The journey started with our fellowship interview at ISKSAA annual conference-2016 in Delhi. Our mentor Prof. Lalit Maini was taking the interview. It was a very cordial and friendly atmosphere where interview was taken. We felt very comfortable during the interview and fortunately we were selected for this prestigious fellowship.

The fellowship was for a period of two weeks from 3^rd to 14^th July, regarding which we were informed much earlier, so that we could plan our travel arrangements. Prof. Lalit Maini was very particular about that, he informed every details to us before hand. He made very nice arrangements for our stay during the fellowship at MAMC guest house. We had absolutely no problem whatsoever during our stay.

On the very first day, we were very happy to meet our mentor Prof. Lalit Maini Sir, in MAMC OT. We were with him in OT, where we observed two THR, done by Sir. The second case was a protrusio acetabuli, where Sir nicely did the bone grafting in acetabulum and cup placement. He taught us the basic fundamentals, surgical approach and techniques of THR very vividly. He was very particular about pre op templating in THR and taught us how to do templating for better outcome during surgery, which was an interesting learning experience for us.

Next day we visited Indian Spinal Injury centre with Dr. Bhushan, where we observed lots of TKRs, two B/L TKR and two U/L TKR. We were conversant with different types of implant systems within a short span of time. Dr. Bhushan was very friendly and always eager to teach us the basic fundamentals and techniques of TKR so nicely. We really learnt a lot from him about TKR. We also observed a THR and an ACL reconstruction by Dr. Deepak. Next we visited Sports Injury Centre for two days, first with Dr. Vineet Jain and second day with Prof. Deepak Chowdhury and Dr. Deepak Joshi. Here we observed hell lot of Arthroscopic procedures of all kinds, starting from single bundle to double bundle ACL reconstructions, Meniscectomy, Meniscus repair to shoulder preocedures like Rotator cuff repair, Bankart’s repair etc. Next we visited Sir Gangaram Hospital with Dr. Prateek Gupta, where we observed single bundle ACL and BTB graft ACL reconstruction for the first time. Sir was so nice and friendly with us, he explained and demonstrated all the steps of ACL so nicely that ACL looked so simple to us. We are very grateful to you Sir. Next day was again at MAMC OT with Dr. Sumit Arora and Dr. Dhananjay Sabat, where we observed a THR through lateral Harding’s approach, which was very nicely demonstrated by Dr. Sumit Arora and then ACL reconstruction by Dr. Sabat. Next we visited Artemis Hospital with Dr. Subhash Jangid where we observed Navigated B/L TKR for the first time, It was a new learning experience for us. Then we moved on to Moolchand Medicity with Dr. Akash , who gave us the opportunity to scrub with him for a TKR. We thank you a lot for your kind gesture. Next was a Sunday and as planned in the fellowship, we got a free registration to attend DELHI TRAUMACON. The conference was very nicely planned for all types trauma management and case discussions. We got a refresher course for trauma here.

Next week started with Prof. Raju Vaishya, at Apollo Hospital. Sir was so nice and friendly with us, he cleared all our doubts regarding THR and TKR. We observed two B/L TKRs. For the first time we saw PSI custom made Knee system for TKR by Stryker and mobile bearing THR by Sir, which again was a completely new learning experience for us. We are very grateful to you Sir. On next day we were lucky to visit the Stryker R&D centre at Gurugram, where we learned about PSI custom made knee system for TKR and also got a hands on experience with their Robotic Arthroplasty system called MAKO. It was quite an experience. Then we moved to Artemis Hospital to Dr. IPS Oberoi. He is gem of a person. He was so friendly with us, cleared all our doubts regarding ACL and Meniscus. He performed two Rotator cuff repair, ACL and Meniscectomy and explained everything in details. Next day we visited Max Hospital to Prof. J. Maheshwari and Dr. Ramneek Mahajan where we saw two B/L TKRs and a Reverse shoulder Arthrplasty by Prof. Maheshwari. The last day of fellowship was something special for us, we got the chance to be with the Master Dr. Pushpinder Bajaj at Fortis Hospital. Sir was so nice and friendly with us and gave us the opportunity to scrub and assist ACL reconstruction with him. He explained and demonstrated each and every step of ACL so nicely and vividly and taught us his unique technique of ACL reconstruction. We felt very fortunate to learn from him on the very last day. Thanks a lot Sir.

Overall this fellowship was really a nice and beneficial learning experience for us, in the sense that, we were able to observe a large number of different types of surgeries from so many different master surgeons within a short span of time, where we could learn different techniques of doing a same surgery from different surgeons and take home with us the best from all. Our mentor Prof. Lalit Maini Sir took a lot of pain and devoted much of his precious time in arranging the day to day schedule of our hospital visits, where he would arrange for the surgeon with maximum number of cases on that particular day, so that we will be benefitted the most in a short period of time. It is the good will of Prof. Lalit Maini and Dr. Pushpinder Bajaj and of course the brand ISKSAA, that wherever we went, we were received with warm welcome and treated very nicely as guests (ISKSAA fellows). Each and every hospital and surgeons were very nice and friendly with us. We learned a lot about Arthroplasty and Arthroscopy from each of the surgeons in so many ways. We thank our mentor Prof. Lalit Maini Sir and Dr. Pushpinder Bajaj Sir, for giving us this opportunity for doing the fellowship. We really are very grateful to you Sir, for you have thought and planned this type of fellowship for younger surgeons like us, where we could get exposure to world of Arthroplasty and Scopy and learn the art and skills of the field. Our special thanks to Prof. Lalit Maini Sir, again for all the nice arrangements he has done for us, right from the beginning. We will be very grateful to you Sir. We would also like to thank Dr. Abhishek and Dr. Gaurang from MAMC for all their help and coordination. At last but not the least we thank ISKSAA for selecting and giving us the opportunity to do this great fellowship under such great mentors. We feel proud and privileged enough to have completed this fellowship successfully.