Education/Training:

    MD Internal Medicine, Gauhati Medical College, Assam, India

    Senior Residency in Gastroenterology, PSRI, New Delhi, India

    Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota, USA

    GI-Pancreatology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, USA

    Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Major research areas:

    Molecular mechanisms of clinical acute pancreatitis and its complications

    Pain mechanisms, measurement, and management in chronic pancreatitis

    Pancreatic stellate cells, inflammation, and beta cell dysfunction

    Gut microbiome in pancreatic diseases

    Genetics of recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis

Academic responsibilities:

    Associate Editor for Frontiers in Medicine (Gastroenterology section), Digestive Diseases and Sciences, BMC Gastroenterology.

    Editorial Board Member for Pancreatology and Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 

    Peer reviewer for 28 International journals (incl. Gastroenterology, Am J Gastroenterol, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, J Clin Invest, PlosOne, Scientific      

    Reports, Pancreas, Molecular immunology, JOP, WJG, …)

    2 National gastroenterology journals

    American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) review committee in Pancreas section

    Co-chair of the Scientific Committee of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (Pancreato biliary section)

    Co-chair of the Scientific Committee of the Indian Pancreas Club- PANCREAS 2022

    PhD Thesis reviewer for University of Auckland, New Zealand

    Mentoring (current): 1 Postdoc., 2 PhDs, 6 Research fellows, 2 DNB Medical GE students.

Publications and invited lectures/presentations:

    Over 100 full length scientific publications and 81 abstracts. 

    35 book/monogram chapters.

    9 health related articles for the public.

    Over 150 invited lectures in International, National and Regional conferences.

Awards and Honors:

    AGA Fellowship [AGAF] (2021); Fellowship of the Indian College of Physicians [FICP] (2018); Wellcome-DBT 

    Fellowships (2021/2017); SERB (2021), DBT Twinning (2012) research grants.