Academic Qualifications

• B.Sc - (1982 - 85) (Bhopal University, Bhopal)
• M.Sc - (1985 - 87) (Dr.H.S.Gaur University, Sagar)
• Ph. D - (1987 - 92) (M.L.Sukhadia University, Udaipur)

Professional Record

• Since 1996, Scientist, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Trivandrum
• Post Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
• Post Doctoral Fellow, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Fellowship

• CBOL Travel Fellowship to attend the Regional meeting and International Conference on Barcoding, Academia Sinica, Taiwan .
• (1987 - 92) CSIR Fellowship for JRF/SRF .
• (1992 - 94) CSIR Fellowship for RA .
• (1994 - 96) CZA Fellowship for PDF .
• 1991 Training fellowship to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), New York, USA. .
• 1999 International fellowship to Brain Science Institute (BSI), RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan .

Editorial and academic Assignment

• Associate Editor, J of Genetics, Indian Academy of Science, Elsevier Publication.
• Guest editor, Special issue on Pharmacogenetics, Indian J of Human Genetics.
• Editorial Board member, Indian J of Human Genetics
• Academic Council member, Kalasalingam Univ.,Krishnankoil (TN)
• Adjunct Professor Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences, (ICCONS), Shoranur.
• Visiting Professor Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil. (TN)
• Guest faculty, National Institute of Speech and Hearing, Trivandrum.
• Doctoral committee member, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.
• Doctoral committee member, SCTIMST, Trivandrum
• Doctoral committee member, NIMHANS, Bangalore.
• Vice President, Indian Society of Human Genetics.(ISHG)
• Convenor of OUTREACH program of Indian Society of Human Genetics for South Asian countries.

Memberships

• Member, Assoc. of DNA Fingerprinting and Allied Technologies (ADNAT)
• Member, Indian Society of Human Genetics (ISHG)
• Member, American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
• Member, International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES)
• Member, SACNET a regional loop of BIONET International.