• Dr. Deshpande V Rajakumar is the Director of Department of Neurosurgery at Fortis, Bangalore.

• With a keen interest in brain tumours and expertise in minimal access surgeons of the brain and spine, Dr. D V Rajakumar figures among the very few doctors to conduct Endoscopic Brain Tumour Removals.

• He is renowned for Endoscopic approaches to complex surgeries, and has presented papers on related subjects in international forums.

• Dr. D V Rajakumar has been a member of various organisations such as Neurological Society of India, Bangalore Neurological Society, Skull Base Society of India, Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Japan, and Congress of Neurological Surgeons, USA.

• He has presented and published papers on Endoscopic Approach to the Skull Base at the International Congress of Skull Base at San Diego and on several approaches to the brain and spine.