ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS/HIGHER STUDY:

High School Certificate Examination (1968) (Board of Secondary Education, Orissa, India) (1 st Division).

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Examination (1972), Botany (Honours) (Utkal University)(2 nd Divisin).

Master of Science (Botany) (1 st division) Examination (1974), (Utkal University).

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Botany) Exam.(1980) (Utkal University)

Post-Doctoral Course (Stazorovka) in Environmental Science at Moscow State University (USSR. Govt. Scholarship) (1987-1989).

Post-Doctoral Research at University of Hohenheim (DAAD Fellowship, Govt. of Germany), 2000.

Post-Doctoral Research at University of Hohenheim (Germany) (UGC Fellowship for Advanced Research, 2002).

Post-Doctoral Research with Emeritus Scientist Fellowship (CSIR, Govt. of India), Utkal University (2012-2017). 

Post-Doctoral Research with Emeritus Fellowship (UGC, Govt. of India), at Utkal University (2017-2019).