Place of birth - Orissa, India

Education

1996 BSc (Botany) - Berhampur University, Orissa

1998 MSc (Botany) - Berhampur University, Orissa

2004 PhD (Molecular mechanism in plant differentiation) - Fakultat fur Biologie der Universitat, Freiburg

Currently I am working on the Genetic manipulation of tomato(Lycopersicon esculentum) for improvement in shelf life of fruits