[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1972, for his contributions to medicine and society.
[7] After doing his internship at the King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College,[1] he moved to London for further studies from where he secured the degree of FRCS and returned to India to start his career by joining his alma mater, Topiwala National Medical College and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Nair Charitable Hospital, as an honorary ENT surgeon.
He served the institution till his superannuation at the age of 58[5] after which, associated himself with Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation when they made him an Emeritus Professor and Advisor to the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck.
[9] He died on 5 September 2013, succumbing to age-related illnesses at the age of 96, survived by his wife and the two younger sons;[1] Navin Hiranandani having preceded him in death.
[3][12] At BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, he established an ENT department incorporating head and neck surgeries, reported to be the first time in India an ENT department included head and neck surgical treatment also in its treatment range.
[3] Hiranandani was a member of the American Society of Head and Neck Surgery, the first Indian to be accorded a membership at AHNS.
[5] He was the author of several articles[14][15][16] and two books, Histopathological Study of Middle Ear Cleft and its Clinical Applications and Head and Neck Cancer.
[17] A year before his death, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Healthcare from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in 2012.