After finishing his masters in Ophthalmology, he was awarded Rtn Dr. P.N.Srinivasa Rao award for Best Out Going student. He joined as a Lecturer in Ophthalmology in Kasthuriba Medical College and Assistant Surgeon in OEU Institute of Ophthalmology for one year in Manipal.

He then came back to his native place and joined the Neyyoor C.S.I. Mission Hospital in the year 1983 and worked there till he took over as Project Director and Chief Ophthalmologist of Neyyoor Eye Services in 1985. This is a comprehensive Eye Care System of KanyaKumari Medical Mission in partnership with Christofel Blinden Mission, West Germany. During this period he extended eye care system to the mission hospitals at Kulasekharam, Marthandam and Karakkonam. In the year 1987 he visited Upson Eye Clinic, USA for his Super Specialization in Cataract with Lens Implant Surgery .