Awards And Achievements

ONCOLOGY FELLOWSHIP AWARDS IN USA

4/2009 Awarded American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) Resident HDR Fellowship for the year 2009. Underwent clinical and didactic training in HDR brachytherapy in Texas Cancer Clinic, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC HONOURS

3/2010 Awarded International travel grant by International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) – Training at The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Radiation Oncology Center, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, California, USA for advanced training in Radiation Oncology.
4/2009 Awarded International travel grant by American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) for HDR brachytherapy training in Texas Cancer Clinic, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
9/2008 Awarded International grant for attending 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
NATIONAL (INDIA) ACADEMIC HONOURS

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
03/2014 Oral presentation in Torrent Young Scholar Award 2014 – Competition among all D.M. (Medical Oncology) super specialty post graduates across all Indian Institutes conducted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India – Debate Topic – “EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in NSCLC – Against the motion”.
04/2014 Bronze medal winner in National level talent competition – Torrent Young Scholar Award 2014 – Competition among all D.M. (Medical Oncology) super specialty post graduates across all Indian Institutes conducted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
7/2012 Oral presentation in 8th American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) held at Toronto, Canada – “Concurrent chemoradiation with weekly Cisplatin, Docetaxel and Gefitinib – A study to assess feasibility, toxicity and immediate response”.
3/2012 Oral Presentation – Best Clinical Trial Proposal Award – presented in 26th Conference of Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON), Bangalore, India – “Toxicity and Efficacy analysis of Triplet combination (Docetaxel / Oxaliplatin / Capecitabine) in advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Malignancy”.
9/2009 Oral Presentation – Best Thesis Presentation – Submission of results of Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON) trial in National meet – Awarded first prize, Rupees 50,000 in 21st Conference of ICON, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India – “Results of Phase I trial of weekly Paclitaxel and Cisplatin with Radiation Therapy in Carcinoma Cervix”. http://oncologyindia.org/Content.aspx?Show=5AlFDZkt7143notl9qLA
9/2006 Oral Presentation – Best Project Proposal award in National conference – Awarded Rupees 500,000 for conducting a trial – 15th Conference of Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON), Trivandrum, Kerala, India – “Phase I trial of Weekly Paclitaxel as Radiosensitizer with Cisplatin and Radiation Therapy in the treatment of Carcinoma Cervix”.
9/2005 Oral Presentation – Best paper presentation – Awarded Dr. Padam Singh Award – Association of Radiation Oncologist of India (AROI) – State Conference, September 2005, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India – “Comparison of efficacy of 3 modalities in treatment of Carcinoma Cervix – Conventional, Hyperfractionation and Chemoradiation therapy”.
4/2000 Awarded Kishore Vyaganik Protshahik Yojna (KVPY) Scholarship, April 2000, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India – “Assessment of socioeconomic aspects of 100
families in Royapuram, Chennai – A sample study in Chennai population”.