• Dr Ninad Katdare is a Consultant - Surgical Oncology at HCG ICS Khubchandani Cancer Centre. His primary interest is in Gastro-intestinal , Gynaecological, Peritoneal Cancers, abdominal sarcomas, neuroendocrine tumours and GISTs.• He has special expertise in HIPEC and PIPAC. He is the pioneer of PIPAC in India. He is one of the few surgeons in India to have done more than 250 CRS/HIPEC cases.• He also has special expertise in Robotic and Minimal access surgery in cancer• He has special expertise in HIPEC and PIPAC. He is the pioneer of PIPAC in India. He is one of the few surgeons in India to have done more than 250 CRS/HIPEC cases.• He also has special expertise in Robotic and Minimal access surgery in cancer•He has completed a three-year residency in oncosurgery from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.•He has done a fellowship in Gynaecologic cancers from Le Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France. One of the top 5 centres in Europe for gynaecologic cancers•He has done his fellowship in Gastro-intestinal cancers from Istituto Europeo de Oncologia (European Institute of Oncology), Milan, Italy. The Premier cancer institute of Italy.•He has done his fellowship in Peritoneal Malignancies from CHU Lyon, Lyon, France.•He has done his certification for PIPAC from CHU Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. He was one of the first surgeons in India to be trained for PIPAC and is one of the few licensed PIPAC practitioners in India