young Investigators' Award” by Japanese Society of Gastroenterology 1996.
• "Searle Best Paper Award" was given for the best paper of the year 1995, entitled “Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in subclinical hepatic encephalopathy”.
• "Young Clinician Award" by World Congress of Gastroenterology, at Los Angeles, 1994.

• Received Himalaya Junior INASL Fellowship for the year 1994.
• Received Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Visiting Fellowship for the year 1995-96 and visited Christian Medical College, Vellore for 3 weeks.
• Reviewer for the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
• Received second prize in the poster presentation for paper entitled "Effect of cigarette smoking on gastric bicarbonate secretion" at Annual ISG Conference held at Varanasi in 1994.
• Received merit poster award for the paper entitled "Epidemiology of gallstone disease in Chandigarh" at Annual ISG Conference held at Chandigarh in 1996.
• Received best poster paper award for the paper entitled "Budd-Chiari syndrome: our experience of 71 patients" at Annual ISG Conference held at Pune in 1998.
• Attended and presented a paper at DDW-99 Conference held at Orlando, Florida (USA) in May 1999.
• Visiting Fellow at Therapeutic endoscopy centres for 3 weeks at Brigham and Women Hospital, Boston (USA) and Beth-Israel Hospital, Boston (USA) from 22.5.99 to10.6.99.
• Received Olympus Mitra Endoscopy Award for the year 2000-2001; given by Indian Society of Gastroenterology for the expertise and dissemination of knowledge in the field of endoscopy.
• Received Sisco-Pentax Oration for the year 2000-2001; given by Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India.
• Received ISGCON 2003 poster session award for the paper entitled " Contrast-free unilateral endoscopic palliation in malignant hilar biliary obstruction: a new method" at annual conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology held at Chennai in November, 2003.
• Received Best Poster Paper Award for the paper entitled “High dose rate intraluminal radiation for the palliative management of malignant biliary tract obstruction by endoscopic method:a preliminary report” presented at 3^rd international conference of RGCON held at New Delhi in April 2004.
• Received Travel Award from American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver for presenting a paper at the 14^th Biennial conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver held at Delhi in December 2004.
• Awarded Certificate of Distinction by American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver for an outstanding poster presentation of a paper entitled “ Terlipressin versus albumin in paracentesis induced circulatory dysfunction in cirrhosis” at the AASLD/APASL Workshop during the 14th Biennial conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver held at Delhi in December 2004.
• Attended Digestive Disease Week – 05 Conference held at Chicago (USA) between 14^th May 2005 to 19^th May 2005 and presented a paper entitled “Endoscopic intraluminal brachytherapy and metal stent in malignant hilar biliary obstruction: A pilot study”.
• Underwent Training in Liver Transplantation at Center for Liver Diseases and Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh between 20^th May 2005 to 10^th June 2005.
• Visiting Professor to the Section of Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (USA).
• Visiting Professor to the Center for Liver Diseases and Department of Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh.
• Delivered two guest lectures on “Bacterial and parasitic diseases of liver” and “Endoscopic management of biliary injuries” at Center for liver diseases and Department of Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh on 6^th June, 2005 and 9^th June 2005, respectively.
• Received Best Paper Award for the paper entitled “Endoscopic intraluminal brachytherapy and metal stent in malignant hilar biliary obstruction” at XVth National Conference of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, held at PGI, Chandigarh in September 2005.
• Paper entitled “Noradrenaline versus albumin in paracentesis-induced circulatory dysfunction in cirrhosis” Was selected for the Young Investigator Award Session at Annual Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference held at Vishakapatnam from 11^th November to 15^th November 2005. The above paper was given the Best Paper Award in the Young Investigator Award Session.
• European Association for the Study of Liver awarded full bursary for presenting a paper entitled “Noradrenaline and albumin in paracentesis – induced circulatory dysfunction in cirrhosis: A randomized pilot study” at 41^st Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL – 2006) held in Vienna, Austria between April 26-30, 2006.
• Attended 41^st Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL – 2006) held in Vienna, Austria between April 26-30, 2006 and presented a paper entitled “Noradrenaline and albumin in paracentesis – induced circulatory dysfunction in cirrhosis: A randomized pilot study”.
• Attended Third International Meeting on Transplantation From Non-Heart-Beating Donors held at London between 11^th to 12^th May 2006.
• Visiting Fellow at Institute of Liver Studies, Kings College Hospital, London, for exposure in the field of Hepatology and Liver Transplantation between 1.5.2006 – 22.05.2006.
• Received International Travel Grant from Indian Society of Gastroenterology for attending APDW 2006 at Cebu,Phillipines.
• Received First Prize in Oral Plenary Session for presenting the paper entitled “Midodrine Versus Albumin In The Prevention Of Paracentesis – Induced Circulatory Dysfunction In Cirrhotics: A Randomized Pilot Study” at National Conference of Indian Association of Study of Liver Disease, held at CMC, Vellore in March 2007.
• Paper entitled “Midodrine Versus Albumin In The Prevention Of Paracentesis – Induced Circulatory Dysfunction In Cirrhotics: A Randomized Pilot Study” was presented and selected as Presidential Poster of Distinction at American Association for Study of Liver Disease Conference held at Boston between 2-6 November, 2007.
• Received ISG-Astra Oration for the year 2009; given by Indian Society of Gastroenterology.
• Member,Editorial Board of World Journal of Gastroenterology.
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy selected me as an ASGE Ambassador to teach and train physicians, the endoscopic medical care at centers around the world and I alongwith other Ambassadors trained physicians at pilot Ambassador Program at its Training Center in Cairo, Egypt from February 19-26, 2010.
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy awarded me the Fellowship of ASGE (FASGE) for my contribution in the field of Endoscopy.
• Delivered guest lecture as distinguished speaker on “Ascites- causes and management in East” at Asian Pacific Association of Study of Liver Disease on 18^th Feb 2012 held at Taipei,Taiwan.
• Visiting Professor to the state of art centre for liver diseases at Beaujon Hospital,Clichy,France from 24^th -25^th April,2012 and delivered a guest lecture entitled “Vasopressor therapy in Ascites and Hepatorenal Syndrome”.
• Paper entitled “Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial” was presented and selected as Poster of Distinction at Digestive Disease Week – 13 Conference held at Orlando (USA) between 18^th May 2013 to 21^st May 2013.
• Delivered guest lecture on “New biomarkers of renal tubular damage in patients with cirrhosis” at APASL-IAC symposium at Asian Pacific Association of Study of Liver Disease on 8^th June 2013 held at Singapore.
• Research entitled “Singh V, Dhungana SP, Singh B, Vijayverghia R, Nain CK, Sharma N, Bhalla A,Gupta PK. Midodrine in patients with cirrhosis and refractory or recurrent ascites : a randomized pilot study.J Hepatol 2012;56:348-354” discussed at special session of AASLD 2012 at Boston-Advances for practitioners which is a rare distinction for any Indian Research and incorporated in AASLD Practice Guidelines for the management of Cirrhotic Ascites-Hepatology 2013.
• Research entitled “Singh V, Ghosh S, Singh B, Kumar P, Sharma N, Bhalla A, Sharma AK, Choudhary NS, Chawla Y, Nain CK. Noradrenaline versus terlipressin in the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome : a randomized study.J Hepatol 2012;56:1293-1298” discussed at special session of AASLD 2013 at Washington DC-Advances for practitioners which is a rare distinction for any Indian Research.
• Received Dr S R Naik Memorial Award for the year 2014; given by Indian Society of Gastroenterology.
• Received Amrut Mody Unichem Prize -2014 for the year 2014; given by Indian Council of Medical Research.
• International Club of Ascites selected me as a member of ICA Scientific Committee in February, 2015.

1. ICMR Award

Received the prestigious ‘Dharamvir Datta Memorial Oration Award’ from the Indian Council of Medical Research for the year 2006 for research on “Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in India’

2. ISG-Alkem Om Prakash Memorial Award

For the year 2006 by the Indian Society of Gastroenterology - for young gastroenterologist less than 40 years of age for contribution in research and publications

3. ISG- SR Naik Memorial Award

For the year 2008 by the Indian society of Gastroenterology for the best published work on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the year 2007-08

4. ISG-Zydus Oration Award (2013)

For the year 2013 by the Indian Society of Gastroenterology for the research h in the area of Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

5. Asia- Pacific International Fellowship

For 28^th Asia- Pacific International Molecular Biology Network & Asian Molecular Biology Organization International course on ‘Innovative Strategy for Post Genomic Research- Integrated Functional analyses of Disease associated Sugar Chains and Proteins’ in May/June, 2005 at Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan

6. Singapore Indian Group Networking for Empowerment Training

Fellowship to attend the training of trainers workshop in ‘Evidence based Medicine’, organized by Singapore Health services at Singapore in June 2009

7. Visiting scholar

For training in liver transplantation from May 1^st to July 31^st 2006, at the UNC center for Liver Diseases and Transplantation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

TRAVEL BURSARIES

1. ISG- APDW – Travel Fellowship

Indian Society of Gastroenterology travel fellowship to attend and present paper at the Asian Pacific Digestive week at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in September 2010

2. Korean society of Gastroenterology – Travel Award

Korean society of Gastroenterology – Travel Award for the paper ‘Serum leptin does not correlate with hepatic fibrosis in patients with nonalcohoilic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)’ at the Seoul International Digestive Disease Symposium (SIDDS) held at Seoul, Korea from Nov 22-22^nd, 2007.

3. ISG- APDW – Travel Fellowship

Indian Society of Gastroenterology travel fellowship to attend and present paper at the 6^th Asian Pacific Digestive week at Cebu City, Philippines in Nov 2006

BEST PAPER AWARDS

1. ACG - Presidential Poster Award

• Presidential poster award for the poster “Small intestinal Bacterial overgrowth and Toll like receptor signalling in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease” in the annual conference of the American college of Gastroenterology (ACG) held at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA in October, 2015.

2. ISG – Plenary Award

• Co-author and Principal Guide in the paper ‘Monocyte HLA-DR expression, neutrophil oxidative burst capacity and cytokine analysis in patients with decompensated cirrhosis with and without acute-on chronic liver failure (ACLF)’ which received the First prize in the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) held at New Delhi in December, 2016.

3. INASL – Plenary Award

• Co-author and Principal Guide in the paper ‘Histological severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is related to the volume of subcutaneous adipose tissue’ which received the second prize in the 19^th Annual Conference of the Indian National association for the study of Liver (INASL) held at PGIMER, Chandigarh in March, 2011.

4. INASL – Plenary Award

• Co-author and Principal Guide in the paper ‘Increase atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease risk in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease’ which received the third prize in the 18^th Annual Conference of the Indian National association for the study of Liver (INASL) held at Bhubaneswar, in March, 2010.

5. ISG- Best Poster Award

• Co-author in the best poster award for the poster, ‘Ultrastructure of mitochondria in patients with Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease’ at the annual conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) 2006.

6. ISG-Systopic oral - Best Paper Award

• For the paper, ‘Insulin resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis C’ in annual conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) 2005

7. Prize from Prize from Indian Journal of Gastroenterology for the third best original article

• For the paper ‘Assessment of insulin resistance and effect of metformin in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis- A preliminary report’ published in the journal in the year 2004. Duseja A, et al. Indian J Gastroenterol 2004; 23:12-15.

• Students award - 14 ISHEN, Quebec, Canada September 2010
• Best oral paper presentation at 19th INASL, Chandigarh, March 2011
• Oral paper presentation at Gastro 2015 at Brisbane, Australia, September 2015

Professional Recognition

• APASL 2017 Shanghai China. Plenary presentation: Ivabradine in combination with carvedilol improves diastolic dysfunction in cirrhosis. Young Investigator Award (2017)
• International Liver Congress (Annual meeting of the European association for Study of the Liver) Young Investigator Award (2018)
• Direct Antiviral Agents are safe and efficacious in paediatric patients with chronic hepatitis C; Real world data from the public health perspective
• Heparin like effect increases risk of mortality and bleeding tendency in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis during systemic Inflammatory Response (SIRS) and sepsis
• Expedition Team Member of the 30^th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, Wintering Over team in 2010-2012. (ISEA) National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Headland Sada, Goa, India
• Gold Medals in Anatomy, Pathology, ENT and Forensic Medicine during MBBS
• University topper in MD medicine (Delhi University)
• Recipient of Young Scientist grant (under DST Scheme (SB 189/2014)

• National Cadet Corps
• Rank: Cadet, completed theory and practical training under Ministry of Defense, Government of India in 2002.

• MBBS
• Distinctions in subjects: microbiology, pathology, internal medicine, community medicine, paediatrics.
• Winner: Indian Academy of Paediatrics Quiz National rounds 25th January 2009-Bangalore.
• Participant - ICMR project 2009 – Prevalence of Tuberculosis in urban Slums.
• Winner and participant in various CMEs like
• 25^th Annual Update On Pulmonary And Critical Care Medicine.
• Common Disorders In Children, 2008.
• Complications Of Cirrhosis Of Liver, 2008.
• CME on Rheumatology, 2008.
• Symposium On Practice Guidelines For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Common Fungal Infections, 2006.
• Sports and Cultural activities: winner in Cricket, Badminton and Bhangra Dance completions.

• M.D (Internal Medicine)- 3 years
• Dissertation Thesis: Quality of Life and psychological aspects in patients of severe mitral stenosis subjected for Balloon Mitral Valvotomy.
• Winner and participant in various CMEs like
• Annual update on Pulmonary And Critical Care Medicine, 2011.
• Current Perspectives In Rheumatology, 2011.
• Capital Emergency Medicine, 2013.
• Rheumatology Update, 2014.
• Acute Care Medicine Update, 2012.
• Active participant in Basic life support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course held at GMCH, Chandigarh 2013

• D.M (Hepatology)- 3 years
• Dissertation and thesis: Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor And Growth Hormone In Cirrhosis Of Liver: A Randomized Trial.
• Winner and participant in various CME and conferences:
• Poster presentation on “New classification of gastric varices: a twenty-year experience” at International Liver Congress-2017 hosted by EASL.
• 1^st World Congress Of GI Endoscopy- ENDO 2017.
• Young Clinician Program, 2014.
• Indian National Association For Study Of The Liver And Current Perspectives In Liver Disease, 2015.
• Endoscopy Gurukul: Hands On Training Program, 2015
• Asia Pacific Association For Study Of The Liver- Single Theme Conference On HCV Infection And Disease, 2015.
• Indian Council For Medical Education And Research (ICMR) Training Program- How To Teach Evidence Based Clinical Practice, 2016.
• HCV Eradication And ECHO (Extension For Community Health Care Outcomes).
• 16^th Annual Meet Of Gastroenterology Young Masters, 2016.
• 3^rd International Liver Symposium, 2016.
• Poster presentation on Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients of Acute on Chronic Liver Failure at 24^th Annual Scientific Meeting Of Indian National Association For Study of the Liver (INASL), 2016
• Administrative participation in PGI- GI Emergency Update, 2016
• Poster Presentation on “Pirfenidone Related Acute Liver Failure” at Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Diseases annual conference held at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi between 3^rd to 6^th August, 2017.
• Poster presentation on “Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients of Acute on Chronic Liver Failure” at The Liver Meeting® 2017: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC, October 20-24.
• Poster presentation on “Optimization of 99mTc Sulfur Colloid SPECT for the Functional Liver Assessment in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis: Correlation with Indocyanine Green and Clinical Scores” at The Liver Meeting® 2017: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC, October 20-24.
• Poster presentation on “Direct Acting Antivirals in Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 3 and Advanced Cirrhosis” at The Liver Meeting® 2017: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC, October 20-24.
• Attended Annual Scientific Retreat 2017 at Thomas Starzl Institute of transplantation at University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre 11.11.2017

• Assistant Professor since 30^th June 2018
• Co-ordinator Scientific committee while organizing the annual meeting of INASL 2018 at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi between 2^nd and 5^th August 2018
• Treasurer, during 18^th PGI-AIIMS Current Perspectives in Liver Diseases– 2018 & Single Theme Conference “Alcoholic Liver Disease” held between October 13-14^th, 2018 at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
• Guest Editor of JCEH, July 2018 Issue
• Reviewer for International peer reviewed journals: JCEH, JGH
• Conducting Sessions on ECHO for treatment of HCV in community of Punjab (with Prof. RK Dhiman)
• Invited Chairperson for a session on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease during 26^th Annual Meeting of the INASL at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, and New Delhi between 2^nd and 5^th August 2018.
• Invited Chair person for a session on endotherapies in liver disease during Endoscopy Premier League 2018 (EPL 2018) held between 21-23 September, 2018 at JW Marriott, Aerocity, New Delhi.
• Invited faculty during 2^nd PGI GI Emergency Update on 29^th and 30^th September 2018 in LT-I at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
• Invited chairperson for a session on hepatitis B during 18^th PGI-AIIMS Current Perspectives in Liver Diseases – 2018 & Single Theme Conference “Alcoholic Liver Disease” held between October 13-14^th, 2018 at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
• Participant faculty in PGI-FIT training workshop aiming at teaching professionalism and communication skills Medicine in PGIMER, Chandigarh with Prof. Gita Mehta, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of San-Diego, USA.
• Invited “Core Group Faculty” during training workshop for faculty on “Faculty Development for Teaching Communication Skills and PGIMER-KYP (Know your Patient) Program” held on 17^th November 2018 at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
• Invited Faculty during training workshop for residents on “Interpersonal and Medical Communication: A workshop for residents” held at PGIMER, on 29^th November 2018.
• BMJ South Asia “Finalist” Award under the category of “Post Graduate Thesis of the Year” amongst 9 South Asian countries held on 1^st December, 2018 at Chennai, India.
• Invited Delegate-Faculty at The 7^th Kolkata Liver Meeting held on 6^th, 7^th and 8^th December, 2018, at the Hotel Westin, Kolkata

• Society memberships
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) - Membership Number 180484
• Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Disease (INASL) – Membership number INASL1440
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) – Membership number 160617

Research and Administrative Activities

• Batch representative at Graduate and Post Graduate level
• Guest Editor Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology July 2017 Issue.
• Guest Editor Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology July 2018 Issue.
• Coordinator scientific committee at the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Diseases annual conference held at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi between 3^rd to 6^th August, 2017.
• Coordinator scientific committee at the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Diseases annual conference to be held at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi between 2^nd to 5^th August, 2018.
• Active participant in the Indian Council For Medical Education And Research Training Program- How To Teach Evidence Based Clinical Practice, 2016.
• Invited talk on “Pirfenidone Related Acute Liver Failure” at Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Diseases annual conference held at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi between 3^rd to 6^th August, 2017.
• Health education: conducted a talk utilizing ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) network across national medical college network to impart continuing medical education on novel therapies in cirrhosis on 9.2.18.
• Health education workshop on “know your liver” for the senior citizens of Mohali conducted at Max Super Specialty Hospital, phase 6, Mohali.