Prof. N. R. Rau did his MBBS from JIPMER Pondicherry (1973) and MD Medicine from PGIMER, Chandigarh (1976). He has worked as

• Senior Research Officer at Indian Council of Medical Research.
• Senior Resident in Medicine at Willingdon Hospital, New Delhi – 22nd March 1977 to 22nd August 1977.
• Assistant Professor of Medicine at KMC Manipal – 25th August 1977 to 5th February 1980.
• Associate Professor at KMC Manipal – 8th February 1980 5th February 1983.
• Professor & Head of the Dept. of Medicine at KMC, Manipal – 5th February 1983 to 30th June 2014.
• Professor of Medicine at Yenepoya Medical College, Mangaluru – 5th July 2014 to 28th November 2014.
• Deputy Medical Superintendent at KH Manipal – 5th June 1992 to 31st July 1998 and Chief Medical Officer at Dr. TMA Pai Health Complex, Udupi.

Prof. N. R. Rau joined as Head of Department and Senior Consultant, Dept. of General Medicine, at Adarsha Hospital from 28th November 2014. He has been as Examiner for various medical colleges (MBBS, MD, DM, BDS – Medicine) of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra and Pondicherry. He is the Member of International Board of Advisors – Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine Textbook. Has been PhD guide for 4 students and published – 43 National and International Journals. He is the Sections Editor for Miscellaneous sections of the API Textbook of Medicine and has contributed a chapter on Bioterronism. He was the member of Editorial Board of Annual Diabetes update Book and referee of Karnataka Journal of Medical Sciences. He was the sections editor of API Textbook of Medicine 2006 and Member of Pharmacy Council of India.

• Was declared as outstanding young person of the District for the year 1987 by the Jaycees.
• Best Teacher Award – KMC Manipal 1992, 2002 and 2005, 2008.
• Teacher’s Day Award for Medical Teachers of Karnataka State Indian Medical Association, Karnataka State – September 2001.
• Fellowship of Indian College of Physicians – January 2001, New Delhi.
• Awarded Karnataka State Association of Physicians of India Oration May 2002, Hubli.
• Awarded Infosis oration by Medical Education and Research trust, Karnataka July 2002, Bangalore.
• Appointed Member accreditation committee Indian College of Physicians – January 2003.
• Distinguished Physician Karnataka by State Association of Physicians of India, May 2003, Mysore.
• Doctor’s Day Award – Syndicate Bank Manipal, July 2003.
• Member credential committee to award Fellowship of Indian College of Physicians for the year 2004, 2005 and 2006.
• Judge for the Selection of the best paper award for all the papers published in the Journal of Association of Physicians of India – 2005, 2006.
• Doctors’ day Award Medical Representative Association, Udupi 2012.