A postgraduate in Zoology and Aquaculture Planning & Management, Doctorate in Marine Science. Specialized in Fisheries research (9 years); Development Banking pertaining Agriculture & Rural Development (27 years) and Coastal & Marine Biodiversity Conservation (3 yr,)
Presently working as a Project Coordinator for the UNDP-GEF project ‘Mainstreaming Coastal & Marine Biodiversity Conservation into the Production Sector of the Sindhudurg Coast’.
Have been managing and directing NABARD's (Apex Agriculture and Rural Development Bank of India) business operations in the states of Maharashtra, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa and the NE States, relating to rural credit, infrastructure finance,