1988-1993 - Assistant Professor | Indian Institute of Science
1993-1999 - Associate Professor | Indian Institute of Science
1999-2016 - Professor | Indian Institute of Science
2005-2008 - Chairman |Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology, IISc
2016-2019 - INSA Senior Scientist | Indian Institute of Science
2019 - Professor | SRM University AP, Amaravati.
Research Interests
Biology of Rotavirus: Epidemiology, Molecular biology and molecular basis of pathogenesis of Rotavirus: structure and function of rotavirus nonstructural proteins, virus replication, and vaccines
Biology of human Enteroviruses: Enteroviruses in acute flaccid paralysis and acute diarrhea’ hand-foot-and mouth disease and mechanism of pathogenesis, diagnostics
Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression: Role of AU-rich Element binding proteins in rotaviral mRNA translation, and cellular RNA splicing and polyadenylation.
Awards & Fellowships
2010, 1982 - M. Sreenivasaya Medal for best thesis in Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science.
2010, 1989-92- Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Career Fellowship.
2010, 1990-99- Recipient of Indo-US Vaccine Action Program grants for Rotavirus research and vaccine development.
2010, 1999-2004- Recipient of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for rotavirus vaccine, development
2010, 1989 - Technology Transfer Award, NIH, USA.
2010, 1990-93 - Visiting Scientist- Stanford University, USA, 2-3 months each year
2010, 1997-2001 & 2008-09 - Visiting Professor, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, USA, 3 months duration each year.
2010, 2003 - National Biotechnology Award for Process and Product Development, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
2010, 2006 - Prof. C. R. Krishnamurti Lecture Award, Society of Biological Chemists (I).
2010, 2010 - Prof. J. V. Bhat Endowment Oration- Manipal University, Manipal.
2010, 2016 - Courage Fund Invited Speaker: Hand Foot and Mouth disease symposium, Singapore, July 24-26.
2010, 2016 - Courage Fund Invited Speaker: Hand Foot and Mouth disease symposium, Singapore, July 24-26.
Memberships
Fellowship/Membership of Professional bodies/National services
Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (NASI).
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, (APAS)
Member, Executive Committee of Biological Chemists, India (1990-present).
Vice president, Society of Biological Chemists, India, 2006-2008.
Member, Society of Biological Chemists (India)
Member, Indian Society of Cell Biology
Member, Indian Association for Cancer Research
Member, Guha Research Conference
Member, RNA Society, USA
Member, American Society for Microbiology, USA
Coordinator, University Grants Commission National Resource Networking Center with Rs. 1000 lakhs budget at IISc from 2009-2016
Member, Vaccines and Diagnostics Task Force, DBT, 2005-2007
