• I have served as Director, Institute of Immunohaematology for 12 years. During this period I had shouldered all the administrative responsibilities and had initiated many new projects under the extra mural funds from DBT, DST, WHO, NACO apart from ICMR.Added to this I was Consultant Haematologist for the last 28 years.
• Served as Associate and Additional Professor of Haematology at PGI, Chandigarh and Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University.
• Managed as Head of Department for 2 years at PGIMER and 2 years at Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine.
• I have also worked as Senior Consultant Hematologist at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka for one year.
• Presently I am working as a Sr.Consultnat Hematologist and Lab Director from 2009 at Apollo Hospitals Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

• Professor of AHERF - 2014, Top 100 Health Professionals-2013 (Medicine), Best Teacher award from P.G.I,Chandigarh 2012, Bhatia Memorial Oration Award , Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence, Distinguished Career Award, Sir Sriram Memorial Oration Award, ICMR Best Director Award, National Senior Women Bioscientist Award, Karl Landstenier  Oration Award, Reach the World Travel Grant, P.Meera Khan Memorial Oration Award, Woman of the Year 1998, Shantilal Shah Oration, R. K. Das Oration Award, Best Poster Award, Ashalata Memorial Oration Award, Kamala Menon Award, J.G. Parekh Oration Award, Awarded the B.G.R.C. Silver Jubilee Oration
• Award for the best research on Topic “Cellular contribution towards blood coagulation and fibrinolysis”,
• Awarded the Manorama Sapre Oration Award,
• Awarded the S.S. Mishra Gold Medal for the best unpublished research paper of the year 1978/79,
• Awarded Postdoctoral Commonwealth Fellowship for a period of one year (June 1978-May 1979) in the united Kingdom,
• Won Honours in Physiology and obtained highest marks in pathology in final M.B.B.S. Examination, Part-I, Was second best graduate of the year in the final M.B.B.S. examination,
• Won merit scholarship throughout undergraduate studies.

Research And Publications

• Published 341 scientific papers in national and international journals of repute.
• Contributed several chapters to various textbooks of medicine, monograms in Haematology, Hemophilia and Transfusion Medicine.

• Member of International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH)
• Member of World Federation of Hemophilia
• Member of Editorial Board “Hemophilia” Journal
• Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists, London.
• Fellow, American College of Physicians, USA.
• Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences, India.
• Member, Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists.
• Member, Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine
• President, Indian Society of haematology and blood transfusion and executive
• Member of International society of Haematology for Asian Pacific Division from 1996.
• President Indian Society of Human Genetics.
• President Bombay Haemophilia Society.
• Member Indian Society of Atherosclerosis  Research.
• Member, Technical Advisor Committee, Department of Biotechnology, India.
• Member, Technical Advisor Committee, Transfusion Medicine, Govt. of India.
• Member of Task Force on Stem Cell Research in India, Dept. of Biotechnology and Indian Council of Medical Research.
• Editor: Indian Journal of Hematology & Transfusion Medicine.
• Editor: Indian Journal of Human Genetics
• Member of Peer Review Committee of “Human Genetics” of Indian Council of Medical Research.