Christopher Tiwari was educated at Agra University and at the SW Medical College, Agra, gaining a BSc in 1947 and qualifying MB BS in 1952. After qualification he was a demonstrator in pathology at his medical college, before coming to Britain and gaining his Fellowship. Thereafter he held registrar posts at Whittington Hospital and Hillingdon Hospital, where he was later honorary clinical assistant in vascular and general surgery. Concentrating thereafter on orthopaedics, he was honorary adviser in prosthetics at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, and honorary consultant prosthetic surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals, London and Stanmore. He was also prosthetic specialist to the Limb Fitting Service at Roehampton and Stanmore. His death was reported to the College on 6 November 1992.