I completed my Ph.D. from BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. I completed my M.Sc. from NIT, Rourkela. Currently I am working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Zoology, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar Campus. My research fields are Bioinformatics, Virology and Drug discovery. My lab is working in understanding the role of RNA secondary structure in Flavivirus Biology. We are also involved in understanding RNA-Protein, Protein-Protein, and Protein-Ligand interactions in Flavivirus and Coronaviruses (SARS- CoV-2).