Professional Roles

1. Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at South west London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, Based at St George’s Hospital, London (since 1st July 2003). 
2. Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George's, University of London (since 1st July 2003).
3. Vice Chair of Section of Neuropsychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists (since 2008).
4. Director of R&D, South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust (since 1st October 2010)
5. Deputy Hub Lead, South London and South East Hub, Mental Health Research Network (Since September 2011).

Other Responsibilities & Roles

• Member of Wandsworth Research Ethics Committee (2003-2008)


• Organiser of Neuropsychiatry Educational Forum (2005-2009)


• MRCPsych Part I Course Organiser, St George's psychiatric training scheme (2005-2011)


• Member of NICE guideline development group for Parkinson's Disease (2005-06)


• Editor of "The Blue Book" - This is a publication of the South West London & St George's MH NHS Trust. A new edition is published every 6 months. (since October' 2003).


• Member of the Examination Subcommittee and Examinations Training Standards Committee, Royal college of Psychiatrists (since 2008) involved in setting and reviewing all the exams conducted by the Royal college of Psychiatrists.


• CASC Examiner for the Royal College of Psychiatrists


• Member of Editorial Board - Acta Neuropsychiatrica (December 2008 - February 2011)


• Member of Editorial Board - Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (Since January 2011)


• Chief Editer of "Current Themes in Psychiatry in Theory and Practice" Palgrave Macmillan 2012.


• Peer reviewer for a few international journals.


• Chair of the Educational Committee of the Section of Neuropsychiatry (SoN) involved in the final synthesis & writing of the Neuropsychiatry Core Curriculum document.


• Lead Organiser of Joint SoN-BNPA conference-09 & Neuropsychiatry Institute programme for the Royal College Annual Conference-09.


• Advisor & Chair of the Neurology for Psychiatrists Course - an annual national course (2008 onwards)


• Memeber of Executive Board of Psychiatry Section of The Royal Soceity of Medicine (2010 onwards)


• Member Executive Committee of the British Indian Psychiatric Society (2009-2011)

Professional memberships

1. Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London.
2. Member of the British Neuropsychiatric Association.
3. Member of the American Neuropsychiatric Association
4. Member of the International Neuropsychiatric Association.
5. Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
6. Member of the British Medical Association.
7. Member of the British-Indian Psychiatric Association.
8. Member of the Indian Psychiatric Society.