He has been a faculty member at WSSU since January 2008, where he teaches courses in anatomy and physiology, biology and neuroscience to undergraduate students majoring in biology and allied health sciences. Bhat views his role inside and outside of the classroom more as a facilitator of student learning rather than as a traditional teacher and focuses on guiding his students through the learning process providing them with a variety of resources and tools to help them understand concepts and self-assess their learning.