Pro Vice Chancellor - St Aloysius (Deemed To Be University)

Formal Education

• M.Sc. in Botany - Bangalore University (1996-1998) - Graduated with First Class with Distinction.
• Ph.D. in Bio-Sciences - Mangalore University (2009-2012).

Specialized Training Courses

• Science Academies' Refresher's Course on Modern Biotechnology: Concepts and Practice - School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai (May 15 - May 29, 2013).
• Science Academies’ Refresher Course on Plant Sciences - PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore (November 19 - December 3, 2012).
• International Training on In Vitro Culture of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi - Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Applied Microbiology Laboratory of Mycology, Croix du Sud, Belgium (May 1 - May 6, 2011).
• Course on the Application of Radioisotopes in Biology - University Science Instrumentation Centre, Mangalore University (March 2008).
• National Workshop on Biodiversity Assessment - Mangalore University, Department of Applied Zoology (February 2008).
• Course on Biotechnological Techniques (Secondary Metabolites) - St. Aloysius College, M.Sc. Department of Biotechnology (2008).
• Guest Researcher Opportunity - The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (2007).
• Phylogenetic Workshop - Zoology Department, Mysore University (2006).
• Workshop on Mycorrhizae - Government College, Goa (2005).
• Bioinformatics Course - Fisheries College, University of Agricultural Sciences, Mangalore (2005).
• Course on Microarray Techniques - Cell and Molecular Biology Department, IISC, Bangalore (2004).
• Plant Tissue Culture Workshop - Laboratory of Applied Biology, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore (2003).

• Research Coordinator for PG Biotech, Biochem, and Analytical Chemistry at St. Aloysius College (2008 - Present).
• Head of Department (HOD) of Biochemistry at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore (Since 2005).
• Lecturer in the Department of Botany and Biotechnology at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore (Since 1998).
• Research Scholar (FIP) in the Department of BioSciences, Mangalore University (2005 - 2009).