From clinical practice in Sonipat to professional education, pediatric tuberculosis advocacy and public-health collaboration across Haryana and India.
For four decades this pediatric practice has extended beyond the walls of a single clinic — into medical education, pediatric tuberculosis advocacy, neonatal care, immunization and preventive child health.
Alongside clinical care, engagement has continued in medical education, pediatric tuberculosis advocacy, neonatal care, immunization and preventive child health — sharing experience with pediatricians and healthcare professionals through scientific meetings, faculty assignments, professional training and public-health initiatives.
The objective has remained simple:
“To turn experience into knowledge, knowledge into action, and successful local initiatives into approaches that can be shared more widely.”
Local experience in Sonipat has been carried into state and national professional forums — not as a finished answer, but as practical experience for others to learn from and adapt.
Four decades of clinical practice, free pediatric TB care, immunization and the Zero Pediatric TB Sonipat Model.
State-level roles in IAP and IMA, state CMEs, NTEP meetings and pediatric TB training.
PEDICON, NEOCON, IMA NATCON and institutional meetings in Delhi, Gurugram, Chandigarh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
Lectures, training, publications and policy communication that help others strengthen childhood TB prevention.
Some of the most meaningful work begins locally. Working closely with children, families and healthcare professionals in Sonipat provided the foundation for the Baal Kshay Rog Mukt Sonipat Task Force — led by IAP Sonipat, working alongside district TB and immunization teams to show how professional engagement can complement the national TB programme.
The work moves through one continuous sequence:
Source for notification figures: Ni-kshay data, District TB Office, Sonipat.
A central theme of recent academic and public-health work has been moving the conversation on pediatric TB beyond diagnosis alone, with greater emphasis on:
A selection of documented engagements, most recent first. Tap any photo to view it in full.
Three sessions — TB management essentials, extra-pulmonary TB (lymph node), and the role of IAP in pediatric TB. Organised by World Health Partners with SAATHII and the District TB Cell.
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Baal Kshay Rog Mukt Sonipat Task Force launched with pediatricians and district TB and immunization officers.
Lecture: Prevention vs. Treatment in Pediatric TB.
Faculty for the IAP ACT module on pediatric allergy.
Shared perspectives on childhood TB, TB preventive treatment, child-friendly diagnostics and nutrition with District TB Officers and IMA district presidents.
Panel speaker at the national conference of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
Invited talk, hosted by Dr. Naresh Trehan.
Faculty at the annual state conference.
Institutional meeting on nurturing care for newborns and young children.
Also spoke on the BCG vaccine in the Vaccination Panel.
Honoured by Prof. Y. K. Amdekar for contribution to pediatric healthcare.
Academic engagement at the state chapter conference.
Conferred at the national conference of the Indian Medical Association.
The spread of these engagements reflects an effort to take clinical and public-health experience beyond the immediate practice setting.
Clinical practice here since 1990, and the district where the Zero Pediatric TB Sonipat Model is being developed.
State CMEs, IAP branch programmes, HARCON and NTEP meetings.
Institutional engagement on nurturing care for newborns and young children.
Honoured for contribution to pediatric healthcare at Encyclopaedia 3.0.
Panel speaker at the national IAP conference; Honorary Professorship conferred at the IMA national conference.
Kongu Pedicon 2025, IAP Tamil Nadu State Chapter.
Through lectures, scientific panels, CMEs, faculty assignments and training programmes, academic engagement has focused on translating practical experience into knowledge that can be applied in everyday pediatric practice.
Early recognition, diagnosis, prevention and integration of childhood TB into the wider TB-elimination effort.
Practical approaches to neonatal care, intensive care and respiratory support, drawn from decades of NICU work in Sonipat.
Preventive pediatrics, BCG and community-based approaches to disease prevention.
Moving pediatric care beyond treatment towards prevention and early intervention.
Addressing the emerging health needs of adolescents through clinical and preventive approaches.
Contemporary approaches to pediatric allergy, respiratory disease and clinical assessment.
Clinical and academic work has been complemented by responsibilities in professional organisations and public-health programmes:
Clinical experience becomes more valuable when it is documented and shared. Published work has covered:
Recent work has also shared field experience with District and State TB programme officials on strengthening childhood TB prevention. The aim is a continuous pathway:
For more than four decades, the work has evolved from caring for individual children to strengthening the systems around childhood health.
Through clinical practice, pediatric TB advocacy, professional education, immunization, public-health initiatives and collaboration with medical and government teams, the focus has remained consistent:
to translate knowledge into action that can improve the health of children and communities.
The journey continues — from the bedside, to the classroom, to the community, and to the wider public-health system.