• June 2025-till date: Professor, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.
• June 2025-till date: Adjunct Faculty, Manipal University Jaipur.
• Dec 2023 to May 2025: Additional Professor, Manipal Institute of Technology.
• May 2009-Dec 2022: Reader/Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Manipal Institute of Technology.
• Placement co-ordinator 2011-till date,
• Project co-ordinator-2011, 2022, 2023- MSc course.
• Guided 10 IAESTE & 12 MSc projects.
• NMR co-ordinator-2012-14.
• Member, PG Board of Studies in Chemistry-MAHE & BoE, Mangalore University.
• Editorial Board Member/Associate Editor-Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science (2018-till date).
• Editorial Board Member: Discover Materials (Springer).
• PhD Guided 1 (5 in progress).
• Evaluated 12 PhD thesis;
• Question paper scrutinizer and question setter for other universities.
• Feb 2009-April 2009: Visiting Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
• June 2005-December 2008: Research Scientist, GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore.
• Dec 2004-May 2005: Post Doctoral Fellow, GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore, India; June 2001-Nov 2004: JRF and SRF (CSIR), Mangalore University.

Organic and Materials Chemistry

25 Years

Awards and recognition:

1) Google scholar selected our paper as classic paper in the area of medicinal chemistry published in the year 2006. It is one among the top 10 cited in 10 year period from all papers published in that year!
2) Certifcate of Appreciation from the Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science for Editorial Contributions.
3) Six Sigma Green belt certification from GE India.
4) Joint CSIR UGC JRF & NET qualification
5) Expert evaluator of projects for Swiss National Science Foundation