Brief Academic Achievements :

12 years of teaching and 18 years of research experience. Published 34 research articles (18 – International & 16 – National). Participated and presented papers in 31 conferences (5- International; 26 – National). Completed 4 research projects (1. DST Project, New Delhi (PI); 2. VGST – SMYSR Project (PI); 3. Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) Project – Jnana Shodha Scheme; 4. VGST Project- SPiCE (Scientist Mentor). Guided 14 M.Sc., projects and Published 1 book Plant Tissue Culture – Protocols in Plant Biotechnology, 2015. (Co-authoured) Narosa Publishing House Pvt., Ltd.,. ISBN 978-81-8487-443-3.)

Recipient of 5 awards and fellowships

1. Prof. R.P.Roy Prize, for the original research paper entitled “A repeatable protocol for the production of gynogenic haploid plants in mulberry variety-S54” presented at the “Eighth All India Conference on Cytology and Genetics” held at Bangalore University, Bangalore during 28th–30th January, 2001.

2. Fellow of Society of Sciences (F.S.Sc.) by Society of Sciences, India, 2004. 3. Fellow of Society of Applied Biotechnologists (FSAB) by Society of Applied Biotechnologists, 2010. 4. Jnana Fellowship by Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Government of Karnataka, 2011 and 5. Young Scientist Award for contributions made in the field of medicinal Plant Biotechnology by University of Colombo, Colombo. Organized 5 conferences/workshops and conducted 4 awareness programmes.