Over 13 years of multidisciplinary professional specializations including teaching and research experience in field of Biotechnology and Agricultural Sciences. Teaching experience in Biotechnology to post-graduate and undergraduate students with over eight years experience in screening and evaluation of germ-plasm varieties, allele mining of genes conferring salt tolerance, identification and validation of differentially expressed genes at National Institutes i.e., Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR)/Directorate of Rice Research (DRR), Hyderabad and National Research Centre of Plant Biotechnology (NRCPB), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. I possess a sound knowledge of PCR-based allele mining, qRT PCR, scanning electron microscope (SEM), drought screening techniques, physiological/biochemical analysis and microarray techniques with demonstrated ability to use statistical analysis and well versed with different Bioinformatics techniques, molecular breeding techniques and statistical analysis tools. I possess the ability to work independently as well as in a team with strong interpersonal relationship and leadership skills. 

I was an invited �Visiting Faculty� under a research program on �Detection of freshness among cereals crops using fluorescence spectroscopy to determine the fluorescence level based on the presence of fluorescent components� at Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan for a period of three months from 30th November 2015 to 29th February 2016. I was felicitated with �Scientist Associate Award� by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology (SSDAT) at National Conference on Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Biotic and Abiotic Stress Management (ECOBASM - 2014), 13th and 14th December 2014 at Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad. I was an �Invited Young Scientist with IRRI-PHILIPPINES Sponsorship� to attend and present a part of my doctoral research work entitled �Whole Transcriptomic (RNA) Sequencing and Leaf Photosynthetic Response to Salinity in High Yielding Rice Introgression Lines Derived from KMR3 X O. rufipogon�, at 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014) between 27th and 31st October 2014 at Bangkok, Thailand.