Born in 1949. Graduated in medicine and till recently, was a practicing radiologist at Thane, near Mumbai. Has held several shows of his works, and participated in important group exhibitions in India and abroad. His works are in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Roopankar Museum, Bhopal; the Jehangir Nicholson Collection, Mumbai; the Peaboy Essex Museum, US, and several other collections. A book on the artist and his work was published in 2004.