Academic Qualifications

• (Trained in cardiac electron microscopy at National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Bethesda, USA; Trained in pulmonary vascular pathology at University of Liverpool, UK)
• MBBS - 1974 (Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala University)
• MD (Pathology) - 1979 (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi)

Professional Record

• 1979-82, Lecturer in Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 1982-85, Assistant Professor in Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 1986-88, Associate Professor in Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 1988-93, Additional Professor in Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 1993-2006, Professor & Head,Division of Cellular & Molecular Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• Dec 2000 to Dec 2003, Dean, Academic Affairs, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• October 2006- 13 January 2009, Senior Grade Professor & Head, Division of Cellular & Molecular Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 2006- 2008, Appellate Authority, Right to Information Act, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• Chairman/ Member of several in house committees including, committee to draft Vision Document for the institute, Administrative and Academic Reforms Committee, Governing body, Academic committee, Senior and Junior staff selection committees, Technical Advisory Committee to assist the Ethics Committee Coordinator of one year long silver jubilee celebrations of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum

Award

• Fellow, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (Canada).
• Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences, India.
• Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences.
• Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (India).
• Fellow, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (United Kingdom).
• Fellow, Indian College of Pathology.
• Oration Award, IAPM Orissa chapter.
• Invited Speaker, World Congress of International Society for Heart Research, Winnipeg, 2001.

Memberships

• Member, Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Group, Nano Mission, Department of Science & technology 2007
• Member, Council, Indian Academy of Sciences 2007-2009
• Member, Sectional Committee, Indian Academy of Sciences 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009
• Member, Task Force on Chronic Diseases Biology, Department of Biotechnology, India 2005-2009
• Member, Task Force on Bioengineering, Department of Biotechnology, India 2005-2009
• Member, Research Advisory Committee, Madras Diabetes Foundation 2009
• Member, Research Advisory Committee, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 2006- 2008
• Member, Advisory group, ICMR-INSERM workshop on Biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, 2007
• Member, Ethics Committee for Biomedical Research, University of Kerala 2005 - 2008
• Member, Task Force, Molecular Cardiology, Indian Council of Medical Research 2003
• Member, Project Review Committee, Indian Council of Medical Research 2008
• Expert Member, Project Review Committee, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and environment, 2007
• Member, MHRD Selection Committee for Commonwealth scholarships in Cardiology 2002, 2003
• Member, Selection Committee for Principal Scientific Officers and Scientific Officers, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment 2005
• Member, Editorial Board, The Open Nitric Oxide Journal, Bentham Publishers 2008
• Member, Editorial Board, PVRI Review, Medknow Publishers 2009
• Member, Editorial Board, Current Science from 1992-2007
• Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology from 2003-2007
• Editorial Advisor, Indian Heart Journal from 1996 to 2001
• Member, National Advisory Board, Indian Journal of Cardiology from 2004-2007
• Member, Society for Scientific Values
• Life Member, Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists
• Life Member and Member, Executive Committee, International Society for Heart Research – Indian Section
• Life Member, Cardiological Society of India
• Life Member, Society for Biotechnologists (India)
• Reviewer of project proposals for DST, ICMR, CSIR, DBT, IFCPAR and KSCSTE, Reviewer of articles for Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, J Ethnopharmacology, Acta Cardiologica, National Medical Journal of India, J Postgraduate Medicine, PNAS (India),
• Invited speaker for more than 50 CME programs/seminar/symposia/annual meetings of professional societies (both medical and basic science disciplines),
• Chair or Co-chair of several symposia and seminars including World Congress of International Society for Heart Research, Brisbane and Indian Science Congress 2005,