WHAT I’M CALLED: Kannaiyan Rabindranath or simply as “Rabi” as friends and colleagues call me.

MY AGE IN YEARS: 37 years............wish I could quote something lower!

WHAT I DO: I am a consultant nephrologist. In plain English, what it means is that I am a doctor who specialises in kidney diseases. I am also actively involved in fundraising for several charities. Every year my friends and I organise an Indian cultural event for good causes. We have raised money for the Oxford Children’s Hospital, Oxford Kidney Unit, Thames Valley Air Ambulance Service and Medecins Sans Frontieres. We have raised about £6,000 over the past four years. It has been a huge privilege to be of some help to people who are less fortunate.

WHERE I LIVE: In the lovely market town of Witney.

WHO I LOVE: It’s such a cliché, but I cannot think of anyone else but my wife as an answer. I cannot imagine where or what I would be but for her. I consider myself lucky that I married someone who compliments my good qualities and compensates for my flaws. We make such a happy couple that no one believes us when we say we had an arranged marriage!!

HAPPIEST YEAR: 2011 definitely. Our little bundle of joy Josh was born this year. We are amazed at how much he has touched our lives in just eight months.

DARKEST MOMENT: Either the miscarriage my wife had in our first year of marriage or the horrible road traffic accident that almost killed her a few years ago. Both the incidents left us devastated for ages afterwards. We are now more resolved than ever to do as much good as we can, as they made us realise how fragile life can be.

PROUDEST BOAST: My PhD. It was such a proud moment for both myself and my family when I got my PhD in health services research from the University of Aberdeen. A lifetime’s ambition fulfilled!.

WORST WEAKNESS: I trust people too readily.

LESSONS LEARNED: To be more circumspect about people. Although I retain my faith in the basic goodness of all people, I take my time before trusting people implicitly.

DULLEST JOB: Lucky enough never to have done a dull one. If I am really pushed I would say household chores!

GREATEST SHAME: Mistaking a female relative of patient for a male!! That was a really embarrassing faux pas!

LIFELONG HERO: My parents. I am grateful they taught me that to be a good human being was as important as it was to excel professionally. My mother gave me my independent streak and my father was a great example for me as a doctor. I am able to converse on most topics whether it be politics or history, and by my knowledge of literature and music. I don’t mean to be boastful but it is a tribute to my parents who made sure I had a broad range of interests. It is all the more remarkable as I grew up in a small town in India and those were days when internet was unheard off, let alone Google!

OLDEST FRIEND: My friend Srinivasa Saravanan whom I know from my school days. We are pretty close even after 20 years.

FAVOURITE DREAM: Winning millions in the Lottery! I guess daytime wishful thinking gets translated to dreams at night.

BIGGEST REGRET: Having to leave Oxfordshire and the friends I have made here in pursuit of my next job elsewhere. Oxfordshire is the longest we have ever been in the last 13 years and we have met so many wonderful and inspirational people here.