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Permanent Address:
308, Green Avenue, Amritsar - 143 001
Punjab, India


Official Address:

Professor & Head,
Dept.of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy,
Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar - 143 005,
Punjab - India

Phone : +91-183-2504812(R)               09417070050 (M)
Fax      : +91-183-2258820
Email   : jssandhu2000@yahoo.com
            
jssandhudr@gmail.com
Dean,
Faculty of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy,
Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar - 143 005, Punjab - India

Jaspal Singh Sandhu
M.B.B.S. (Hons.), M.S. (Orthopedics), D.S.M., F.A.I.S., F.A.S.M.

Professor & Head,
Department of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy, GNDU, Amritsar

Dean,
Faculty of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy, GNDU, Amritsar

Immediate Past President, Indian Association of Sports Medicine

Executive Board Member, Asian Federation of Sports Medicine

Member, Scientific Commission, Asian Federation of Sports Medicine

Member, Education Commission, International Federation of Sports Medicine

Coordinator, Component "A", UGC Center with Potential for Excellence in Sports Sciences
 

Dean, Professor & Head with the credit of taking the initiative for the development and establishment of the department and courses. Expertise also includes academic teaching of curriculum of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine and Sports Sciences.

History of development of curriculum, decision-making and providing direction for setting up of Sports Medicine centers. Has an extensive knowledge of government and academic (UGC) requirements. Committed to research and development and personnel management with a talent for analyzing problems, developing innovative solutions. Proven ability to motivate and work effectively with persons from other cultures/states and all walks of life. Is skilled in working within a foreign academic environment. Extensive knowledge of equipment and systems required for Sports Sciences and Physiotherapy set up.  Committed to highest levels of professional and personal excellence. Has expertise in organization and planning of National and International conferences. Has expertise in all areas of administration and management with a proven record of unprecedented accomplishments.


Career Highlights: -

  • Academic excellence through MBBS, on the Roll of Honor of Government Medical College, Amritsar.
  • Master of Surgery (Orthopedics)
  • Academic excellence in Diploma in Sports Medicine. University topper.
  • Appointment in Officer in Punjab Civil Medical Services - from 1985 to 1994   
  • Appointment as Reader (Sports Medicine) in Physical Education-1994.
  • Appointed Head of Department in December 1994.
  • Designed and successfully proposed Department of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy -1995.
  • Head of Department of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy since 1995 till date.
  • The Department of Sports Medicine finds special mention in the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (An Autonomous Institution of UGC) Report of 2007 as having established International recognition and Visibility in a short span of 12 years. Transformed a one-man department in 1995 to internationally recognized department in 2007.
  • Establishment of Faculty of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy-1999.
  • Dean of Faculty of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy since 1999-till date. (> 12 years)
  • Elevated to Professor in August 2000.
  • Introduced PhD in Sports Medicine (India's first & the only) and Doctorate, Masters and Bachelors Programs in Rehabilitation Sciences.
  • Designed, planned and introduced Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Management and Masters in Hospital Administration.
  • Introduced India’s first Clinical MD  in Sports Medicine
  • Designed, planned and presented, "Center With Potential For Excellence In Sports Sciences" and was appointed Coordinator Component "A", University Grants Commission 's Centre for Excellence, a 30 crores project of which 6 crores has been already allocated to the university.
  • Oversaw research activities in the department and number of paper publications went up from 7 in 1998 to 192 in 2011.
 
Administrative Experience
As Head of Department since 03-12-1994 > 16 years
As Dean of the Faculty since 07-09-1999 > 12 years
Work experience
Officer in Punjab Civil Medical Services (1985-1994) 09 years
Reader, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (10-02-1994 to 14-08-2000) 6 years and 6 months
Professor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (14-08-2000-till date) >11 years
Publications - Total: 192
International 73
National 119
Plenary Lectures/Invited Talks
International 28
National 35
Congresses attended
International 28
National 35
Member, Editorial Board
  4 journals
Peer Reviewer
International 8
National 1

 

Professional Memberships
International 4
National 5
PhDs guided. Introduced the first PhD programme in Sports Medicine/& Physiotherapy in India.
Completed 2
Registered 4
Enrolled 4
Master Thesis guided
  44
MoUs formulated
International 5
Courses formulated
  11
Funding
Drafted and presented "Centre with Potential for Excellence in Sports Sciences" Rs. 30 crores project
Rs. 6 crores allocated to University
Establishment of Department
Started the Department of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. The Department finds special mention in the National Assessment and Accreditation Council Report of 2007 as having established International recognition and Visibility in a short span of 12 years.
Examiner ship
International University 2
Indian Universities 11
 
Areas of Research
Sports Traumatology  
Sports Rehabilitation  
Research Papers and presentations
407 research papers presentations in national / international congress
192 research publications in national / international journals
Administrative experience 
Head, Department of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy since 1996
Dean, Faculty of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy since 1999
Outstanding Contributions  
Member, Expert Group of Government of India , Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for up gradation of Sports Sciences and Sports Nutrition. 2011
Member, Executive Board of World Academy of Sports Medicine and Exercise Science. 2010
Member Convener , Board of Specialty in Sports Medicine, Medical Council of India 2009 till date
Member, Expert Group for establishing Rajiv Gandhi Central University of Youth and Sports ( Nominated by Govt .of India, HRD Ministry) 2010
International Adviser to the  WHO Collaborating Centre for Sports Medicine and Health and Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong  2009
Member, Institutional Ethics Committee, National Dope Testing Laboratory,  Ministry of Youth  Affairs and Sports, Govt, of India 2009 till date
OED Scholar to Universities of Salzburg, Vienna, Graz
Founder Member, Asia Australasia Africa Alliance for Sports Medicine
Member, Medical Commission, Indian Olympic Association
Individual Member, International Federation of Sports Medicine
Academic Activities
in international fora
Resource Person
  • Resource person and Invited Faculty 4th World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket 2011 31st March -1st April 2011
  • Resource person for the National Olympic Committee Seminar in  on Sports Medicine ,Colombo .Sri Lanka  26th Feb., 2011
  • Vice President of World Summit of Interdisciplinary Sports Medicine and Athletic Care, GERMANY 2011
  • 16th Asian Games Science Congress , Guangzhou, China 9-12th October,2010
  • Invited Faculty WASMES Symposium on Oct 9-12, 2010 during the SMART Convention 2010, Hong Kong.
  • 14th Commonwealth International Sport Science Congress 2010 (CISSC2010),27to30September2010 Faridabad (NCR Delhi), Delhi (NCR), India
  • Expert foreign faculty to the IOC - NOC Sports Medicine Course , 10th, 11th and 12th September 2010.Colombo
  • Invited expert for World Academy of Sports Medicine and Exercise Science (WASMES) Brainstorming meeting April 18-20, 2010 Hong Kong
  • Coordinator for Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development course and Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Rehabilitation course, 12th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress, Amritsar India 3rd -4th December,2009.
  • Virtual Symposium, on Ergogenic Aids, Hydration and Sports Nutrition, Grupo Sobre Entrenamiento, Argentina.2009
  • Advanced Lecture in the Allied Sciences Unit, University of Colombo Sri Lanka 25th March, 2009
  • International Sports Medicine Summit, Hong Kong 13th-15th Feb.,2009
  • 13th Pan Arabic and 12th GCC Orthopaedics Congress, Muscat 26th-29th Nov., 2008
  • 11th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress, Tehran, Iran 5th- 8th Oct., 2008
  • 11th International Congress on Sports Medicine, Exercise Science, Physical Education and Yoga Science 12th-15th Feb., 2008, LNIPE Gwalior.
  • 29th Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Orthopaedics Surgeons of Thailand and the 10th Annual Congress of Asian     Federation of Sports Medicine held on 19th-22nd Oct., 2007, Pattaya, Thailand
  • 9th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress, Riyadh: 21st-23rd Nov., 2006
  • 29th. FIMS World Congress, Beijing, China from 13th-16th June, 2006
  • Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, University of Colombo on 19th June, 2006.
  • 8th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress held in 10th - 13th May, 2005 at Tokyo, Japan
  • Plenary Session during the International Conference on Health Sciences held at Mysore, Karnataka from 25th-26th Feb., 2005
  • 1st International Conference on Manual Therapy held on 10th - 11th Nov., 2005 Dehra Dun, India
  • 28th. FIMS World Congress held in 24th – 28th Jan., 2004 at Muscat, Oman
  • 7th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress held in 2004 at Brunei Darussalam 30th July-3rd.  Aug., 2004
  • 6th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress in Colombo from 23rd – 27th Oct., 2003
  • 5th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress held on Sept., 2002 at Seoul, Korea
  • 4th AFSM Congress 30th Sept. to 2nd Oct., 2001 Islamabad, Pakistan. (Congress was cancelled because of 11th Sept., 2001 attack)
  • 3rd. Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 31st. Jan. - 3rd. Feb., 2000
Academic Activities
in national fora
Resource Person
  • Invited for the Vice  Chancellors Conference  organized by the Human Resources Ministry and University Grants Commission Government of India  25-26th  March,2011
  • Keynote address at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of University of Kalyani. West Bengal
  • Guest of Honor at 3rd Concluding Pre Commonwealth Games 2010 Sports Science Workshop on 1st, 2nd & 3rd September, 2010 NSNIS Patiala
  • Invited Speaker for XXIX Annual NZIOACON 2010, Govt. Medical College,Jammu from 19th - 21st Feb 2010.
  • Technical expert of Punjab Health System Corporation, Govt. of Punjab for setting up of Rehabilitation Centers in State of Punjab, 18th Jan,2010
  • Technical Expert of National Dope Control Laboratory, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India for International Collaborations 7th Jan,2010
  • Guest of Honor at "Annual National Conference of Physical Therapy" in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.6th Jan,2010
  • Guest of Honor in the Advanced Clinical Gait Analysis Symposium, Department of Orthopaedics, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana  2nd-3rd Feb., 2009
  • National Seminar on Sports and Allied Sciences LNIPE Gwalior 16th-18th Jan,2009.
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Course during the 30th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Sports Medicine, Belgaum: 14th-16th Nov., 2008 
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee in the field of Sports Medicine, NZIOACON 2008, New Delhi
  • Continuing Medical Education Program, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum Karnataka 13th Nov., 2008
  • CME in Sports Anatomy- A clinical overview, on 2nd Nov., 2008,as part of our 3rd Annual meet of North States chapter of anatomical society of India
  • XIX Annual conference of Physiology Society of India 6th-8th Dec.,2007 : Faridabad Institute of Technology.
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Course during the 29th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Sports Medicine, Ranchi: 22nd-25th Nov., 2007 
  • Plenary lecture at Indian Medical Association (Jharkhand Branch), Ranchi on 24th Feb., 2007
  • 4th AIPS Congress organized by South Kanara Physiotherapy Teachers Association, Mangalore in Jan., 2007
  • National Seminar on Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi: 30th-31st Mar., 2007
  • Continuing Medical Education Program, Department of Orthopedics, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka: 24th. Oct., 2006
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Course during the 28th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Sports Medicine, Pune: 26th-29th Oct., 2006 
  •  IOA Training courses for medical officers delegated for the National Games – Guwahati: 7th-9th Nov., 2006
  • “Recent Trends in Physical and Alternative Therapies” to be organized by Lakshmi Bai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior (Deemed University), Government of India, Oct. 13th, 2006
  • 27th Indian Association of Sports Medicine Congress held in Bodh Gaya, Bihar 2005
  • 26th IASM Conference held in Jan., 2005 at Chennai
  • CME in Department of Orthopedics, Rehabilitation and Arthroscopy, Government Medical College, Amritsar, 2005
  •  National Seminar in Department of Rehabilitation, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, 2004
  • Silver Jublilee Congress of Indian association of Sports Medicine, 3-5 Dec.,2003
  • 24th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Sports Medicine held in Feb., 2003 at Banaras
  • FIMS Team Physician Development Course during Indian Association of Sports Medicine Congress (IASMCON) – 2002
    held on 6th to 10th Feb., 2002 at Patna
  • 1st Annual Conference of the Punjab Branch of Indian Association of Physiotherapists held on 12th-13th Jan., 2002 at Lyallpur K. College Jalandhar
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine accredited Team Physicians Course conducted by Asian Federation of Sports Medicine during the Sports Medicine Congress organized by the Indian Association of Sports Medicine in April, 2001 at New Delhi.
  • Pre Congress Certificate Course in Sports Medicine organized by the Indian Association of Sports Medicine in April, 2001 at New Delhi.
  • Indian Orthopedics Association Instructional courses Rohtak ,2000
  • Pre Congress Certificate Course in Sports Medicine organized by the Indian Association of Sports Medicine in Dec., 1999.
International Congresses attended
  • Resource person and Invited Faculty 4th World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket 2011 31st March -1st April 2011
  • Resource person for the National Olympic Committee Seminar in  on Sports Medicine ,Colombo .Sri Lanka  26th Feb., 2011
  • Vice President of World Summit of Interdisciplinary Sports Medicine and Athletic Care, GERMANY 2011
  • 16th Asian Games Science Congress , Guangzhou, China 9-12th October,2010
  • Invited Faculty WASMES Symposium on Oct 9-12, 2010 during the SMART Convention 2010, Hong Kong.
  • 14th Commonwealth International Sport Science Congress 2010 (CISSC2010),27to30September2010 Faridabad (NCR Delhi), Delhi (NCR), India
  • Expert foreign faculty to the IOC - NOC Sports Medicine Course , 10th, 11th and 12th September 2010.Colombo
  • Invited expert for World Academy of Sports Medicine and Exercise Science (WASMES) Brainstorming meetingApril 18-20, 2010 Hong Kong
  • 12th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress , Amritsar India 3rd -4th December,2009
  • International Sports Medicine Summit, Hong Kong  13th-15th Feb.,2009
  • 13th Pan Arabic and 12th GCC Orthopaedics Congress, Muscat 26th-29th Nov., 2008
  • 11th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress, Tehran, Iran 5th- 8th Oct., 2008
  • 11th International Congress on Sports Medicine, Exercise Science, Physical Education and Yoga Science 12th-15th Feb., 2008, LNIPE Gwalior.
  • 29th Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Orthopaedics Surgeons of Thailand and the 10th Annual Congress of Asian     Federation of Sports Medicine held on 19th-22nd Oct., 2007, Pattaya, Thailand
  • 9th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress, Riyadh: 21st-23rd Nov., 2006
  • 29th. FIMS World Congress, Beijing, China from 13th-16th June, 2006
  •  Continuing Medical Education Program, Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, University of Colombo on 19th June, 2006.
  • 8th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress held in 10th - 13th May, 2005 at Tokyo, Japan
  • International Conference on Health Sciences held at Mysore, Karnataka from 25th-26th Feb, 2005
  • 1st International Conference on Manual Therapy held on 10th - 11th Nov., 2005 Dehra Dun, India
  • 28th. FIMS World Congress held in 24th-28th Jan., 2004 at Muscat, Oman
  • 7th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress held in 2004 at Brunei Darussalam  30th July-3rd.  Aug., 2004
  • 6th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress in Colombo from 23rd – 27th Oct., 2003
  • 5th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress held on Sept., 2002 at Seoul, Korea
  • 4th AFSM Congress 30th Sept. to 2nd Oct., 2001 during the 4th AFSM Congress in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Congress was cancelled because of 11th Sept., 2001 attack)
  • 3rd. Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 31st. Jan, - 3rd. Feb., 2000
  • 2000 Pre Olympic Congress , International Congress on Sports Science, Sports medicine and Physical Education, Brisbane , Australia 7th-12th Sept.,2000
  • 4th International Symposium on Genetics , Health and Disease Amritsar1st-4th Dec,1998
  • International Congress on Management of Physical Education and Sports, LNIPE Gwalior 2nd-6th Oct., 1998
National Congresses attended
  • Invited for the Vice  Chancellors Conference  organized by the Human Resources Ministry and University Grants Commission Government of India  25-26th  March,2011
  • Keynote address at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of University of Kalyani. West Bengal
  • Guest of Honor at 3rd Concluding Pre Commonwealth Games 2010 Sports Science Workshop on 1st, 2nd & 3rd September, 2010 NSNIS Patiala
  • Invited Speaker for XXIX Annual NZIOACON 2010, Govt. Medical College, Jammu from 19th - 21st Feb 2010.
  • Technical expert of Punjab Health System Corporation, Govt. of Punjab for setting up of Rehabilitation Centers in State of Punjab, 18th Jan,2010
  • Technical Expert of National Dope Control Laboratory, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India for International Collaborations 7th Jan,2010
  • "Annual National Conference of Physical Therapy" in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.6th Jan,2010
  • National Seminar on Sports and Allied Sciences Gwalior 16th-18th Jan, 2009.
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Course and the 30th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Sports Medicine, Belgaum: 14th-16th Nov., 2008 
  • Continuing Medical Education Program, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum Karnataka 13th Nov., 2008
  • CME in Sports Anatomy- A clinical overview, on 2nd Nov 2008,as part of our 3rd Annual meet of North States chapter of anatomical society of India
  • XIX Annual conference of Physiology Society of India 6th-8th Dec.,2007 : Faridabad Institute of Technology.
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Course and  the 29th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Sports Medicine, Ranchi: 22nd-25th Nov., 2007 
  • Plenary lecture at Indian Medical Association (Jharkhand Branch), Ranchi on 24th Feb., 2007
  • 4th AIPS Congress organized by South Kanara Physiotherapy Teachers Association, Mangalore in Jan., 2007
  • National Seminar on Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi: 30th-31st Mar., 2007
  • Continuing Medical Education Program, Department of Orthopedics, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka: 24th. Oct., 2006
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Course and the 28th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Sports Medicine, Pune: 26th-29th Oct., 2006 
  •  “Recent Trends in Physical and Alternative Therapies” to be organized by Lakshmi Bai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior (Deemed University), Government of India, 13th Oct., 2006
  • 27th Indian Association of Sports Medicine Congress held in Bodh Gaya, Bihar 2005
  • 26th IASM Conference held in January, 2005 at Chennai
  • CME in Department of Orthopedics, Rehabilitation and Arthroscopy, Government Medical College, Amritsar, 2005
  • National Seminar in Department of Rehabilitation, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, 2004
  • Silver Jublilee Congress of Indian association of Sports Medicine, 3rd-5th Dec.,2003
  • 24th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Sports Medicine held in Feb., 2003 at Banaras
  • FIMS Team Physician Development Course during Indian Association of Sports Medicine Congress (IASMCON) – 2002
    held on 6th to 10th Feb., 2002 at Patna
  • 1st Annual Conference of the Punjab Branch of Indian Association of Physiotherapists held on 12th-13th Jan., 2002 at Lyallpur K. College Jalandhar
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine accredited Team Physicians Course conducted by Asian Federation of Sports Medicine and the Sports Medicine Congress organized by the Indian Association of Sports Medicine in April, 2001 at New Delhi.
  • Indian Orthopedics Association Instructional courses Rohtak ,2000
  • Pre Congress Certificate Course in Sports Medicine and  the Indian Association of Sports Medicine Congress in  21st-23rd Dec .,1999.
  • 5th Annual Conference of Punjab Chapter of Indian Orthopedic Association, Amritsar 8th-10th Oct., 1999
  • 2nd Punjab Science Congress, GNDU Amritsar 2nd-4th April, 1998
  • 20th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Sports Medicine Cuttack. 18th-20th April,1997
Coordinator
  • UGC Centre with Potential for Excellence in Sports Sciences Component "A"
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Course
  • All Sports Medicine Congresses in India since 2003
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine Sports Rehabilitation Course
  • All Sports Medicine Congresses in India since 2003
  • Sports Medicine and Taping Workshops
  • 13th Pan Arabic and 12th GCC Orthopaedics Congress, Muscat 26th-29th Nov., 2008
  • Local Coordinator of Project on Neuroprosthetics, in collaboration with University of Utah
  • Biomechanics and Sports Workshop
  • 28th. FIMS World Congress held in January 24 – 28, 2004 at Muscat, Oman   
Organizing Secretary
  • Silver Jubilee Congress of Indian Association of Sports Medicine and International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Course 3rd-7th Dec.,2003
  • 12th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress  conducted from 3rd-6th Dec.,2009, Ist International Congress of Sports Medicine in India
  • Organizing Secretary  4th World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket 2011    
Patron/Member Organizing Committee
  • Patron, 2nd International Conference on Manual Therapy , Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi
  • Member Executive Board, 11 International Congress on Sports Medicine, Exercise Sciences, Physical Education and Yogic Sciences LNIPE, Gwalior 12th-15th Feb., 2008
MoUs
  • Instrumental in formulating MoUs  for interdisciplinary research in Sports Sciences with
    1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
    2. Bloomsburg University, USA
    3. Medical University of Graz, Austria
    4. Karl-Franzens University of Graz. Austria
    5. Universiti Sains, Malaysia
Visiting Faculty
  • Gulf Medical College, Ajman
  • Sancheti Institute of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Pune
Professional experience
Dean, Faculty of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. (1999 - )
Professor & Head, Department of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. (2000- )
Reader & Head (Sports Medicine), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (1994 – 2000)
Emergency Medical Officer I/C for four years in Govt. Medical College, Amritsar.(1991-94)
Clinical Work with Sports Persons under Sports Authority of India.(1989-90)
Outstanding Certificates in Junior Residency in Orthopedics and Surgery.

 

Additional professional activities
Applied Sports Biomechanics course under Sports Authority of India.
Clinical Arthroscopy with distinction under Dr. Anant Joshi, an arthroscopist of international repute.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation course under Sports Authority of India.
Orientation Course in Clinical Arthroscopy under Sports Authority of India
Orientation Course under The Integrated Child Development Scheme of Govt. of India in Christian Medical College, Ludhaina.
Observer for Central Board for Secondary Education Pre Medical Entrance Test
Editorships
Editor in Chief - Journal of Sports Traumatology and Allied Sports Sciences (A joint publication of Indian Association of Sports Medicine and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, released in The Indian Sports Medicine Congress ‘99 on 21st. December, 1999)
2nd Asian Contributor to the International Federation of Sports Medicine Team Physician Development Manual
Editor of "Recent Trends in Sports Medicine" published by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Editor of “An Introduction to Kinanthropometry published by Friends  Publishers, New Delhi
Member, Editorial Board
 
International Journal of Physical Therapy
Journal of Foot Surgery (India)
International Journal of Sports Sciences and Physical Education (IJSSPE)
Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Journal
 
Peer reviewer for
 
British Journal of Sports Medicine
International Journal of Shoulder  Surgery
African Journal of Biotechnolog
Journal of Datta Meghe Institue of Medical Sciences
Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Journal of Physical Education and Sport Management
Heart Asia
Professional memberships
Founder Member, Asia Australasia Africa Alliance for Sports Medicine
Member, Education Commission, International Federation of Sports Medicine(2010--)
Member, Liaison Commission, International Federation of Sports Medicine
Executive member, Asian Federation of Sports Medicine
President of Indian Association of Sports Medicine (2001-)4. Life Memberships
The International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
Asian Federation of Sports Medicine.(A.F.S.M.)
International Society of Educators in Physiotherapy
Indian Orthopedic Association
Indian Medical Association
Association of Surgeons of India
Indian Association of Sports Medicine
Asian Federation of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
Punjab Science Academy
State Co-ordinator and Joint Secretary (1997- 1999) Indian Association of Sports Medicine.
Vice President of Indian Association of Sports Medicine (1999-2001)
Member of the Scientific Commission of Asian Federation of Sports    Medicine
Memberships of Academic Bodies
Member Planning Board, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 2011-12
Member , Medical Committee of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 2011-12
Member, Research Advisory Committee, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 2011
Member, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences , Faridkot -2011-12
Member Education Commission. International Federation of Sports Medicine-2010-
Member, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences , Faridkot -2010-11
Member, Liaison Commission, International Federation of Sports Medicine (2006-10)
Chairman, Board of Studies in Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy,
(P.G. &U.G.), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Member, Board of Studies in Medicine (1995-97) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Member, Research Degree Board and Committee Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Member Academic Council, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Member Board of Studies in Ayurvedic Medicine(1997-98) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Member, Board of Studies in Physiotherapy, Punjabi University, Patiala.
Chairman of the Board of Studies in Physiotherapy, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.
Member,  Board of Studies in Food & Nutrition, Punjabi University, Patiala (2005 – 2007)
Inspector for Rehabilitation Colleges of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2005)
Teaching Experience
More than fifteen years of teaching experience in subjects of
Sports Traumatology,
Orthopedics
Exercise Physiology
Applied Anatomy etc.
Examinerships
Examiner for Post Graduate & Under Graduate Classes
Institute of Post Graduate Studies, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Punjab University, Chandigarh
Punjabi University, Patiala
Laxmi Bai Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior (Deemed Univ.)
National Institute of Sports, Patiala
M.D.U. University, Rohtak
Himachal Pardesh University, Shimla.
Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi

Examiner for Ph.D.

Punjab University, Chandigarh.
 Laxmi Bai Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior (Deemed Univ.)
Osmania University, Hyderabad
Manipur University, Manupur
PhD guided
Two (Completed)
Four (Registered)
Three (Enrolled)
Master’s Thesis Guided
Forty four
Achievements in Academic career
Best Boy Graduate (1977-82) Govt. Medical College/ Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Ist Position in Diploma in Sports Medicine Punjabi University, Patiala.(1989-90)
Ist Position in Final Professional M.B.B.S. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
2nd Position in First Professional M.B.B.S. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
  Ist Position in the Subjects of Midwifery and Surgery Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
2nd Position in the subject of Clinical Medicine Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
3rd Position in the subject of Eye and E.N.T. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Distinctions in the subjects of Midwifery and Surgery.
Masters in Orthopedic Surgery, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Special Achievements
Two commendation certificates from the Government of Punjab for outstanding work in the fields of National interest, (Preventive Health care)
Conferred with the title of F.A.I.S. for outstanding work by Association of Surgeons of India.
Conferred with the title of F.A.S.M. for outstanding work in the field of Sports Medicine by Indian Association of Sports Medicine
Honored by South Kanara Association of Physiotherapist for outstanding contribution to the field of physiotherapy. (2001)
Guest of Honour at 3rd AIPS Congress organized by South Kanara Physiotherapy Teachers Association, Mangalore in January, 2006
Formulation of Courses
Introduced the first Clinical MD in Sports Medicine in the India.
Formulated and introduced the first and the only Masters in Sports Psychology in the India.
Formulated and introduced the first and the only PhD program in Sports Medicine in the India.
Formulated, drafted and started Masters in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition.
Formulated and introduced the first and the only PhD program in Sports Physiotherapy in the India.
Formulated, drafted and started the Masters Program in Sports Physiotherapy, the first of its kind in South East Asia.
Introduced Bachelor in Physiotherapy Courses in the State of Punjab for the first time at Guru Nanak Dev University Campus and affiliated colleges.
Formulated the course of Bachelor in Physiotherapy for Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.
Formulated and drafted the Masters in Cardiothoracic Physiotherapy, Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital Management, Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence, Diploma in Hospital IT Solutions.

Projects Undertaken

Research projects being currently undertaken on

"A study of Body Composition in University Students using both Skinfold Caliper and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis".
“Effects of resistance training on type 2 diabetes: a new possibility for lifestyle efforts”
Caffeine: time and dose related effects on physiological, physical and psychological performance parameters

Thesis work on Multiple Injuries accepted as original work of Masters on Orthopedic Surgery by Guru Nanak Dev University.
Creation of Departments
Started the Department of Sports Medicine in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. This being the first university in India to set the same. The Department finds special mention in the National Assessment and Accreditation Council Report of 2007 as having established International recognition and Visibility in a short span of 12 years. Transformed a one-man department in 1995 to internationally recognized department in 2007.
  

 
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