Graduated and holding an M.D.S degree, Dr. Katre is an Associate Professor and Examiner in Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry for MUHS, Nashik. He has received awards for best paper presentations and was presented with the Sevabhavi Award by Rotary Club, Dombivli in 2008. His Dissertation entitled Comparison of mutans streptococcal strains in father, mother and child in Indian families using chromosomal DNA fingerprinting, is a first and one of a kind in India. He is the co-author of the book on Child Management in Clinical Dentistry. He has held important posts in IDA and has been an invited speaker at various dental, medical and social forums.