BioSketch
- President Elect, IADVL WB(2022-23)
- Director, International Society of Dermatology(2021-2025)
- Chairperson, IADVL Taskforce against Quackery, ITAQ(2022-23)
- President, Association of Cutaneous Surgeons(I)(2013-2015)
- Editor, Indian Journal of Dermatology (2012-2017)
- Chairperson, ACSI Academy of Dermatosurgery(2017-2019)
Academic Fellowships and memberships after postgraduation:
- Fellow of Fellow of Royal College of Medicines(FRCP), Glasgow 2017
- Fellow of Fellow of Royal College of Medicines(FRCP), London 2016
- Fellow of Fellow of Royal College of Medicines(FRCP), Edinburgh 2014
- Member of Royal College of Medicines and Surgeons(MRCPS), Glasgow 2013
- Fellow of IADVL Academy of Dermatology , 2011
- Foundation Fellow of Asian Academy of Dermatology and Venereology(FFAADV) 2009
- Member of Scientific/ Medical Advisory Board, National Vitiligo Foundation, Cincinnati, USA 2007
- Fellow of American Academy of Dermatology (FAAD) 2002
Awards:
- American Academy of Dermatology Member making a difference Awaed 2018
- Dr. P. N. Behl oration at World Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology 2017
- International League of Dermatological Societies(ILDS) Certificate of appreciation award 2015
- DR. B M AMBADY Oration at DERMACON 2013( 41st National Conference of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists)
- Special Award for oration from BBC World Service (1991)
- Best Paper Award in 1st National conference of IACS (1997)
- Felicitation from IMA Manipur Branch (2003)
- Dermatology Excellence Award (2004)
Life member of
- Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists(IADVL)
- International Society of Dermatology (ISD)
- European Academy of Dermatovenereology(EADV)
- Indian Society for paediatric Dermatology (ISPD)
- Indian Association for the study of STD and AIDS (IASSTD)
- Indian Medical Association (IMA)
- Cosmetic dermatology Society of India(CSI)
- Nail Society of India(NSI)
- Pigmentary Disorders Society(PDS)
Organisational Experience :
- Vice President : International Society of Dermatology (2017-2021)
- Director: International Society of Dermatology (2013-2017)
- President: Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India (2013-2015)
- Honorary General Secretary of National IADVL(2006-2008)
- Vice Chairperson, Scientific Committee, DERMACON 2017
- Foundation Board member, Asian Acdemy of Dermatology and Venerology
- Joint General Secretary (2002-2003)
- Joint Organizing secretary of the National conference (DERMACON 2003)
- Chairperson Scientific Committee, CUTICON WB 2011
- Executive Council member since December 1996
- Hon. Treasurer IADVL, WB for two terms 1999,2000
- Hon. State Secretary for two terms 2001,2002-3
- Conducted several workshops on Dermatosurgery (Kolkata, VIZAG and Dhaka)
- Editor, IADVL, WB Newsletter
- Organizing Secretary : CUTICON WB 2004
- Editorial board member of IADVL Text Book of Dermatology.
Organizational Achievements
- Suggested conference names, such as DERMAZONE, DERMACON and CUTICON -all three have now been recognized and accepted at the National level as the official names of Dermatology conferences in India
- Founding-Coordinator IADVL Special Interest Group(SIG) on Pigmentary disorder
- Founder of several interactive e groups for Indian Dermatologists like iadvl, acad_iadvl, ec_iadvl, cc_iadvl, states_iadvl,wcd2007_iadvl.
- Chairperson ACSI Academy(2017-)
Editorial Experience :
- Editor Emeritus(2018-)
- Chief Editor, Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2012-2017
- Editor Elect 2011
- Executive Editor-2006-2010
- Associate Editor-2003-2005
- Assistant Editor-2000-2002
- Member of the IJD Editorial board-1997-1999
- Honorary Membership of Editorial Board/Advisory
- Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal (EDOJ)
- Indian Clinical Updates, Dermatology
- Iranian Journal of Dermatology
- Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic surgery
- Royal Society of Medicine-Current Medical Opinions Series (CMOS) in Cosmetology and Current Medical Practice (CMP) in Dermatology.
- Founding Co-ordinating editor of Indian Dermatology Online Journal(IDOJ)
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Reviewer
- Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology(IJDVL)
- International Journal of Dermatology(IJD)
- British Journal of Dermatology,(BJD)
- Dermatology online Journal (DOJ),USA
- Developed the first website of Indian Journal of Dermatology www.e-ijd.org in 2000 and the official website of IADVL www.iadvl.org in 2006
Founder council members of
- Asian Skin Foundation
- Asian Society for Pigment cell research(ASPCR) and
- Indian Academy of Cutaneous Surgeons (IACS)
Invited as a Faculty/ Panellist/Chairperson in various International conferences in India and abroad, Including
- World Congress of Dermatology(WCD 2019), Milan Italy
- British Medical Laser Association, London, UK,2019
- ISD Continental Congress, Taiwan 2018
- American Aacdemy of Dermatology, Summer Academy 2016
- Dubai Derma 2016
- World Congress of Dermatology(WCD 2015) in Vancouver, Canada
- International Summer Academy(ISA 2015) Munich
- International Congress of Dermatology, 2013, New Delhi
- SARAD Conference 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 9th World Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology 2013, Athens, Greece
- Keynote speaker at the Fourth Annual Congress of South African Society of Dermatologic surgery,2011
- 20th EADV at Lisbon, Portugal, 2011
- World Congress of Dermatology(WCD 2011) in Seoul, Korea
- World Congress of Dermatology(WCD 2007) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Iranian Congress of Dermatology 2010
- 19th RCD and 2nd AADV at Kotakinabalu, Malaysia,2010
- Research & Development Deptt. of Proctor & Gamble Co. Inc. Reading, UK, 2009
- 18th EADV at Berlin, Germany, 2009
- Research & Development Deptt. of Proctor & Gamble Co. Inc. Kobe, Japan,2008
- Asian Congress of Pigment cell research, ASPCR Singapore,2007
- Research & Development Deptt. of Proctor & Gamble Co. Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio (USA) 2007
- National Congress of Egyptian Society of Dermato-Venereology in Cairo(2006)
- Asian Dermatology Congresses in Kuala Lumpur(2005)
- Asian congress of Pigment cell research, ASPCR New Delhi(2005)
- International Congress of Cosmetology, Mumbai (2005)
- SARAD Conference, 2002, Dhaka, Banglades
Important services to Indian Journal of Dermatology :
- 2000(Sep-Nov)----Planned, designed and executed the website of Indian Journal of Dermatology www.e-ijd.org
- 2001-As the Hony. Secretary of IADVL, WB took personal efforts to could include IJD in Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory, R.R.Bowker and PUBLIST.
- 2001-Collected compiled and published the Book of Abstracts (1991-2000) under the editorship of Dr. B. Haldar.
- In 2002, as the Honorary Secretary of IADVL,WB decided to increase the size of the journal and executed it.
- 2005: Conceptualized and executed the prestigious project of Book of Selections to commemorate the golden jubilee celebration of the journal.
- 2009: Executed the first IJD symposium ‘Vitiligo surgery’ as the invited editor for April-June issue
- 2009: As the executive editor floated and executed the idea of uploading pdf files of back issues of IJD to the site.
- 2012-2017: Served as the Chief editor
- 2018- Editor emeritus
Chapter contribution :
- Two chapters(Overview of Vitiligo Surgery and Autologous Minipunch grafting in vitiligo) in ACS(I) Textbook of Dermatosurgery
- Three different Chapters in the Text book “Surgical Management of Vitiligo' from Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK (Eds. J-P Ortonne and Mats. J. Olsson)
- Co-authored a chapter of 'Surgical Treatment of Vitiligo' as in the famous book 'Surgery of the Skin-Procedural Dermatology' by Robinson, Hanke and Siegel.(2nd Ed, Elsevier)
- Two chapters(Overview of Vitiligo Surgery and Autologous Minipunch grafting in vitiligo) in Pigmentary Disorders, A comprehensive compendiu
Books :
- Superficial Fungal Infections (2018)
- A Treatise on Topical Corticosteroids in Dermatology Use, Misuse and Abuse(2017)
- Textbook of Lasers in Dermatology:, a multi-authored first ever such book from India.(2016)
- Pigmentary Disorders”, a multiauthored compendium, a never before project on the topic from India(2013)
- Compiled, collected and edited the mega project (four volumes) ‘100 interesting cases in Dermatology’(2009)
- His references have been quoted in several books which include Mark Lebwohl’s ‘Treatment of Skin Diseases’.
- Has about 130 published articles in various National and international journals to his credit.
Professional Attachments :
- Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals
- WIZDERM
Other Interests :
- Regular writer on skin related topics in all the leading health journals. He has published four books in Bengali on Skin and its diseases.
- He has books on travelogues, collection of short stories and poetries.
- Other than skin-related topics he has penned a number of short stories, many travelogues and numerous poems in different journals, travel magazines and periodicals
- He is a serious photo enthusiast as well. Several photos clicked by him have been selected by Google earth and celebrated Dermatlas, USA.