• Association President – Nature Club (2024 – Present)
• Staff In-charge – Fisheries and Hydrobiology Unit at the Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences (2022 – Present)
• Sahaaya Co-ordinator CEC (2022-2023)
• Staff In-charge – Eco Warriors Student Volunteer group (2021 – Present) 
• Chief Co-ordinator - Centre for Environmental Concern (2021 - Present)
• Association President – World Youth Parliament (2020-2021)

• Assistant Professor in Zoology at St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru (05/10/2020– Present).
• Chief Co-ordinator - Centre for Environmental Concern at St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru (2021 – Present).

Molecular taxonomy and population genetics of freshwater fish native to India's Western Ghats, including threat assessment, captive breeding technology, and the conservation of freshwater ecosystems.

●       Raghavan R, Sundar RL, Arjun CP, Sidharthan A, Dharmarajan NP, Kumar AB, Philip S, Ali A, Paingankar MS, Rodrigues GT, Britz R, Dahanukar N (2025). Phreatic mysteries: Diversity and distribution of fossorial and aquifer-dwelling synbranchid eels of southern peninsular India, and implications for conservation (Pisces: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75 245–258.

Major Research Project (2023-2026) on the title “Assessing the Genetic Diversity and Distribution of Mahseers in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District of
Karnataka” by Mangalore Jesuit Educational Society, Mangaluru-575003, Karnataka, India. (Rs 4.6 lakhs)

1.  Kumar S., Pinto M., Pai N., Goutham, and Rodrigues G. T. (2025). Conceptualizing a Modern Lake for an Urban City: Study on the Lakes of Mangaluru. Presented and  won the second-best paper award at the Namma Lake 2025 workshop organized by KSTA, Bengaluru on 22^nd and 23^rd May 2025.               

2. Pinto M. A., Kumar S., Goutham K., Monteiro C. N. and Rodrigues G. T. (2023). Invasion underwater: a threat to native freshwater fish species of Dakshina Kannada. Presented and won the best paper award at the Idea conclave for better Mangalurur, 2nd edition organized by Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute, Bangalore held at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore-575003, Karnataka, India on May 3, 2023. 

·       BOE member – Department of Zoology, Sri Vivekananda Science, commerce and arts college (Autonomous), Puttur. (2024 - Present)

·       BOE member – Department of Zoology, St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru. (2024 - Present)

·       BOE member – Department of Zoology, Alvas College (Autonomous), Moodubidire. (2024 - Present)

1. “Empowering Tomorrow: AI, Skills and Global Competence” the 68^th edition of ICT Academy Bridge Conference held on 7^th November 2025 at Bengaluru.

2. “Advancing Healthcare through Smart Medical Instruments and Technologies in Konkani language” 2 days Seminar under AICTE – Vibrant Advocacy for Advancement and Nurturing of Indian Languages (VAANI) held at St Aloysius (Deemed to be University) on 11th and 12th September 2025.

3.  "Fostering Academic Parternships among Christian Higer Education Institutions" AIACHE South Regional Meet 2025 organized by All India Association for Christian High er Education in collaboration with Madras Christian College (Autonomous), Chennai on 29^th and 30^th August 2025.

4.  "NEP 2020 Orientation and Sensitization Programme" 10 days teacher training programme of UGC organized by MMTTC, Kannur University from 21^st to 30^th April 2025.

5. "Application of AI in Higher Education" one day workshop organized by Conference of Catholic Colleges of Karnataka (CCCK) at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore on February 07, 2025.
6. “Manuscript 2024” 2 days’ workshop on Scientific paper writing organized by the Institute of Tropical Research, Ecology and Conservation (INTREC) in association with the Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram and the Travancore Natural History Society (TNHS), Thiruvananthapuram on 25th and 26th May 2024.
7. “Leadership Skills for Teachers” 3 days Faculty development program organized by St Aloysius (Deemed to be University) in collaboration with ICT Academy from 19th to 21st February 2024.
8. “Advances in fish systematics: Morphological and Molecular approaches” 2 days workshop organized by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India in association with ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, at Hyderabad on 18th and 19th January 2024.
9. “Research Methodology using ChatGPT and AI Tools in Research” 8 days National level online Faculty Development Program organized by the PG Department of Computer Applications, IQAC and Lincoln University College Marian Research Centre of Marian College Kuttikanam (Autonomous), in association with The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) from November 23rd to December 01st, 2023.
10. “AI Enabled Technology, Machine Learning and Generative AI” 2 days Faculty Development Program organized by Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai-600034, Tamil Nadu, India from 6th to 8th July 2023.
11. “Advancing discovery through cutting-edge molecular and genomic technologies in livestock and veterinary research” 16 days Faculty Training Program under DBT-Skill Vigyan Program Organized by ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru- 560030, Karnataka, India from February 21st to 28th, 2022 (online) and March 15th to 22nd, 2022 (offline).
12. “Reconfiguring the Mind: Post-Covid Consciousness” 5 days Faculty Development Program organized by IQAC, Jyoti Nivas College (Autonomous), Bengaluru-560095, Karnataka, India, from 23rd to 27th June 2020.