Awards

    National awards

    1. Padma Shri – from President of India

    2. Shanti Swaroop award – from Prime Minister of India

    3. ICMR awards – three times – one of them from Prime Minister of India

    4. Awarded Fellowships by two National Science Academies (FAMS, FNASc)

    5. Awarded DSc (Honaris causa) by Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur.

    6. Awarded DSc (Honoris causa) by Shri Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Medical Education University, Uttarakhand, India

    International Awards

    Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (awarded honaris causa by Edinburgh University, UK)

    Vocational excellence award – Rotary International.

    Pride of India award – International friendship forum.

    State level awards

    1. Vigyan Gaurav – highest award of Science & Technology, Government of UP

    2. Vigyan Ratna – second highest award of Science & Technology, Government of UP

    3. UP Ratna award

    4. Gomati Gaurav Samman

    Recent felicitations of Dr. Sunil Pradhan by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh Honarable Shri Ram Naik Ji

    1. Distinguished Alumni Award, Lucknow University, Lucknow, on Foundation Day ceremony, 25th Nov, 2018

    2. Swayam Siddha Award as Jury Member for Empowerment of Women – Anupama Foundation, Lucknow, 14th July, 2018

    3. Icons of health – 2016, Organized by Times of India Group, 10th April, 2016, felicitation with a plaque by Governor of Uttar Pradesh Honarable Shri Ram Naik Ji

    4. Seva Bhushan Samman – for Vishist Chikitsa Seva, Seva Bharti, Awadh Prant at Atal Behari Bajpai Auditorium, KGMU, Lucknow. 2016

    5. Gomati Gaurav Samman – Gomati Utsav, Lucknow, 2015

    Other national level awards / special attainments

    1. Felicitated by the Swayam Siddha Society for Women Empowerment, Lucknow, 2018

    2. Delivered Dr. Dhamija Oration at 18th ann. meeting, Delhi Neurol. Assoc., India Habitat Cen. N.D. 2018.

    3. Felicitated by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Lucknow, 2004 and 2018

    4. Felicitated by the Arogya Bharti Sanstha, Lucknow, 2017

    5. Delivered Dr. Dhamija Oration at 9th ann. meeting, Delhi Neurol. Assoc., AIIMS, N.D. 2009.

    6. Felicitated by Hanuman Mandir Society, Aliganj, Lucknow, 2007.

    7. Delivered Dr. Kapil Sood Oration at 14th UP Neurocon, Meerut, 2005.

    8. Felicitated by Raebareli Development Authority, Raebareli, 2004.

    9. Felicitated by Aashiyana Parivaar, Lucknow, 2003.

    10. Best paper award of Indian College of Radiology, (as co-author), 1999.

    11. Maj. Gen. Amir Chand Award of Armed Forces Med. College, (as co-author), 1998.

    12. Dr. S. T. Achar Award of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, (as co-author), 1996.

    13. Dr. S. T. Achar Award of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, (as co-author), 1995.

    14. Best poster award of Indian Academy of Neurology, 1993.

    1. Investigador Auxiliar (Selected in an international competition), REQUIMTE, Departamento de química-Fisica, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal (2009-2011)

    2. Visiting Associate Professor and honorary fellow, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA ( 1999-2001)

    3. Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, 1997.

    4. Received Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) training fellowship in Neurochemistry, Nagoya University, Japan (January 1994-May 1994).

    5. Received NIH, USA's postdoctoral Fellowship as an Exchange Visitor in USA (1984-1987).

    6. Awarded Endocrine Society, USA's travel grant to attend annual meeting at Anaheim, CA, USA (1986).

    7. Awarded University Grants Commission (India)'s junior and senior fellowship (1980-1983)

    1. Made scientific contribution presentation at San Francisco, USA Sept. 2003 on Role of SSR in Gullain Barre Syndrome.

    2. Travel Award to NaganoJapan for Intavenous sodium Valproate in status epilepticus 2002

    3. Made Scientific presentation at Cleveland; USA; July 2000 at international congress on cortical Epilepsies on “Neurocutaneous syndrome”

    4. Travel Award to Boston; USA August,1998 for study on “impact of alcohol on Cognitive functions in long distance drivers ”.

    5. Made scientific presentation at European Congress of Epileptology at Hague, Netherland Sept, 1996 on “Cognitive functions in Epileptics”.

    6. Made scientific presentation at International Lancet ‘Challenge of Dementia’ conference April, 1996 in Edinburgh on “Spectrum of dementia in India”

    7. Certificate of Honour and Distinction in Physiology, Forensic Medicine and Surgery

    8. Prize for best seminar in Physiology (MBBS)

    9. 1st Prize for Best debate on Intregration of various Systems of Medicine

    10. Gold Medal for highest marks in Surgery

    1. Outstanding Faculty award by Career 360, 2018

    2. Amrut Mody Unichem Prize award by ICMR,India,2017.

    3. Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (New Delhi), India, 2017.

    4. In a scientometric analysis, Ranked 3rd amongst the neuroscientist and 2nd amongst the neurologist and neurosurgeons in India based on last 10years academic performance (Bala A and Gupat BM, Neurol India 2010;58:35-41)

    5. Best researcher in SGPGIMS intramural grant in 2007.

    6. Ranked 2nd amongst girls and 11th as a whole in the Board of secondary examination, Assam.

    7. Ranked 3rd in First MBBS examination in the Guwahati University

    8. Ranked 3rd in second MBBS examination in the Guwahati University

    9. Ranked 3rd in final MBBS examination in the Guwahati University.

    10. Distinction marks in Physiology and Social and Preventive Medicine

    11. Ranked 1st in MD examination

    1. Dr A J Faridi Chikitsa award on International Non-violence day in 2nd October 2016

    2. Smt Surat Kumari Lal GOLD MEDAL for best work in the hospital in the Department of Medicine, King George Medical University, Lucknow in 2002

    3. Honours in Biochemistry, Pathology & Microbiology, Pharmacology in 1994,1996

    1. Talk in telemedicine, SGPGIMS, Lucknow on Parkinson’s disease and migraine in 2020.

    2. Chaired a session in 2018 in ‘Winners 2018’, ‘Tropicon 2018’ and in ‘Winners 2020’.

    3. As a speaker in API Lucknow chapter on epilepsy in 2016 and on dizziness in 2017, on Parkinson’s disease in conference at IMS BHU in 2018, in GMC Kannauj in 2019, in SGPGIMS, Lucknow in 2019, in Winners 2020 in Bhivaneshwar and on cannabis induced stroke in TMedPM2020 (online) in Thialand in 2020.

    4. Paper presentation in ‘IANCON 2016 and 2019’ and poster in ‘ÍANCON 2017 and 2018’ and ‘MDSICON 2020’.

    5. Chapter on ‘Meningoencephalitis: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment’ in ‘Advances in Health and Disease’ by Nova science publishers in 2020.

    6. Chapter on ‘Reversible causes of dementia’ in Medicine Update2019.

    7. As a speaker in ‘Radio talks’ on epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, back pain and neck pain from 2014-2019.

    8. 9 book chapters in the ‘Standard Treatment guidelines’, Uttar Pradesh, UPHSSP, 2018.

    9. 2nd prize in clinicosocial case presentation, paper in ‘ICGGM 2015’.

    10. As a speaker in ‘Experience the clinical debate on Epilepsy’ in 2015.

    11. As a speaker on ‘Diabetic Nephropathy’ for spreading awareness in Sitapur in 2014.

    12. Was awarded the ‘KC Burman award for humanism in medicine’ in 2008.

    13. Chapter in a book on diabetes and heart diseases for patient education.

    1. Dr. Jaswant Kaur Gill Memorial Award Best Outgoing Medical Resident in 2008

    2. Dr. Bir Inder Kumar Chatley First Prize Best Work during Internship in 2000

    3. Distinctions in MBBS Professionals in 1995

    4. Physiology in 1995

    5. First Prize Social and Preventive Medicine in 1998

    6. Amla Kiran Goday Memorial Silver Medal Microbiology in 1998

    7. Second Prize Ophthalmology in 1999

    8. Winner IAP Pediatric Quiz Divisional Round in 1997

    9. Second Prize Dissection Competition in 1995

    10. Top 0.1% in India in AISSCE CBSE Biology 1994