Shrikant worked as a senior hand therapist at the Roth-McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre, St. Joseph’s Health Centre in London, Ontario, Canada for 26 years. He has over 50 years of clinical experience in treating upper extremity conditions, nearly 40 years of teaching, and 30 years of research experience. He designed and developed Hand Therapy programs at four major teaching centers in Canada including the Roth-McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre in London, Ontario. In addition, he designed brachial plexus, peripheral nerve injury, elbow, wrist, and hand rehabilitation programs at these hospitals in Canada. In addition, he designed the most structured “Hand Therapy Fellowship program” for the training of therapists at this center. Shrikant worked as a guest lecturer at the University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, and Western University. He conducted many instructional courses on upper extremity rehabilitation in over 35 countries in the world and has won many awards for his presentations. He has over 300 presentations to his credit. He was awarded the Paul Brand Award of Excellence by the American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT), Award of Leadership by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT), Award of Excellence by the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Best Educator by the Western University, Most Outstanding Prestigious Alumni by the Nagpur University in India, the Lifetime Membership Award by the Canadian Society of Hand Therapists (CSHT) and an award of Excellence in Teaching and Coaching by the administration of the St. Joseph’s Hospital. In 2017 the Hand Therapy fellowship program was named after him. It is now called the Chinchalkar Hand Therapy Fellowship Program at the Roth-McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Center. In 2019 Shrikant received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Federation of Society of Hand Therapists (IFSHT) in Berlin. Also in 2019, he was chosen as an Honorary Advisor to the Asia Pacific Wrist Association in Seoul, Korea during their annual conference. Shrikant is also an “Honorary Advisor to the Society of Hand Therapy, India”. He served as a member of the Education Committee of IFSHT from 2019-2022. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Hand Therapy Journal published by the British Society of Hand Therapy, an ancillary of the British Association of the Surgery of the Hand. Shrikant has authored six book chapters and has published more than 47 papers and 15 abstracts in numerous peer-reviewed journals related to Upper Extremity Surgery and Therapy.