Awards:

• Young Achiever Award and Research Excellence Award 2020 for the work of Paper Title: Decolorization of sulfonated azo dye Metanil Yellow by newly isolated bacterial strains: Bacillus sp. strain AK1 and Lysinibacillus sp. strain AK2 has been awarded by Institute of Scholars (InSc), Bengaluru.

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship (19/07/2013 to 18/07/2018) has been awarded by University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi.

• Award for The Best Research Publication, Received from Vision Group of Science and Technology (VGST), Gov. of Karnataka, India in 2012.

• Senior Research Fellowship (CSSRF) (01/03/2011 to 31/01/2013) has been awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi.

• Research Fellowship (23/03/2008 to 22/03/2010) has been awarded by Gulbarga University, Kalaburgi.

Teaching Experience: Total 9 Year +

• Working as Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, LVD College, Raichur, Karnataka Since 11/05/2015 to till date (Gulbarga University, Kalaburgi and Raichur University, Raichur, Karnataka, INDIA).

• Worked as Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry (PG) from 10/08/2006 to 05/02/2007 in Administrative Management College (AMC) Bannergatta Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA.