Dr. Dilip is now the Group Medical Director at NU Hospitals. He has graduated from the prestigious Madras Medical College. He completed his Mbbs in 1984 and joined MD general medicine at Madras Medical College in 1987 after being one of the toppers in the entrance exam. His career in nephrology began in 1990 and he obtained his qualification of DNB (Nephrology) in 1992. He started and developed the nephrology unit at Sundaram Medical Foundation in 1994 and was the head of the nephrology unit there till 2001. He took over as the head of Nephrology unit at NU Hospitals in February 2001 and has been instrumental in developing the department since then. He has established the protocolized practice in nephrology and has trained DNB nephrology students and also has been appraiser for DNB internal exams for nephrology students at Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore. He has vast experience in handling critical care nephrology patients, renal transplantation, and patients with combined nephrological and urological problems. Along with his team of nephrologists and urologists, he has established sound infection control practices in the institution. Safety practices in hemodialysis is another highlight in the department. He runs courses for dialysis technicians and also the fellowship in renal dialysis. He is actively involved in teaching and also in the internal audits related to NABH in the institution. He has various paper presentations to his credit and a number of his papers have won awards at the zonal level. He has delivered invited lectures in the southern chapter of Indian society of nephrology and has chaired various sessions. He has various publications and has also authored the chapter in a text book. He holds memberships in Indian society of nephrology, southern chapter of Indian society of nephrology and international society of nephrology. He has also received honorary FRCP (Glasglow) “ on 25th February 2018.