Awards

    1. Best researcher in additional Professor category, SGPGI

    2. Best paper award UP-UK NEUROCON, 2020—third prize to Dr Soumen

    3. Won the 3rd best paper award --Factors associated with herpetic eruptions in cases of vestibular schwannomas, NSSICON 2017, Chandigarh- oral presentation

    4. Won the 2nd best paper award in NEUROVASCON 2015

    5. Won the 3rd best paper award in NSSICON 2012

    6. Won the 2nd best paper award in NEUROVASCON 2011

    7. Won first prize in quiz NSICON 2009

    8. Thesis evaluation for AIIMS, Patna and PGIMER, Chandigarh

    9. Expert for UPPSC selection process

    10. External expert for Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Safai, UP

    11. Cadaveric demonstration at KGMU for endoscopic spine surgery

    12. Surgical demonstration for deformity correction at KGMU, Lucknow

    13. Editorial team of Journal of spine surgery

    14. Selected as section editor for Neurology India

    15. Reviewer for prestigious journals like The Spine journal, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, Journal of clinical Neurosciences, Neurology India etc

    16. Conducted various workshops

    17. Chaired various sessions at national conferences

    Honours

    18. Conducted workshops

    1. Microvascular anastomosis at AIIMS, Raipur in NEUOVASSCON, 2022

    2. Endoscopic spine surgery in at PGIMER, Chandigarh in NEUROENDOCON, 2023

    19. Invited faculty NEUROVASCON, Oct, 2022

    20. Invited faculty in SKULLBASECON, Oct 2022

    21. Invited Faculty at NSSICON, Hyderabad, March 2023

    22. Chaired a session on skull base in NSICON 2022

    23. Invited Faculty at NEUROENDOCON, 2023

    24. NSI webinar faculty for osteoporosis

    25. Invited faculty for NSI masterclass: Urological symptoms and signs for neurological disease

    26. Invited faculty NEUROVASCON, Oct, 2021

    27. Invited faculty in SKULLBASECON, Oct 2021

    28. Invited Faculty at NSSICON, Rishikesh, Feb 2022

    29. Chaired a session on spine symposium in NSICON 2021

    30. Invited Faculty at NEUROENDOCON, 2022

    31. Panelist, CEMIBSS webinar, Chandigarh, 9th Jan, 2021

    32. Invited faculty Examonline Session 15--- Simulation of OSCE- Neurosurgery – organized by NSI-BASS. 6th Feb, 2021

    33. Invited faculty in “World Congress of epilepsy and brain disorder” on 26th Feb, 2021 (Virtual meet)

    34. Member of Roster committee, SGPGI

    35. Member of Medical Education Unit, SGPGI

    36. Won the best “Research paper award” in Additional Professor category, 2020

    37. Invited faculty in Webinar on Minimally Invasive spine surgery conducted by AIIMS, Patna

    38. Invited faculty member for Webinar on Epilepsy surgery as speaker, July, 2020

    39. Invited speaker on “Role surgery in intractable epilepsy” at UP-UK NEUROCON, February, 2020

    40. Chairperson in UP-UK NEUROCON, February 2020

    41. How to choose among the various minimally invasive fusion techniques for listhesis? CEMIBSS spine course & Cadaveric Workshop, Chandigarh, 7th-8th March 2020

    42. Conducted workshop CEMIBSS spine course & Cadaveric Workshop, Chandigarh, 7th-8th March 2020

    43. Expanding role of endoscopic spine surgery. CEMIBSS spine course & Cadaveric Workshop, Chandigarh, 7th-8th March 2020

    44. Chaired a session. CEMIBSS spine course & Cadaveric Workshop, Chandigarh, 7th-8th March 2020

    45. Co-edited the book: “Atlas of Neurosurgery: a compendium of 100 neurooncological cases-volumes 1 & 2.

    46. Member Executive Committee in organizing “2nd Annual Neurosurgery Oration with Surgical Neuro- oncology Update” at SGPGI, 28th Feb to 1st March, 2020.

    47. Member of Roster committee, SGPGI

    48. Member of Medical Education Unit, SGPGI

    49. Won the third best paper award in UP UK Neurocon, 2020 (for a paper on Epilepsy surgery presented by Dr SoumenKanjilal)

    50. Invited faculty at Minimally invasive brain and spine conference- Jabalpur 18-20 oct 2019

    51. How to choose the correct lumbar interbody fusion technique. Minimally invasive brain and spine conference- Jabalpur 18-20 oct 2019

    52. Mehrotra A. Introduction to Epilepsy Surgery. UP-UK NEUROCON, 2019, Kanpur, Oral presentation.

    53. Mehrotra A, Behari S. Congenital high grade spondylolisthesis of the lumbo-sacral region. Poster presentation ASSICON, 2019—accepted but could not attend the meet

    54. Endoscopic spinal procedures: the expanding horizons. Minimally invasive brain and spine conference- Jabalpur 18-20 oct 2019

    55. Endoscopic spinal procedures: the expanding horizons. NSICON, Mumbai

    56. How I do it? Endoscopic excision of IDEMs. MIS Live Cad, 2019, Bangalore

    57. Invited faculty at MIS Live Cad, 2019, Bangalore

    58. Moderated live operative session in MIS Live Cad, 2019, Bangalore

    59. Invited faculty at NEUROTRAUMA at Agra, 2019

    60. Chaired a session in NEUROTRAUMA at Agra, 2019

    61. Debate: Need for AED in post-traumatic patients, NEUROTRAUMA at Agra, 2019

    62. Invited faculty at Annual conference of NSSA, Kochi, Aug, 2019

    63. Chaired a session on CVJ trauma management. Annual conference of NSSA, Kochi, Aug, 2019

    64. Complication avoidance in OLIF. Annual conference of NSSA, Kochi, Aug, 2019

    65. Chaired a session on Lumbar interbody fusion techniques. Annual conference of NSSA, Kochi, Aug, 2019

    66. Won the best paper award in SKULLBASECON 2019

    67. Chaired a session in UP-UK Neurocon, Kanpur, 2019

    68. Introduction to Epilepsy surgery. UP-UK Neurocon, Kanpur, 2019

    69. Judge for best paper award in UP-UK Neurocon, Kanpur, 2019

    70. Invited Faculty: Mehrotra A, Behari S. How to decide cases for endoscopic interlaminar discectomy? MISSICON 2018, Hyderabad- oral presentation

    71. Chairperson for Conference of Asian Pacific Cervical Spine Society, Nov. 2018, New Delhi

    72. Pandey S, Mehrotra A, Das KK, Kumar R. Factors associated with herpetic eruptions in cases of vestibular schwannomas, SKULLBASECON 2018, Ludhiana oral presentation

    73. Invited guest faculty by Trivandarum Neurological Society and presented “ Endoscopic discectomy” at Trivandarum, 2018

    74. Invited guest faculty by Trivandarum Spinal Society and presented “ Oblique lumbar interbody fusion” at Trivandarum, 2018

    75. Chaired a session in

    76. NEUROTRAUMA 2018, Lucknow

    77. NSICON 2018, Jaipur

    78. Judged oral presentation –Best Paper award (Nursing category) NSSICON 2018

    Won the All-India Quiz competition in NSICON 2009