Prof. Sanjiv Nair graduated from the Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala in the year 1987. He completed his post graduate degree in Oral and maxillofacial surgery from the same institution in 1990, passing out with distinction.
Prof. Nair served as a faculty in the College of Dental surgery, Kasturba Medical College between 2000 and 2004. He trained as Registrar in Maxillofacial surgery at the North Manchester General from 1994 to 1997 during which time he successfully completed the FFD RCS (Ireland).
He is presently professor and head of department, oral and maxillofacial surgery, Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences. Surgical Consultant at Columbia Asia hospitals and B.M Jain Hospitral, Bangalore. Prof. Nair was the Editor in chief of the Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery.
Prof. Sanjiv Nair currently is the executive member of the International association of maxillofacial surgeons and president Elect of the Association of Maxillofacial surgeons of India. He has several international and national presentations and publications in Orofacial malignancies and Vascular lesions apart from contribution to the textbook of Maxillofacial surgery by Peter Ward Booth, Schendel and Hausemen.
Prof. Nair is a faculty for hands on training in head and neck surgery at the national level His surgical interests are ablation and reconstruction of head and neck tumors. Surgical management of vascular lesions. Aesthetic facial surgery and traumatology.