PRESENT DESIGNATION : Director, Institute of Gastrosciences Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY : President-Elect, Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) President, Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (206-17). Governor, (Indian region), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) President, Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW 2019), Kolkata QUALIFICATION: MNAMS- Gastroenterology 1995 (awarded by National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi). D.M (Gastroenterology) June 1989, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India. M.D (Medicine) June 1987, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India. M.B.B.S- June 1981, Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta, India. F.A.C.G- Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology, 1996. F.A.S.G.E- Fellow, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2007. A.G.A.F- Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association, 2016. F.R.C.P- Fellowship of Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 2017 INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION: Appointed as member of International Committee of American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2014-16). President, APDW 2019, Kolkata International Leadership award 2020 by American College of Gastroenteroëogy AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS: J. Mitra Award 2005-06 given by Indian Society of Gastroenterology in the year 2006 for contribution to G. I. Endoscopy. SISCO PENTAX ORATION for 2002 awarded by Society of G. I. Endoscopy for contribution in the field of G. I. Endoscopy. ENDOSCOPIC EXPERIENCE: Performed more than >1,00,000 endoscopic procedures with expertine advance therapeutic endoscopy such as Spyglass Cholangioscopy, Cellvizio & POEM PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: 205 publications in various medical journals and books including American Journal of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, British J Surgery Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, European Journal of Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, etc.