He completed his Graduation, Post-Graduation and Research degree from the University of Mysore (UoM). He is the product of the Department of Zoology, Manasagangothri. As a faculty, he had an opportunity to serve the Department for over three decades (1975-2008). After serving as VC of Bangalore University (2006-2008), he was appointed as Director, National Assessment and Accreditation Council NAAC (2008-2013). Subsequently, he was a Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Science (2013-2018), Bangalore.
At present, he is the Chairman of Board of Governors of IIIT Kurnool and also Visiting Faculty at Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore. Even now he frequently visits his Alma Mater — the Department of Zoology at Manasagangothri — to deliver lectures.
