His research interest includes synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, cheminformatics and natural products. He received his MSc (1996) and PhD from Department of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore in 1996 and 2001 respectively. His Doctoral supervisor was Prof. K.S Rangappa. He worked for Manipal University as Assistant professor between 2002 and 2008. He has co-guided one PhD student and currently guiding two PhD students apart from 9 postgraduate students for their dissertation work. Also mentor for 5 interns from Germany, Macedonia and Austria. He has published 12 research papers in journals and presented papers in 24 national / international conferences. Close