Dr Vilas completed his MBBS from JSS Medical College, Mysore. He passed his MD (Anaesthesiology) with a gold medal from Goa Medical College, Goa. Later he went on to do FIPM (Fellowship in Interventional Pain management) from ESI Institute of Pain Management, Kolkata. He has presented papers and published articles in national and international journals. He was awarded for the best paper presentation in National Pain conference 2016.