PhD: June 2011, Manipal University, Karnataka, India (Now MAHE Manipal)

MPharm (Pharmacology) (April-2002). Government College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, Karnataka, (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India)

GATE- 1999 (A national level qualifying test for entry into M. Pharm)

BPharm: Jan-1998 : Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences Manipal, Karnataka, India (Mangalore University, Mangalore, India)

Eighteen years of experience in academia and research. The academic strenght is abilities to learn and implement the new technological innovations in pedagogy. Interested in Pharmacy Education, Pharmacy Profession, Preclincal Pharmacology, Research Methodologies, Bibliometrics and Scienctometrics

2017: Associate Editor for Scientific Reports – A Nature Group of Journals (https://www.nature.com/srep/about/editors)

2017: Associate Editor for BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine(https://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/about/editorial-board)

December 2017-November 2021: Served as coordinator of Center for Research on Research at Directorate of Research, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

June 2014 till date Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India

June 2011 – June 2014: Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India

Oct 2008 to June 2011: Senior Grade Lecturer, Dept of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal.

Sept 2005 to Sept 2008: Lecturer, Dept of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India.

Jan 2003 to Sept 2005: Lecturer, Dept of pharmacology, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Mangalore, India.