Working as Research Associate for Indian council of Medical Research funded project on “Potential antifungals from PGPR bacteria against fumonisin” with the supervision of Prof. M.Y. Sreenivasa, at Department of studies in Microbiology, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India. Working in the field of molecular mycology and myco-toxicology. Awarded with doctoral degree from University of Mysore during 2018 on “Development of nested and multiplex PCR for the early detection of fumonisin producing Fusarium verticillioides associated with cereals”. I have been involved with the studies of mycotoxins and its prevention for past 11 years. I have been worked as Project assistant for 3 years in the DST-Fastrack funded project on molecular mycotoxicology and worked as Senior Research Fellow for ICMR funding for a period of three years. Worked as a faculty for Post graduate students for period of four years at DOS in Microbiology, University of Mysore, Mysuru. Published 16 international/national scientific papers, which include 3 book chapters.