Academic Qualifications

• B.Sc Zoology (Andhra University)
• M.Sc Zoology (University of Kerala)
• Ph.D Tumor Biology (RCC -University of Kerala)

Professional Record

• 2001-2004 August, Young Scientist and Principal Investigator in a Department of Science and Technology Project (Ministry of India) in Rajiv Gandhi Centre For Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala, India.
• 2006 January 5th, continuing Scientist E1, Division of Cancer Cell Biology, RGCB

Award

• Kerala University Third Rank- MSc
  DST Young Scientist Award.

Fellowship

• 1993-1995: Regional Cancer Centre, Junior Research Fellow in the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, New Delhi, India)
  1995-1997: Regional Cancer Centre Senior Research Fellow CSIR
  1999-2001: Research Associateship / Post Doctoral Fellow in CSIR Project: “Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their Inhibitors during tumor progression in the uterine cervix.
  2004 September-December: Research fellow in Dept Of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University. MA, Boston, USA
  2005-February-to December 31st Clayton Foundation Post Doctoral Fellow in Dept of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, Texas, USA..

Memberships

• Member, Society of Biological Chemists
• Life Member, Indian Association for Cancer Research(IACR)
• Life Member, Society for Biotechnologists-India