Honors & Orations

Honorary Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Invited Oration: at KENTCON Conference, Kerala, 27th to 29th September 2024

Honored with Health Excellence Award 2023, By Times Group (Vijay Karnataka – Bangalore Mirror) for exceptional medical service in ENT - Head & Neck Onco Surgery

Dr. Ekanatham M Oration, at the 8th Telangana State Conference 2023, Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 23rd September to 24 September 2023, Telangana, India.

Dr. JV Desa Oration, at the 52nd Annual Maharashtra State Conference (MENTCON), 2nd December to 4th December 2022, Shirdi, Ahmednagar, India.

Prof. Alauddin Oration at the 17th National Conference of ORLHNS 2019 of the Society of Otolaryngologists & Head Neck Surgeons of Bangladesh, 30th November to 2nd December 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prof. SR Singh Oration at the 37th UPAOICON 2019, Annual State Conference of the UP branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 8th to 10th November 2019, Lucknow, India

Karnataka ENT Oration at the AOIKON 2019, 37th Annual State Conference of the Karnataka branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 27th to 29th September 2019, Madikeri, India

DS Grewal Oration at the 70th Annual conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 4th to 7th January 2018, Indore, India

Felicitation by the Bangladesh ENT Association and the Bangladesh Society of Otology at the 2nd Advance Temporal Bone and Skull Base Dissection and Surgery workshop, 21st to 24th August 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Felicitation by the Andhra Branch of the AOI at their 35th Annual AOI Conference, 5th September 2016.

Honorary Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, awarded on 26th August 2016 by the President & Secretary of IAOHNS.

Global Otology Research Forum (GLORF) best paper award: Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery, Politzer Society Meeting, 13th – 17th November 2013, Antalya, Turkey

Best paper award, Neurotology 2013, 11th-12th April, Milan, Italy

Rameshwardasji Birla Smarak Kosh Fellowship, 2013 for Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery at Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy

14th British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) fellowship, 2012, Glasgow, UK

13th British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) fellowship, 2009, Liverpool, UK

Certificate of excellence in scientific publications in 2007 & 2008 by Manipal University

Borekatte Laxmi Devi Memorial Award for the best out-going MS (Otorhinolaryngology) student, Manipal University, 2006

Prof. MV Venkatesh Murthy Gold medal for the best poster presentation. 22nd Karnataka State Conference of the Karnataka branch of AOI, 16th-19th April 2004, Mysore

Second prize, Dr. Kishore Chandra Prasad Gold Medal for the best quiz team in the ENT quiz competitions, South Zone Conference of AOI, 25-28th September 2003, Thrissur

Second prize, Otolaryngology quiz competitions, 23rd Karnataka State Conference of the Karnataka branch of AOI, 27th- 29th May 2005, Hubli

Ten Outstanding Young Indian (TOYI) Award, 2008 by Junior Chamber International (JCI), India Chapter, 53rd National Convention of JCI India, on 27th December 2008 at Pondicherry.

Fellow, Rotary International Group Study Exchange (GSE) Programme, RI District 3180 (Karnataka, India) to RI District 9910 (North Island, New Zealand), 22nd March to 22nd April 2009

Faculty invitations at major academic events

Faculty speaker at SGPGI Neurosurgery Update 2025, presenting on “Carotid Stenting in Skull Base Surgery,” on 19th April 2025, Lucknow, India.

Faculty speaker at the International Conference of the Iraq ENT Society, in association with the 8th Medical City ENT Conference, presenting on “Skull Base Paragangliomas: State of the Art,” “Skull Base Malignancies: Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward,” and “Simultaneous Ipsilateral Hearing Implantation Alongside Skull Base Surgery,” on 10th April 2025, Iraq

Faculty speaker at the 9th Anniversary of EWNC Academy, in collaboration with Neurosurgical TV and EWNC Academy, presenting on “Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas: State of the Art,” on 6th April 2025, Cairo, Egypt.

Faculty speaker at OTOCON NXT, presenting on “Lateral Skull Base Surgery Approaches” and conducting cadaver dissection on “Lateral Skull Base Surgical Approaches,” on 22nd March 2025, Ranchi, India.

Faculty speaker at Ascent Academia-10, Indian Otology League, presenting on “Facial Nerve in Tympanomastoid Surgeries” and participating in panel discussions on “Skull Base Osteomyelitis” and “Recent Updates in Indications of Bone Conduction Implants,” on 22nd February 2025, Calicut, Kerala.

Faculty speaker at the Cochlear Accelerate Surgical Workshop, participating in the Faculty & Panel Discussion on “Working Up a CI Patient,” on 19th February 2025, at MS Ramaiah Advanced Learning Center, Bangalore.

Faculty speaker at the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) 34th Annual Meeting and the 9th World Congress of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies (WFSBS), presenting on “Surgery: Total Resection of Jugular Foramen Paraganglioma,” on 13th February 2025, USA

Faculty speaker at the 42nd RAJAOICON, delivering the AOI Oration on “Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas: State of the Art” and participating in the Otology session, on 7th February 2025 at the Rajasthan International Center, Jaipur.

Faculty speaker at the Microsurgery of Lateral Skull Base – CMC Vellore Skull Base Surgery Course, delivering a talk on “Skull Base Paraganglioma Management,” with live demonstrations of Subtotal Petrosectomy and Infratemporal Fossa Fisch Type A Approach, along with a short presentation on Fisch Approaches in Skull Base Osteomyelitis, on 11th October 2024, CMC Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

Faculty speaker at KENTKON 2024 – Invited to deliver the Dr. Rajamma Rajan Memorial Oration on “Management of Skull Base Paraganglioma: State of the Art,” on 27th September 2024, Kozhikode, Kerala.

Faculty speaker at CIRCONFERENZA – A Skull Base Odyssey: Navigating the Complexities of Endoscopic Ventral Skull Base & Microscopic Lateral Skull Base Surgeries, on 14th September 2024, Ahmedabad, India.

Faculty speaker on Planning Surgical Approaches in Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Contemporary Management of Tympanojugular Paragangliomas: A Focus on Management Strategies, Artificial Intelligence Unveiled: Background and Clinical Implications at the 42nd National Conference of Neuro-Otological & Equilibriometric Society of India (NESCON) 2024, 16th August to 18th August, Lucknow, India

Faculty speaker on Innovations & Newer Technologies at the KVV NEUROCON 2024, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth, 16th August to 18th August 2024, Karad, Maharashtra, India

Faculty Speaker on Simultaneous I/L CI in single sided Deafness alongside Skull base surgery and Skull Base paraganglioma: State-of-the-Art at the 10th National Conference of the Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (IAOHNS) 2024, 09th August to 11th August 2024, Mangalore, India

Faculty speaker on Carotid Artery Management in Skull Base Surgery, Vestibular Schwannoma, at Guest Speaker: Robotics in Skull Base Surgery: The future is here at 15th Congress of European Skull Base Society, 05th June to 08th June 2024, The Netherlands

Guest Speaker on Management of Paragangliomas: State of the art, at 75th Annual Conference of Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOICON) 2024, 04th January to 07th January 2024, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Guest Speaker: Keynote Lecture on Skull Base Paragangliomas: State of the art, 16th Annual Conference of Uttarakhand State Association of ENT Surgeons, 14th April to 16th April 2023, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Guest Speaker: Keynote Lecture on Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas & Subtotal Petrosectomy and Simultaneous Auditory Implantation, Lecture on Management of Temporal Bone Malignancies, 4th International Conference of Iraqi Kurdistan Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 2023, 4th May to 5th May 2023, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq.

Faculty Speaker on Tympanojugular Paraganglioma and Malignancy of the External Auditory Canal, 9th Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (IAOHNS) 2023, 3rd August to 6th August, Jammu, India

Faculty Speaker on Mucormycosis: Epidemic of the century, Anatomy of the infratemporal fossa at the 1st World Skull Base Foundation Fellowship Diploma in Anterior Skull Base Surgery, 14th December to 24th December 2023, Bengaluru, India

Guest Speaker on Management of Internal Carotid Artery in the Neck and Skull Base, 40th Association of Otolaryngologists of Karnataka Conference, 8th September to 10th September 2023, Bengaluru, India

Guest lecture on Hearing Implantation alongside Skull Base Surgery at the 7th World Congress on Cochlear Implants in Emerging Nations, 14th to 16th September 2023, Istanbul, Turkey.

Faculty speaker at the 7th World Skull Base Surgery in Lateral Skull Base Surgery 2023, 20th August to 26th August 2023, Bengaluru, India

Faculty speaker at the 6th World Skull Base Surgery in Lateral Skull Base Surgery 2023, 23rd April to 29th April 2023, Bengaluru, India.

Guest Speaker in Dr. A Mahadevaiah Skull Base Session on Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas, and Subtotal Petrosectomy: An interface between Otology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery at 74th Annual Conference of The Association of Otolaryngologists, 2nd February to 5th February 2023, Jaipur, India.

Guest Speaker on Lateral Approaches to the Jugular Foramen at 2nd Annual KIMS International Neurosurgery Conference & Inauguration of AESCULAP Neurosurgical Skill Lab, 27th January 2023, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.

Guest lecture on Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas at IFOS Dubai ENT World Congress 2023, 17th January to 21st January 2023, Dubai.

Guest lecture on a course on Implantable Hearing Devices at Alexandria University, 10th December 2022, Alexandria, Egypt.

Guest lecture on Subtotal Petrosectomy: Interface between Otology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery at the 30th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Otology (ISOCON) 2022, 11th November to 13th November 2022, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India.

Guest lecture on Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas: State of the Art at the 17th Annual Conference of South Zone and 39th Annual Conference Karnataka State Chapter AOICON 2022: Lateral Skull Base Session, 14th October to 16th October 2022, Manipal, Karnataka, India.

Guest lecture on Vestibular Schwannoma at the 40th Annual Conference, NESCON, 14th August 2022, AIIMS, New Delhi.

Guest lecture on Simultaneous Ipsilateral Cranial Nerve Rehabilitation Alongside Skull Base Surgery: Multidisciplinary Approach to Minimize Interventions, at the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting & 22nd Annual General Meeting of the Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia (NAM) & Penang International Neurosurgical Congress on 27th August 2022 at the Eastern and Oriental Hotel, Penang, Malaysia.

Guest lecture on Subtotal Petrosectomy in CI at International Otology Workshop by Shravya International Foundation, 16th July 2022, Mumbai, India.

Guest Lecture on Management of the Facial Nerve in Skull Base Surgery" and "Skull Base Surgery: The Way Forward at the 12th SAARC ENT Congress, 27th to 28th May 2022, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Session on 'Simultaneous Ipsilateral Facial Nerve Surgery as Guest faculty at 14th International Facial Nerve Symposium (IFNS 2022 Seoul) at Seoul, South Korea and in SYMPOSIUM on Facial Nerve Management in Skull Base Surgery and as a speaker on "Facial Nerve Management for Temporal Bone fracture" on 29th and 30th April 2022.

Guest faculty and Speaker on Management of Tympanojugular Paragangliomas at 8th World Federation of Skull Base Societies Meeting at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 22nd to 27th March 2022.

Guest Speaker on "The Skull Base: 360°" at the SPACE 2022 Conference, Sri Lanka on 12th March 2022 organized by Sun Pharma.

Guest session on Management of skull base paragangliomas at the 73rd Annual Conference of The Association of Otolaryngologists of India is being organized by AOI – Bihar & Jharkhand, 6th to 9th January 2022 at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

Guest speaker on Lateral Skull Base Surgery present and future at the 20th Annual Meeting of Otology, Egyptian ontological society, 20th December 2020.

Guest lecture on Skull based surgery with pre and post medical/surgical management at the AOI Kanpur, April 11th, 2020.

Guest speaker on Management of Internal Carotid Artery in Lateral Skull Base Surgery & Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas at the 39th Annual Conference of the Neuro-Otological & Equilibriometric Society (NES) of India, Patna, India, 9th to 12th January 2020.

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Skull Base Surgery, 18th to 19th January 2020, Bengaluru, India: Master Dissector: The Translabryinthine and Infratemporal Fossa Approaches. Academic Lecture on ‘Anatomy of the Temporal Bone’, ‘Translabryinthine Approaches’, Live Surgical Demonstration of Transotic Approach for Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma, Transcochlear Approach for Skull Base Osteomyelitis, Sural Nerve grafting for Facial Nerve repair and Translabryinthine Approach for Vestibular Schwannoma.

Guest lecture on Management of Internal Carotid Artery in Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas at the 72nd Annual Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, AOICON 2020, 9th to 12th January 2020, Nagpur, India.

Course Director, Module 3 of the World Skull Base Fellowship Diploma in Lateral Skull Base Surgeries, 2019, 23rd to 27th December 2019, Bengaluru, India: Master Dissector: The Infratemporal Fossa Approaches. Academic Lecture on ‘Anatomy of the Infratemporal Fossa’, ‘The Infratemporal Fossa Approaches’, ‘Management of Temporal Bone Malignancies’, ‘Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas.’

2nd Annual Conference of the Nobel Institute of Neurosciences & Hands on Spine & Skull Base Cadaver Workshop, 7th to 9th December 2019, Biratnagar, Nepal: Master Dissection of Transtemporal Approaches to the Skull Base, Academic Lecture on ‘Translabryinthine Approaches’ and ‘Infratemporal Fossa Approaches’.

17th National Conference of ORLHNS 2019 of the Society of Otolaryngologists & Head Neck Surgeons of Bangladesh, 30th November to 2nd December 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Prof. Alauddin Oration on ‘Journey through the Lateral Skull Base’, Keynote Lecture on the Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Surgery, 4-hour Instructional Course on Lateral Skull Base Surgery.

28th ISOCON 2019, Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Otology, 15th to 17th November 2019, Kolkata, India: Instructional course on ‘Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Surgery’.

37th UPAOICON 2019, Annual State Conference of the UP branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 8th to 10th November 2019, Lucknow, India: Prof. SR Singh Oration titled ‘Journey from Otology to Lateral Skull Base Surgery’, Key Note lecture on ‘Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Surgery’, Live surgical demonstration of B3 glomus tympanicum and endolymphatic sac decompression.

4th live surgical and cadaveric dissection workshop, 28th to 29th September 2019, Mumbai, India: Master Dissector: Translabyrinthine Approach, Infratemporal Fossa Approaches.

AOIKON 2019, 37th Annual State Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 27th to 29th September 2019, Madikeri, India: Karnataka ENT Oration on ‘Subtotal Petrosectomy’.

Mid Term Conference of the Neurotology & Equilibriometric Society (NES) of India, 13th to 15th September 2019, Surat, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma: A to Z’ and academic lecture on ‘Management of Vestibular Schwannomas: Lessons learnt and the way forward’.

Course Director, Module 2 of the World Skull Base Fellowship Diploma in lateral Skull Base Surgeries, 2019, 5th to 9th August 2019, Bengaluru, India: Master Dissector: The Transcochlear Approaches. Academic Lecture on ‘Anatomy of the Middle and Posterior Fossa’, ‘The Transcochlear Approaches’, ‘The Translabryinthine Approaches’, ‘All about Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas’, ‘Management of Temporal Bone Malignancies’, ‘Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas.’

Guest lecture at the 71st Annual Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, AOICON 2019, 3rd to 6th January 2019, Hyderabad, India: Keynote Lecture on ‘Subtotal Petrosectomy: An Interface between Otology and Skull Base Surgery’.

Instructional Course on ‘Surgical Approaches to the Jugular Foramen’, 4th Biennial conference of the Asia Pacific Neurotology Group (APNG 2018), 27th and 28th November 2018, Jaipur, India.

Guest lecture at the 36th Annual State Conference of the Karnataka branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOIKON 2018), 14th September to 16th September 2018, Bengaluru, India: Instructional Course on ‘Lateral Skull Base Surgery’, lecture on ‘Facial Nerve Management in Skull Base Surgery’.

Guest lecture at the Cochlear Implant Group of India Annual Conference, 24th to 25th March 2018, Bengaluru, India: Lecture on ‘Subtotal Petrosectomy in Cochlear Implant Surgery’.

Guest lecture at the Conference on Cancer of the Head & Neck: Evolving Strategies, 16th to 18th March 2018, Bengaluru, India: Lecture on ‘Management of Skull Base Malignancies: My Philosophy.’

Guest faculty at the 27th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Otology (ISOCON 2018), 16th to 18th November 2018, Goa, India: Lecture on ‘Facial Nerve Management in Skull Base Surgery’, Instructional Course on ‘Management of the Jugular Bulb in Skull Base Surgery.’

Guest faculty at the Cochlear Implant Group of India Annual Conference, 24th to 25th March 2018, Bengaluru, India: Lecture on ‘Subtotal Petrosectomy in Cochlear Implant Surgery’.

2nd Asia Pacific Advanced Hearing Implants Workshop, University of Sydney, Australia, 22nd to 23rd January 2018.

Skull Base Surgery in Australia, University of Sydney, Australia, 26th to 29th January 2018.

Course Director, Module 3 of the World Skull Base Fellowship Diploma in Lateral Skull Base Surgeries, 2018, 25th to 29th December 2018, Bengaluru, India: Master Dissector: Combined Approach to Middle and Posterior Fossa. Academic Lecture on ‘Anatomy of the Infratemporal Fossa’, ‘Infratemporal Fossa Approach type A’, ‘Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type B and C’, ‘Cochlear Implant versus ABI in Lateral Skull Base Surgery.’

Endoscopic Ear and Temporal Bone Dissection workshop, 26th to 29th November 2018, Prince Sultan Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Invited lecture on Anatomy and Radiology of Temporal Bone, Approaches to Lateral Skull Base, Dissection Demonstrator.

27th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2018, 16th to 18th November, Mysore, India: Key Note Lecture on ‘Management of Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Surgery’, ‘Management of Vestibular Schwannomas, Moderator for the Young Otologist Session.

40th Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 7th to 11th November 2018, Antalya, Turkey: Key Note Lecture ‘Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas’, ‘Management of Vestibular Schwannomas, Master Dissection on the course of Internal Carotid Artery in Lateral Skull Base.

International Educational Skull Base Surgery Course organised by Public Health Department of the Tyumen Region, Association of Neurosurgeons of the Tyumen Region, Department Of Neurosurgery of Sechenov University, World Federation of Skull Base Societies and World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, 4th to 6th October, 2018, Tyumen, Russia: Surgical demonstrator of Transtemporal and Infratemporal Fossa Approaches. Guest Lecture on ‘Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas’ and ‘The Translabryinthine Approach for the Management of Vestibular Schwannomas’.

Cochlear Implant Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18th to 19th September 2018: Surgical demonstrator of Cochlear Implantation and Subtotal Petrosectomy. Guest Lecture on ‘Cochlear Implantation and Subtotal Petrosectomy’.

2018 Shanghai JiaoTong University International Forum of Skull Surgery And the 5th Shanghai Summer Vocation Training School for Postgraduate Student, 10th to 12th August 2018, Shanghai, China: Master Dissection of Lateral Skull Base Surgeries, Guest Lecture on ‘All about Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas’, ‘All about Temporal Bone Malignancies’, ‘Translabryinthine Approaches’, ‘Transcochlear Approaches’ and ‘Combined Approaches’.

Course Director, Module 2 of the World Skull Base Fellowship Diploma in Lateral Skull Base Surgeries, 2018, 31st July to 4th August 2018, Bengaluru, India: Master Dissector: Lateral temporal Bone Dissection, Extended Middle Cranial Fossa Approach. Academic Lecture on ‘Anatomy of the Middle and posterior Cranial Fossa’, ‘Surgical anatomy of various Skull Base approaches’, ‘The Management of ’, ‘Subtotal Petrosectomy: Interface between Otology & Skull Base’.

European Academy of Otology & Neurotology, 20th to 23rd June 2018, Copenhagen, Netherlands: Instructional Course on ‘Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Lateral Skull Base Surgery’, Moderator in the Free Paper Session on Neurotology.

Sheffield Advanced Ear Surgery Course, 12th to 13th May 2018, Sheffield, UK: Academic Lecture on ‘Approaches to the Lateral Skull Base’. Instructor to the dissector.

European Skull Base Society Congress, 2018, 19th to 21st April 2018, Warsaw, Poland: Instructional Course on Vestibular Schwannoma, Gruppo Otologico Session: Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Lateral Skull Base Surgeries, Round Table on ‘Stenting of the Carotid in Skull Base Paragangliomas’.

Course Director, Module 1 of the World Skull Base Fellowship Diploma in Lateral Skull Base Surgeries, 2018, 26th to 30th March 2018, Bengaluru, India: Master Dissector: Lateral temporal Bone Dissection, Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type A,B,C. Academic Lecture on ‘Anatomy of the temporal bone’, ‘Surgical anatomy of various Skull Base approaches’, ‘The Facial Nerve in Lateral Skull Base Surgery’, ‘Subtotal Petrosectomy: Interface between Otology & Skull Base’.

National Neurotological & Equilibriometric Society Conference 2018, 1st to 4th February 2018, Jodhpur, India: Live surgical demonstrator (Translabryinthine Approach for a 4.3 cm Vestibular Schwannoma), Keynote address on ‘Petrous Apex Lesions: Conquering the Final Frontier’, Master Dissection of the Skull Base: Infratemporal Fossa Approaches Type A,B,C,D, Chairperson for the invited talks session.

Skull Base Dissection workshop 2018, 6th-7th January 2018, Thiruvalla, India: Lectures on Anatomy of the Temporal Bone & Skull Base, Radiology of the Temporal Bone & Skull Base, Master Dissection of the Skull Base: Translabryinthine Approach, Transcochlear Approach, Infratemporal Fossa Approaches Type A,B,C,D.

70th Annual Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, AOICON 2018, 4th to 7th January 2018, Indore, India: Dr GS Grewal Memorial Oration on Management of Vestibular Schwannomas, International Forum Lecture: Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas, Guest lectures on Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas, Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in the Skull Base.

2017 Schenzen International Forum of Otology and 5th Temporal Bone Dissection Course, 16th to 17th December 2017, Schenzen, China: Keynote lectures on Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas and Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas; Master Dissector at the temporal bone dissection workshop.

19th Annual conference of the Skull Base Surgery Society of India (SKULLBASECON), 27th to 29th October 2017, Kochi, India: Guest lectures on Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas and Management of the Internal carotid Artery in Lateral Skull Base Surgeries.

4th Congress of the Confederation of Otorhinolaryngologists and Head & Neck Surgeons of Europe (CEORLHNS), 7th to 11th October 2017, Barcelona, Spain: Instructional Course on Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma, Round Table on Management of Skull Base Paraganglioma, Skull Base Approaches to Parapharyngeal Space Tumors and Difficult situations in Stapes Surgery.

3rd ENT Masterclass, 14th to 17th September 2017, Sulaimaniah, Kurdistan: Master Dissection of the skull base, Key Note lectures on ‘Anatomy of the Skull Base’, ‘Radiology of the skull base’, ‘Management of Facial Nerve in Skull Base Surgeries’ and Chief Instructor and tutor at the temporal bone dissection workshop.

2nd Advance Temporal Bone and Skull Base Dissection and Surgery workshop, 21st to 24th August 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Master Dissection of the skull base, Key Note lectures on ‘Anatomy of the Skull Base’, ‘Radiology of the skull base’, ‘Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas’ and ‘Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas’, Live surgeries and Chief Instructor and tutor at the temporal bone dissection workshop.

Congress of the International Federation of Otolaryngological Societies (IFOS), 24th to 28th June 2017, Paris, France: Round Table on ‘Strategies and management of Tympanojugular paragangliomas’ and Instructional course on ‘Management of cholesteatomas.

5th China Multidisciplinary Forum on Skull Base Surgery, 20th -22nd April 2017, Shanghai, China: Key note lecture on ‘Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas: our experience of over 500 cases’, instructional course on ‘Lesions of the Petrous Apex’ and ‘Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma’.

Indo-Global Summit on Head & Neck Oncology (IGSHNO), 24th-26th February 2017, Jaipur, India: Guest lecture on ‘Management of tumors of the Jugular Foramen’, Moderator of the panel discussion on ‘Challenging cases in lateral skull base surgery: case discussion, Meet the Masters session.

8th World Congress of the International Federation of Otorhinolaryngology Societies (IFOS) and 71st National Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 1st to 4th February 2017, New Delhi, India: Keynote address on ‘Management of Jugular Foramen Tumors’, ‘Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas’, ‘Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Surgeries’, ‘Skull Base Approaches to Parapharyngeal Space Tumors’, Moderator of the panel discussion on ‘Challenging cases in lateral skull base surgery: case discussion, Meet the Masters session.

8th Indian Conference of Otolaryngology, 24th to 26th November 2016, Kolkata, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’ and ‘Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas’, Panel discussion on ‘Challenging cases in lateral skull base surgery: case discussion, Meet the Masters session.

9th European Congress of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 17th to 21st June 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Chairperson for a panel discussion on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’, Guest lecture on ‘Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas’.

4th International Symposium on Middle Ear and Mastoid Surgery, 22nd to 25th April 2016, Paris, France: Lecture on ‘Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Lateral Skull Base Surgery’.

8th Annual Congress of the Turkish Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Society, 11th to 13th March 2016, Antalya, Turkey: Lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’, Dissection on ‘Translabryinthine Approaches’.

The 22nd National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2016, 5th to 7th February 2016, Guwahati, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of Jugular Foramen Tumors’, ‘Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas’, ‘Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Surgeries’.

3rd Congress of the European Federation of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 27th to 29th September 2015, Barcelona, Spain: Instructional Course on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

4th International Congress of Skull Base Surgery, 15th to 18th September 2015, Leipzig, Germany: Lecture on ‘Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Lateral Skull Base Surgery’ and ‘Management of Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

20th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2015, 8th to 10th January 2015, Coimbatore, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

14th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2014, 11th to 12th January 2014, Mumbai, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatomas’.

13th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2013, 5th to 6th January 2013, Dehradun, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

11th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2012, 6th to 8th January 2012, Chandigarh, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

10th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2011, 21st to 23rd January 2011, Hyderabad, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

9th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2010, 15th to 17th January 2010, Nagpur, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

8th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2009, 9th to 11th January 2009, Ahmedabad, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

7th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2008, 11th to 12th January 2008, Mumbai, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

6th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2007, 5th to 7th January 2007, Bhubaneswar, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

5th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2006, 6th to 8th January 2006, Coimbatore, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

4th National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2005, 7th to 9th January 2005, Chennai, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

3rd National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2004, 7th to 9th January 2004, Bengaluru, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

2nd National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2003, 8th to 10th January 2003, Agra, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

1st National Conference of the Indian Society of Otology 2002, 8th to 10th January 2002, New Delhi, India: Keynote lecture on ‘Management of the Jugular Foramen Tumors’.

Guest Lecture on Skull Base Surgery: The Way Forward, at ORIENT organized by CIPLA on 10th and 11th September 2022 at Hotel Serai Chikmagalur, India.

Speaker at the Oral Cancer prevention for monthly Clinic meeting of Society for prevention of cancer, on 9th August 2022.

Speaker for the “Management of Paragangliomas" session on August 5th, 2022 organized by Abbott Healthcare Multi Therapy at The Chancery Pavilion.

Guest faculty and Speaker in the IAOHNS Webinar Series 7 "Contemporary ENT Practice" for Skull Base Paragangliomas on 17th April 2022.

Skull Base Paraganglioma: State of the Art, 73rd Annual Conference, AOICON, 08 January 2022.

Skull base surgery: The way forward. Organized by ORIENT, 18th December 2021.

Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Surgery. Karavali Branch of AOI, 12th October 2019, Mangalore, India.

Infratemporal Fossa Approaches. KMC Manipal, 20th March 2019, Manipal, India.

Skull Base Paragangliomas: HCG Head and Neck fellowship academics programme, 29th October 2018, Bengaluru, India.

Decision making in Vestibular Schwannomas and NF II: Gruppo Otologico course on Vestibular Schwannomas, 15th June 2018, Piacenza, Italy.

Radiology of the Skull Base: Gruppo Otologico course on Skull Base Paragangliomas, 12th May 2018, Piacenza, Italy.

Subtotal Petrosectomy: Indications and Techniques. Gruppo Otologico middle ear dissection course, 21st - 25th May 2018, Piacenza, Italy.

Radiological anatomy of the Facial nerve. Gruppo Otologico course on Diseases of the Facial Nerve. 23rd March 2018, Piacenza, Italy.

Anatomy of the Temporal Bone & Skull Base. Department of ENT, Baptist Hospital, Bengaluru, 27th December 2017, Bengaluru, India.

Management of tumors of the jugular foramen. Manipal branch of AOI, 14th August 2017, Manipal, India.

Radiological anatomy of the temporal bone. Gruppo Otologico course on Diseases of the External Auditory Canal. 7th June 2017, Piacenza, Italy.

Radiological anatomy of the temporal bone. Gruppo Otologico course on the Subtotal Petrosectomy. 15th March 2017, Piacenza, Italy.

Management of Skull Base paragangliomas. Meeting of the Oncology Association of Salem. 3rd January 2017, Salem, India.

Surgical anatomy of the middle ear and a brief history of cochlear implantation. Oticon course on cochlear and other auditory implants Piacenza, Italy, 23rd-24th November 2016, Piacenza, Italy.

Non-Vascular Lesions of the Jugular Foramen. Gruppo Otologico Skull Base Surgery and temporal bone dissection course. 3rd-7th October 2016, Piacenza, Italy.

Histopathology of Parapharyngeal Space Tumors. Gruppo Otologico course on the management of Parapharyngeal Space Tumors. 16th March 2016, Piacenza, Italy.

Subtotal Petrosectomy: The interface between Otology & Skull Base Surgery. Gruppo Otologico middle ear surgery and temporal bone dissection course, Piacenza, Italy, 20th-24th June 2016.

Otorhinolaryngology: The past, present and future. 21st August 2015. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India.

Subtotal Petrosectomy: The interface between Otology & Skull Base Surgery. Gruppo Otologico middle ear surgery and temporal bone dissection course Piacenza, Italy, 1st-5th June 2015.

Surgical anatomy of the middle ear and the petrous apex. Gruppo Otologico course on microsurgery of cholesteatoma of the middle ear and petrous bone. 23rd-24th June 2015, Piacenza, Italy.

An overview of Lateral Skull Base Surgery. Meeting of the Department of ENT & Neurosurgery, CHUV, 12th March 2015, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Classification of Temporal Bone malignancies. Gruppo Otologico course on Temporal Bone Malignancies. 6th March 2015, Piacenza, Italy.

Decision making in Temporal Bone malignancies. Gruppo Otologico course on Temporal Bone Malignancies. 6th March 2015, Piacenza, Italy.

Management of tumors of the Facial Nerve. Meeting of Indian ENT surgeons organized by the India Group. 3rd October 2014, Zurich, Switzerland.

New Horizons in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. Seminar organized by Piramal Knowledge Academy. 26th February 2010, Mangalore, India.

Lasers in Otolaryngology. National CME & Live Surgical Workshop on Phonosurgery & Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, 8-10th May 2009, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India.

Academic lecture, Swine flu – the pandemic. Besant Pre-University College, Mangalore, 19th September 2009, Mangalore, India.

Swine flu – the pandemic. Junior Chamber International (JCI) meet, 26th August 2009, Mangalore, India.

Swine flu – the pandemic. Ganapathi Pre-University College, Mangalore, 20th August 2009, Mangalore, India.

Swine flu – the pandemic. Mangalore Bar Association, Mangalore, 14th September 2009, Mangalore, India.

Group Study Exchange (GSE) Experiences in New Zealand at the Rotary club of Mangalore Sunrise on 17th of May 2009, Rotary club of Mangalore on 20th of May 2009, Rotary club of Mangalore Central on 28th of May 2009, the Rotaract club of Mangalore 11th of August 2009 and Rotary club of Deralakatte on 17th of August 2009, Mangalore, India.

Invited chairperson/panelist/moderator

Chief Faculty at the 2nd Comprehensive Temporal Bone & Lateral Skull Base Dissection Workshop (ENT Gurukul 5), demonstrating “Lateral Skull Base Dissection,” at SMS Medical College, Jaipur

Faculty speaker at the ENT Conclave 2025, presenting on “Management of Skull Base Paragangliomas: State of the Art,” on 3rd May 2025, Hyderabad, Telangana.

Moderator in the panel discussion on Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Lateral BOS Session, 10th National Conference of the Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (IAOHNS), 09th to 11th August 2024, Mangalore.

Moderator in the panel discussion on Lateral Skull Base Counselling, which case to choose, and handling complications, International Otology Workshop 2024 by Shravya International Foundation, 31st May to 2nd June, Mumbai, India.

Panelist in the discussion on Lateral Skull Base Surgery, 40th Association of Otolaryngologists of Karnataka Conference, 8th September to 10th September 2023, Bengaluru, India.

Panelist in the discussion on Contemporary Management of Carcinoma In The External Auditory Canal: Staging of Temporal Bone Malignancies, 11th International Conference on Cholesteatoma & Ear Surgery, Fudan International Forum, 22nd October 2022, Fudan University, China.

Panelist in the discussion on On-Table complications – their anticipation, identification and management, COMPLICON 2022, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 30th September to 02nd October 2022, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

Panelist for Skull Base Osteomyelitis at 40th NESCON Annual Conference, 14th August 2022 organized by the department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head Neck Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, and NES India.

Panelist for the discussion on "Facial Nerve in CI" and guest lecture on "Sub-total Petrosectomy in CI" at Shravya International Cochlear Implant Workshop- IOW 2022 on 16th and 17th July 2022.

Moderator for the Session on Translabyrinthine approach to Vestibular Schwannomas on 11th May 2022, organized by Neurological Society of India.

Moderator for panel discussion on Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma – The 73rd Annual Conference of The Association of Otolaryngologists of India is being organized by AOI – Bihar & Jharkhand, 6th to 9th January 2022 at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

Panelist for Challenges with Lateral Skull Base Tumors: Cancer Temporal Bone & Paragangliomas at FHNO 21st Annual Conference, 10th-12th December 2021.

Panelist for Sub-total Petrosectomy with Cochlear Implantation, CIGICON 12th November 2021.

Chairperson for the RT on Reconstruction in Anterior Skull Base Surgeries at the AOICON 2020, 72nd Annual Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 9th to 12th January 2020, Nagpur, India.

Chairperson for the Keynote lecture by Prof. Chunfu Dai at the Conference on Facial Nerve and Tympanosclerosis organized by Dr. Vijayendra, 8th to 10th March 2019, Bengaluru, India.

Moderator for the Session on Neurotology at the European Academy of Otology & Neurotology, 20th to 23rd June 2018, Copenhagen, Netherlands.

Chairperson for the invited talks session at the National Neurotological & Equilibriometric Society Conference 2018, 1st to 4th February 2018, Jodhpur, India.

Chairperson, How I do it session. 18th Annual Conference of the Skull Base Society of India (SKULLBASECON 2016), 8th-11th September 2016, Jaipur, India.

Panelist, Pediatric Cholesteatoma: The Gruppo Otologico experience. Round Table (MSOA Session). 3rd Congress of European ORL-HNS, 7th-11th June 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.

Panelist, Symposium in Facial Nerve: Facial Nerve Tumors. 67th National Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOICON). 7th-11th Jan 2015, Raipur, India.

Panelist, Malignancies of the temporal bone. 67th National Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOICON). 7th-11th Jan 2015, Raipur, India.

Panelist, Paranasal sinus malignancies. Head and Neck Master course; UAE Cancer Congress, 3rd – 5th October 2013, Dubai, UAE.

OSCE training faculty, 5th National ENT Update with OSCE & PG Practical Workshop in Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, 10th-12th September 2010, KSHEMA, Mangalore, India.

Moderator, Live operative session on demonstration of thyroid surgery by Dr. Satish Jain, 31st July 2010, KVG Medical College, Sullia, Mangalore, India.

Panelist, Panel discussion on thyroid surgery, Workshop on Thyroid and Parathyroid surgery, 31st July 2010, KVG Medical College, Sullia, Mangalore, India.

OSCE training faculty, Hands-on temporal bone dissection course & OSCE workshop in Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 11th-13th September 2009, KSHEMA, Mangalore.

Chairperson, Operative session on endoscopic CSF leak repair at the ‘National CME & Live Surgical Workshop on Phonosurgery & Endoscopic Sinus Surgery 2009’. 8th-10th May 2009, KMC, Mangalore, India.

Moderator, panel discussion on HIV-AIDS, organized by IMA, Mangalore branch, 12th December 2008, IMA House, Mangalore, India.

OSCE training faculty, 3rd National ENT Update with OSCE workshop in Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 20th-21st September 2008, KSHEMA, Mangalore, India.

Moderator of the panel discussion on ‘Challenging cases in lateral skull base surgery: case discussion. Indo-Global Summit on Head & Neck Oncology (IGSHNO), 24th-26th February 2017, Jaipur, India.

Invited dissector/demonstrator/surgeon

Guest Faculty Demonstration: Live Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), 2nd February to 3rd February 2024, Pondicherry, India.

Cadaver Dissection CME: Advanced Lateral Skull Base Cadaveric dissection demonstration, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), 4th February 2024, Pondicherry, India.

AOI TS CON 2023, Demonstration of Temporal Bone Dissection, 8th Telangana State Conference 2023, Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 23rd September to 24th September 2023, Telangana, India.

Instructional Course: Management of Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Surgery, 40th Association of Otolaryngologists of Karnataka Conference, 8th September to 10th September 2023, Bengaluru, India.

Dissection Course on Temporal Bone & Lateral Skull Base, Govt ENT Hospital & Osmania University, 4th April 2023, Telangana, India.

Guest operating faculty at Skull Base Ride 2022 organized by Siddham ENT Hospital, Jaipur in association with Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital.

Skull Base Ride 2022, Siddham ENT Hospital, Jaipur, India, 30th to 31st July 2022.

Hitchhikers’ Guide to Skull Base Surgery, 18th to 19th January 2020, Bengaluru, India.

2nd Annual Conference of the Nobel Institute of Neurosciences & Hands on Spine & Skull Base Cadaver Workshop, 7th to 9th December 2019, Biratnagar, Nepal.

37th UPAOICON 2019, Annual State Conference of the UP branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 8th to 10th November 2019, Lucknow, India.

4th live surgical and cadaveric dissection workshop, 28th to 29th September 2019, Mumbai, India.

40th Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 7th to 11th November 2018, Antalya, Turkey.

International Educational Skull Base Surgery Course organized by Public Health Department of the Tyumen Region, Association of Neurosurgeons of the Tyumen Region, Department Of Neurosurgery of Sechenov University, World Federation of Skull Base Societies and World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, 4th to 6th October, 2018, Tyumen, Russia.

Gruppo Otologico course for ENT Residents, 12-15th June 2018, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico middle ear dissection course, 21st - 25th May 2018, Piacenza, Italy.

National Neurotology & Equilibriometric Society Conference 2018, 1st to 4th February 2018, Jodhpur, India.

Skull Base Dissection workshop 2018, 6th-7th January 2018, Thiruvalla, India.

2017 Schenzen International Forum of Otology and 5th Temporal Bone Dissection Course, 16th to 17th December 2017, Schenzen, China.

Gruppo Otologico middle ear dissection course, 11th - 16th December 2017, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico skull base surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 20th - 24th November 2017, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico skull base surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 23rd - 27th October 2017, Piacenza, Italy.

3rd ENT Masterclass, 14th to 17th September 2017, Sulaimaniah, Kurdistan: Master Dissection of the skull base, chief Instructor and tutor at the temporal bone dissection workshop.

2nd Advance Temporal Bone and Skull Base Dissection and Surgery workshop, 21st to 24th August 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Master Dissection of the skull base, Live surgeries and Chief Instructor and tutor at the temporal bone dissection workshop.

36th Annual Conference of the Neuro-otological and Equilibriometric Society of India, 4th-8th January 2017, Bhubaneshwar, India: Cadaveric demonstration of lateral skull base anatomy & approaches.

8th Instructional Workshop of the European Academy of Otology & Neuro-otology including Consensus in Auditory Implants, 18th-21st January 2017, Izmir, Turkey: Instructor for the cadaveric dissection course.

Lateral Skull Base Surgery Conference (LSBCON), 29th December 2016 to 1st January 2017, Trichy, India: Cadaveric demonstration of lateral skull base anatomy & approaches, Live surgical demonstration of Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma, C3De2 tympanojugular paraganglioma and Skull Base Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Oticon course on cochlear and other auditory implants, Piacenza, Italy, 23rd-24th November 2016.

Gruppo Otologico skull base surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 7th-11th November 2016, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico skull base surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 3rd-7th October 2016, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico skull base surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 20th-24th June 2016, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico middle ear surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 20th-24th June 2016, Piacenza, Italy.

Live surgery and dissection course in middle ear pathology, 9th to 11th February 2016, Moscow, Russia.

Gruppo Otologico skull base surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 20th-24th July 2015, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico middle ear surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 1st-5th June 2015, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico skull base surgery and temporal bone dissection course, 1st-5th December 2014, Piacenza, Italy.

Oticon course on cochlear and other auditory implants, 26th-27th November 2014, Piacenza, Italy.

Gruppo Otologico middle ear surgery and temporal bone dissection course, Piacenza, Italy, 24th-28th October 2014.

Gruppo Otologico middle ear surgery and temporal bone dissection course, Piacenza, Italy, 9th-14th June 2014.

Gruppo Otologico skull base surgery and temporal bone dissection course, Piacenza, Italy, 18th-22nd November 2013.

Gruppo Otologico middle ear surgery and temporal bone dissection course, Piacenza, Italy, 7th-11th October 2013.

Gruppo Otologico middle ear surgery and temporal bone dissection course, Piacenza, Italy, 17th-21st June 2013.

Sino nasal & skull base dissection course: extended endoscopic transnasal surgical approaches to the skull base, Milan, Italy, 12-13th April 2014.