Academic Qualifications

• (Trained in cardiac electron microscopy at National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Bethesda, USA; Trained in pulmonary vascular pathology at University of Liverpool, UK)
• MBBS - 1974 (Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala University)
• MD (Pathology) - 1979 (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi)

Professional Record

• 1979-82, Lecturer in Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 1982-85, Assistant Professor in Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 1986-88, Associate Professor in Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 1988-93, Additional Professor in Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 1993-2006, Professor & Head,Division of Cellular & Molecular Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• Dec 2000 to Dec 2003, Dean, Academic Affairs, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• October 2006- 13 January 2009, Senior Grade Professor & Head, Division of Cellular & Molecular Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• 2006- 2008, Appellate Authority, Right to Information Act, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum
• Chairman/ Member of several in house committees including, committee to draft Vision Document for the institute, Administrative and Academic Reforms Committee, Governing body, Academic committee, Senior and Junior staff selection committees, Technical Advisory Committee to assist the Ethics Committee Coordinator of one year long silver jubilee celebrations of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology,Trivandrum

Award

• Fellow, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (Canada).
• Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences, India.
• Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences.
• Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (India).
• Fellow, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (United Kingdom).
• Fellow, Indian College of Pathology.
• Oration Award, IAPM Orissa chapter.
• Invited Speaker, World Congress of International Society for Heart Research, Winnipeg, 2001.

Experience as reviewer of scientific work

• Member, Editorial Board, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  
• Expert Reviewer, Biotechnology Industry Partnership Program (BIPP), Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, 2010-
  
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Pulmonary Circulation, Medknow Publishers 2010-
  
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Nitric Oxide Journal, Bentham Publishers 2008-
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, PVRI Review, Medknow Publishers 2008-
• Member, Editorial Board, Current Science, a fortnightly journal of research published by Indian Academy of Sciences (1992 -2007)
• Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, official journal of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists (2003-2007)
  
• Editorial Advisor (Cardiac Pathology), Indian Heart Journal (1997 to 2001)
• Member, Advisory Board, Indian Journal of Cardiology 2004- 2006
• Editorial Advisor, News Letter of ISHR, Indian Section
• Reviewer for research proposals submitted to Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Kerala and Indo-French Council for Promotion of Advanced Research
  
• Reviewer of articles for National Medical Journal of India, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Indian Heart Journal, Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, Current Science, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, International Journal of Medical Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  
• PhD thesis examiner for AIIMS, PGIMER, Universities of Mumbai, Gujarat, Pune, Osmania, Madras, Madurai, Kalyani (West Bengal) and MS University, Baroda

Memberships

• Member, Council, Indian Academy of Sciences 2007-2009
• Member, Sectional Committee for Medicine, Indian Academy of Sciences, 2001-2002, 2008-2010; Convener 2010
• Member, Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Group (NATAG), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India 2007-2012
• Member, Task Force on Chronic Diseases Biology, Department of Biotechnology, India 2005-2009 and 2009-2012.
• Member, Project Review Committee for Cardiovascular Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research 2008-
• Member, Project Advisory Committee, ‘Prathibha Council’, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment 2007-2010
• Special Invitee, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Institute of Virology, Pune 2007-2008
• Member, Expert Committee of Government of Kerala to establish an Institute for Pharmaceutical Drug Research 2009
• Member, Research Advisory Committee, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 2006- 2008
• Expert Member, Selection Committee for Assistant, Associate and Professors, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 2008
• Member, Advisory Committee for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Medical Sciences 2007
• Advisory group, ICMR-INSERM workshop on Biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, 2007, Advisory group, ICMR-INSERM workshop on Biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, 2007
• Member, Ethics Committee for Biomedical Research, University of Kerala 2005-2009
• Member, Task Force, Molecular Cardiology, Indian Council of Medical Research 2003
• Expert Member, Project Review Committee and Member, Selection Committee for Scientific Officers, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and environment, 2005-2006
• Expert Member, Standing Selection Committee, PGIMER, Chandigarh 2006
• Member, National Advisory Council, Annual Meeting of Cardiological Society of India 2006, India Alive 2010
• Member, MHRD Selection Committee for Commonwealth scholarships in Cardiology 2002, 2003
• Member, Program Formulation Group, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Brainstorming on Bioengineering, Department of Biotechnology, 2003-2004
• Member, Review Committee for scientific papers and Selection Committee for young scientist awards, Kerala Science Congress 2006
• Member, Academic Committee, and Special Invitee, Scientific Advisory Committee, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Trivandrum 2009-
• Member, Research Advisory Committee, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation 2009-
• Member, Expert Committee, Industry Linked Biotechnology Research Scheme, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment 2010
• Member, Academic Council, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai 2009-2011
• Member, Peer Team, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, UGC India 2008-
• Member, State Biomedical Research Board, Kerala 2010-2014
• Member, Bioethics and Biosafety Committee, Indian Institute of Science, education & Research, Trivandrum 2010-
• Member, Human Ethics Committee, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram 2010-
• Member, Faculty Selection Committee, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad 2010
• Member, Advisory Committee, Biobank, Indian Council for Medical Research 2010
• Member, Indian Council of Medical research (ICMR) delegation for Canada-India Networking Initiative on Cardiovascular Health Conference at Surrey 2010