Dr Shishir Gokhale acquired MBBS degree from MGM Medical College Indore in 1977, and MD (Medical Microbiology) from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. He had a long inning as a Pathologist and Microbiologist in the Indian Army Medical Corps. He has been a Reader in the Dept of Microbiology, AFMC Pune and has served in many Service Hospitals all over India. He has been the spearhead in setting up the laboratory services at remote places on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and established a state of art laboratory for the GB Pant Hospital at Port Blair. He was Director of Blue Peter Research Center, Hyderabad before joining Manipal group. He established an international medical school, KMC International Center, at Manipal and served as Professor in Microbiology and Dean before taking up the present appointment at MCOMS.  His keen interest in teaching and research has led to numerous publications and calls as guest speaker. He has won Australian Government’s internationally competitive merit based scholarship program, the prestigious international Endeavour Executive Award for 2008. Under this award he undertook a project to study the Australian medical education system. He completed this project at the Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia. His other interests are creative writings, music, travel, environmental protection, dogs and snooker.