ii. Harold O Conn award by American Association for the study of Liver (AASLD) at the Annual meeting held in November, Boston, USA held in 2012.
iii. ICMR Awards: ICMR is the highest medical body facilitating research in various medical fields in India and I have been awarded 4 times
a. "Basanti Devi Amir Chand" by ICMR for the year 2009 for outstanding contribution in Hepatology
b. "Amrut Modi Unichem" given by ICMR in 2007 for significant contribution in Portal hypertension
c. "Shakuntala Amir Chand Award" given by ICMR for "Prognostic evaluation of early indicators in fulminant hepatic failure by multivariate analysis" in 1998.
d. "Dr DV Datta Memorial Oration Award" for excellence in research in Liver Diseases in 1996.
iv. "Olympus Mitra Endoscopy Award" by Indian Society of Gastroenterology for the year 2003 for promoting education in the field of endoscopy.
v. "Young Investigators' Award" by 11th Asian-Pacific Association of Gastroenterology and 8th Asian-Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy at Hong Kong, in 2000.
vi. "Hoechest Om Prakash Memorial Award" for outstanding contribution in Gastroenterology by Indian Society of Gastroenterology in 1997
vii. "Young Investigators' Award" by Japanese Society of Gastroenterology 1996.
viii. Searle Best Paper Award" was given for the best paper of the year 1995, entitled "Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in subclinical hepatic encephalopathy".
ix. "Young Clinician Award" by World Congress of Gastroenterology, at Los Angeles, 1994.
2. Important Honours
i. International Society on Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN)- The Society's origins date back to 1971, when a Working Group led by I. Szam, D. Muting
and V. Brautigam organized an International Symposium on Ammonia Metabolism. Held in Budapest in May 1972, this first symposium featured Sir Hans Adolf Krebs' presentation of the newly discovered urea cycle. 17th ISHEN symposium was organized by Dr Radha Krishan Dhiman, President ISHEN, in New Delhi. This was a great honour to be President Elect, President and Past-President of this International Society.
a. President Elect, International Society on Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN) for the period 2012-2014
b. President, International Society on Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN) for the period 2014-2017
c. Past-President, International Society on Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN) for the period 2017-2019
d. Member of Advisory Board, International Society on Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN)since 2006-2012
ii. President Elect, Indian National Association for The Study of Liver, 2024-2026.
iii. Hon. Secretary, Indian National Association for The Study of Liver, 2016-2018.
iv. Technical Consultant,Mukh Mantri Punjab Hepatitic C Relief Fund, Punjab Govt., Punjab.
v. Chairman, National Action Plan (NAP) for Viral Hepatitis, Govt. of India
vi. Chairman, Injection safety project, The State of Punjab
vii. Chairman, Injection safety under National Action Plan on Viral Hepatitis, Govt. of India
viii. Member,AASLD Asia-Pacific Regional Advisory Council
ix. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hepatology (JCEH)from Jan 2011 (http://www.jcehepatology.com/)
x. Governor, American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) since 2011 to 2017
xi. Fellow, Royal Society of Physicians (FRCP) - London
xii. Fellow, Royal Society of Physicians (FRCP) - Edinburgh
xiii. Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS) in October 2010.
xiv. Member, International Relations Committee Member of American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
xv. Fellow, Indian Society of Gastroenterology
xvi. Fellow, National Association for the Study of Liver
xvii.Master, Indian Society of Gastroenterology
3. Important Orations
i. Dr PN Chuttani Distinguished Achivement Oration by Indian Society of Gastroenterology, to be delivered in December 2024
ii. Dr K. N. Jalan Oration, Indian Society of Gastroenterology, delivered on 19 February 2022
iii. Foundation Day Oration, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, delivered on 12 February 2022
iv. CM Habibullah Oration, from Indian Society of Gastroenterology. Delivered at the Annual Conference of ISG in 2013
v. SR Naik Memorial Oration, from Indian Society of Gastroenterology. Delivered at the Annual Conference of ISG in 2008
vi. N Madangopalan Oration, From Indian Association for Study of Liver Diseases
vii. "Sisco-Penex Oration" by "Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)"; delivered "Oration" on 14th Nov 2005.
4. Contribution to the Journals as Reviewers/ Editors
i. Editor-in-Chief,Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hepatology(JCEH)from 2011 to 2021 (http://www.jcehepatology.com/); Impact Factor = 3.0
ii. Section Editor (Liver)
a. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology; Impact Factor = 2.0
b. Editorial Board Member
Hepatology; Impact Factor 13.5
Hepatology International; Impact Factor 6.6
c. Reviewer: Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gut, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology International, Digestive and Liver Disease, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Obesity Research, Liver International, PLOSone, Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, European Journal of Pediatrics, BMC Gastroenterology, etc.
5. Postgraduate Course Director
i. Course Director for American College of Gastroenterology Postgraduate Course for India at its Annual Meeting of ACG held at Philadelphia in October 2014.
ii. Course Director for INASL-AASLD Symposium on "Alcoholic Hepatitis" at its 25th (Silver Jubilee) Annual Meeting of Indian Association for study of the liver (INASL) held at New Delhi from August 3-6, 2017.
iii. Course Director for "INASL Postgraduate Course" at its 24th Annual Meeting of Indian Association for study of the liver (INASL) held at New Delhi from August 4-7, 2016.
iv. Course Director for "INASL Postgraduate Course" at its 25th (Silver Jubilee) Annual Meeting of Indian Association for study of the liver (INASL) held at New Delhi from August 3-6, 2017.
v. Course Director for "INASL Postgraduate Course" at its 26th Annual Meeting of Indian Association for study of the liver (INASL) held at New Delhi from August 2-5, 2018.
6. National Committees
i. International
a. Member
1. Noncirrhotic portal fibrosis (Asian-Pacific Association for the Study of Liver)
2. Variceal bleeding (Asian-Pacific Association for the Study of Liver)
3. Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (Asian-Pacific Association for the Study of Liver)
4. Autoimmune hepatitis (Asian-Pacific Association for the Study of Liver)
5. Chronic Liver Disease Evolution and Registry for Events and Decompensation (CLEARED Consortium), Multinational
ii. National
a. Chairman:
6. Portal Cavernoma Cholangiopathy (INASL)
7. Task force on Nutrition in Chronic Liver Diseases (INASL)
8. Task force on Hepatitis C (INASL)
9. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy
b. Member:
a. Task force on Hepatic Encephalopathy and ALF (INASL)
b. Task force on Hepatitis B (INASL)
c. Task force on ACLF (INASL)
d. Task force on Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) (INASL)
e. Task force on Wilson's disease
f. Task force on Hepatitis B (INASL)
g. Task force on Simultaneous Kidney and Liver Diseases (INASL-ISN)
h. Management of liver diseases in pregnancy (INASL-FOGSI)
[INASL, Indian National Association of the Liver; ISN, Indian Society of Nephrology; FOGSI, Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological societies of India]