Saturday, July 20, 2013

My Bachelor Degree 
I joined in B.Sc at P.V.K.N College, Chittoor, A.P. during 1977-1980. That was a good beginning. I had a little hope of joining and getting admission into Medical courses. Completed the graduation during 1980 with experimental experience to start with...
Master degree 
I joined for Master Degree (Botany) during 1980 at Safia College, affiliated to Barkatullah University (Former Bhopal University), Bhopal with specialization in Cyto-Genetics, Plant Breeding & Biometry. My Post graduation involved number of Botanical tours/visits to various part of the M.P. Those days were memorable. First time in my life I started thinking about doing research. I am thankful to my senior Dr. Sivaprasad, who induced research spirit in me.
That was an adventurous experience. I have joined the Department of Botany, S.V. University College, Tirupati during 1983 under the guidance of Prof. P. Gopala Rao, I would still say, joining in the department of Botany is my dream world, where I learnt, how to do research. An excellent experience for 3 years with Prof. P. Gopala Rao. Thesis Title: “Ethnobotanical survey and phytopharmaco-chemical Screening of selected medicinal plants of Chittoor Dist. A.P.” I started investigations on Ethnobotany of Yanadhi tribes, I want to prove the tribal claims, which is one of the difficult challenges, I had faced during my research. Studies on preliminary screening showed interesting activities, pawing a way to isolate biological active molecules. I had the opportunity to work under the noble guidance of Prof. B.N.Dhawan at Central Drug Research Institute(CDRI), Lucknow to study of acute toxicity and Pharmacology of natural products and I had isolated and characterized Pharmacologically active compounds from plants at National Botanical Research Institute(NBRI), Lucknow under the supervision of Dr. S.K.Nigam.