Completed my Masters in Medical Microbiology from Faculty of Medicine, Manipal University in India, registered for PhD from Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, India and obtained PhD by publication from ASU (America). Elected as Member (MAMS) of National Academy of Medical sciences (NAMS) for the year 2017. I am a member of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (LM 1919) and Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) (AMI/LM-465/2013). I am accepted as a Member Asian Council for Science Editors (ACSE) (2015). I have presented and published more than 125 scientific research papers in National and International conferences and journals with more than 500 citations.

My research interest includes wide areas of Medical microbiology with special interest towards HIV research