Career
He is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive member and was the chief spokesperson for the State of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a professor of diabetes and endocrinology, a consultant and clinical practitioner, author of 8 books, and a newspaper columnist. He is the ex-Chairman, National Scientific Committee Diabetes, Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India.
Resigned from Government job of Professor Medicine for pursuing his political career.
Contributed over five thousand published articles in the press including a widely read syndicated column “Tales of Travesty”. Author of five books, Elsvier published monograms and over a dozen chapters in various text books of Diabetes and Medicine for Doctor of Medicine students.
First ever medical professional to be conferred the coveted “Jamna Devi Gian Devi” award for journalism. Citation hails as popular freelance journalist having so far contributed more than two thousand published articles in national regional press
He has authored five books and three Monograms included three All-India popular books on Diabetes awareness, one of which titled “Diabetes Made Easy” was included in Best-seller section of “World Book Fair” held at Pragati Maidan in 2002.
Awarded Gold Medal for “Oration” at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research), Pondicherry. Pioneering work on “Stress Diabetes in Kashmiri Migrants” published in “International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries” and hailed by World Health Organization (World Health Organization).