Profile
Research Interests
Method development in microscopic analysis; its application in screening phytochemicals specifically from flora and fauna of Western Ghats, India; database of medicinal plants of Western Ghats and scientific revaluation of their traditional tribal medical use; screening of small drug molecules for pre-clinical data; plant molecular biology;
Skills
- Confocal microscopy
- Flow Cytometry
- In silico and In vivo metabolite analysis
- Animal cell culture studies
- Enzymology; Enzyme drug interaction
Education
Ph.D.:CSIR- CFTRI (Mysore)
M.Sc.:Dept of Biochemistry, Bangalore University
B.Sc.:NSVK College, Bangalore University
Research and Innovations
Publications: 42
Indian patents: 2
Book: 1 Book Chapter: 1
Number of dissertation students guided: 23
Major research projects
UGC-MRP, Govt. of India Rs.10,86,300/-:, 2010 (PI) DST, Govt. of India, Rs. 12,97,000/-: 2004 (PI) UGC-MRP, Govt. of India Rs.10,61,800/-: 2009, (Co-PI)
Academic Positions
Scientist 2013 – present
In charge – Core imaging facility Institution of Excellence,
Scientist Pool Scheme(CSIR)
2010 to 2013
Lecturer in Biochemistry
2008 to 2010
Pooja Bhagavat Post Graduate Wing
SERB Young Scientist, DST
2004 to 2007
Research Associate, CSIR 20
2001 to 2004
Research Associate – DANIDA ENRECA Project on SARv
1999 to 2000
JRF and SRF (CSIR)
1993 to 1998
Honors and Achievements
1999 – CSIR NET
2000 – UGC NET
2004 – SERB Young Scientist
International Awards
Awarded best paper at the 2nd International conference, DANIDA ENRECA, 2008
National Awards
- Biodiversity and Sustainable development, best poster award - 2018
- Best poster award, ISMPP – 2011
- Prof. M.J. Narasimhan Merit Academic Award - 2005
- Prof. Krishna Sahai Bilgrami Best Paper Award-2006
- Best poster award, ISMPP – 2004
- Association of Microbiologists (I) Best paper,1998
- Society of Biological Chemists(I) - Best paper, 1996