Educational Qualification

• Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. Ph.D in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Sciences), 1997.
• Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India. M.Pharm in Pharmacology, 1978.
• College of Pharmaceutical Sciences Medical College, Trivandrum, India. B.Pharm., 1975.

Professional Career

• Dean, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. 2017 September till date  
• Associate Dean & Chairperson, Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. August 2008 - August  2017
• Director, clinical Research & Bio availability & Bioequivalence studies Contract Research Organization (CRO) Manipal Acunova Ltd.,  Manipal, India. 2003 – 2008
• Professor & Head Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India. 2001 – 2008
• Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. 1997 – 2001

Achievements/ Interests/Publications/Awards

• Experiential training during COVID-19 pandemic: a virtual attachment experience from a college of pharmaceutical sciences in the United Arab Emirates, Pharmacy Education
• Study and evaluation of the different types of poisoning cases encountered in a secondary care hospital in Ras Al Khaimah. Pharmacology and Toxicology 
• Perception of health promotion practices among the faculty of selected university, ras al khaimah, United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Studies in Nursing 
• Proton pump inhibitor use and appropriateness analysis: a snapshot from a secondary care hospital. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
• Prevalence and associations of moderately increased albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes in United Arab Emirates. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Journal
• Evaluation of antihypertensive prescriptions for rationality and adherence to treatment guidelines: an experience from united arab emirates. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
• Therapeutic potential of Rhododendron Arboreum polysaccharides in an animal model of lipopolysaccharide-inflicted oxidative stress and systemic inflammation, Molecules 
• Phytochemical Screening, In Vitro Antioxidant, Antimicrobial And Anticancer Activity Of Microalgae Nannochloropsis Oculata Extract, Separations

Conferences/Workshops/Member  

Conferences:  

• National: 25
• International: 07

Member  

• Life Member of Indian Pharmacological Society
• Life Member of Indian Pharmacological Association
• Life Member of Association of Pharmacological Teachers of India
• Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of IPA – Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy Division, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore
• Co-ordinator, Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centre, KH, Manipal.

Research Interests

• In the area of Medical Plants
• Toxicological Studies of commonly used Pesticides
• Implementation and Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting and Monitoring System
• Establishment of a Drug Information Centre
• Post Marketing Surveillance Study of Olanzapine, Divalproex, Paroxetine in the Psychiatric Patients.
• Patient Medication Counselling Activities.