Academic Qualifications

• M. Sc (Botany)
• Ph. D “Ethno botany, Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology of Hepatoprotective Agents Employed by Folk Practitioners and Tribal Physicians of South India”. - 1996 (Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute. Palode. University of Kerala)

Professional Record

• 1991-1994, Research Assistant,Regional Research Institute Thiruvananthapuram.
• 1997, Research Associate,TBGRI, Palode Thiruvananthapuram.
• Sept 1997 to Apr 2000, Scientist-B,Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• April 2000 to November 2003, Scientist-C ,Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• December 2002-till date, Scientist-C,Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Memberships

• Member, Kerala Academy of Science
• Member, Indian Academy of Biomedical Science

Patents

• A process to prepare a Phytomedicine for cancer with an extract of Janakia arayalpatra
  949/DEL/2000