Director,
Professor - HOD
Dept of Obs & Gynae
COMMAND HOSPITAL(SC)
PUNE -40
Director
“SOUTHERN STAR” ART Centre
Consultant
MD (OBS & Gyne)/AFMC
Meritorious Academic Record
Educational Qualification
21 Years
Reader (Obs& Gyne) AFMC Pune 1995-2001
Under Graduate and Post Graduate Teacher of Pune University and Delhi University 2001 till date
Established ART Centre Army Hospital (R & R) and AFMC Pune.(First in Public sector)
10,000 IVF Cycles with 45% pregnancy rate ( including ICSI, Laser Hatching, Embryo Freezing).
Equally adept in Clinical,endoscopic and embryological aspect of infertility.
Trained many infertility specialists and embryologists of armed forces, medical colleges including AIIMS , Maulana Azad Medical College and many private practitioners who are running their IVF centres successfully and call for trouble shooting.
Past General Secretary, Indian Fertility Society.
Past Co-opted Member of ISAR.
Advisor ART program Maulana Azad Medical college.
Examiner for DNB exit exam in reproductive medicine.
Supervisor for PhD students of AIIMS and National institute of immunology Delhi.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Induction of ovulation with clomiphene citrate ---PROGRESS IN INFERTILITY AND TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY 1996
Role of the postcoital test in contemporary infertility management-—PROGRESS IN INFERTILITY AND TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY 1996
Yolk sac parameters and pregnancy outcome-role of endo-vaginal sonography.-AN INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS AND FETAL MEDICINE.1995
AWARDS
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE 1985
BEST ARTICLE AWARD MJAFI 2000,JAN
DR JAGDISHWARI MISHRA AWARD-FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION AT 41ST ALL INDIA CONGRESS OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS 1997
ARMY COMMANDER COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE 2006.
VASHISTH SEVA MEDAL BY PRESIDENT OF INDIA FOR SERVING THE SOLDIERS 2009.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
1997 --- Role of gamete intrafallopian transfer & intrauterine insemination in unexplained infertility.
1998 --- Role Of Extended Incubation On The Outcome Of Gift Procedure
2004 --- Role Of Embryo Glue In Implantation.
2006 --- Role Of In Vitro Maturation In Art
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
NBRC (National Brain Research Centre) – EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
NII (National Institute of immunology) – ZONA PELLUCIDA STRUCTURAL STUDY
AIIMS (ANATOMY DEPARTMENT) – GENETIC CAUSES OF INFERTILITY
AIIMS (REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE)- ANEUPLOIDY IN FAILED FERTILIZATION.
PAPERS PUBLISHED:
Case report --- retained foetal bones causing secondary infertility.MJAFI 1998
Intra uterine insemination using cryostored semen-SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF OBS &GYNE JULY/NOV 1998; 29
(2-3):57-63
Ureaplasma urealyticum & human infertility: effect on sperm morphology.MJAFI 1999, JULY
Incidence of anti-sperm antibodies in infertile male population.MJAFI 1999, JULY
Follicular monitoring: comparison of transabdominal and transvaginal sonography. MJAFI 2000, JAN
To study incidence of chlamydial genital tract infections using enzyme immuno- assay- antigen detection and cell culture methods MJAFI 2001, JUL
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome during induction of ovulation for intra uterine insemination MJAFI 2001, JUL
Evaluation of cases of secondary infertility by hysterosalpingography and hysteroscopy MJAFI 2002,OCT
Fertility enhancing hysteroscopic surgery – our experience MJAFI JAN, 2003
Assisted reproduction and genetics Dada R, Kumar R, Sharma R K, Kiran Kucheria. Perspectives in cytology and genetics (2006), 12:493-495
A familial case of 13:22 chromosomal translocation in a family with reproductive failure. Rakesh prabhu, Rakesh Kumar, Dr Rajiv Kumar, Gupta NP, S K Gupta, Raj K Sharma, Kiran Kucheria, Dada Rima European Journal of Medical Sciences.
Sperm AZF Micro-Deletion Screening and Assisted Reproduction. Rima Dada, Rakesh Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, K Kucheria, R K Sharma, S K Gupta & N P Gupta, Journal of Postgraduate Medical Education, Training & Research Vol. 1, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2006.
Importance of genetic analysis prior to ICSI. Rakesh Kumar, Rima Dada, Rajiv Kumar, R K Sharma, K Kucheria Obs & Gynae Today Vol. XI No. 8 August 2006.
Relevance of Glycosylation of human zona pellucida glycoprotein for their binding to capacitated human spermatozoa and subsequent induction of acrosomal exocytosis, S Chakravarty, S Kadunganattil, P Bansal, R K Sharma and S K Gupta. Molecular Reproduction and Development.( In Press)
AZF deletion in varicocele cases with oligospermia. Dada Rima, Rakesh Kumar, Dr Rajiv Kumar, Sharma R K, Gupta NP, Gupta S K, Sidhu T, K Kucheria.(In Press) IJMS
Mosaic Status of Lymphocytes in Infertile Men with Klinefelter Syndrome Mukesh Tanwar, Rima Dada, Rakesh Kumar Rajiv Kumar, R.K. Sharma and  K Kucheria Int J Hum Genet, 07(2): 000-000 (2007)(IN PRESS)
Robertsonian Translocation in pathogenesis of Recurrent IVF failure.
Rakesh Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, Kiran Kucheria, Col (Dr) R K Sharma, Rima Dada (JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES) (communicated)
