Major research interests include extraction, isolation and characterization of natural products; application of analytical techniques for qualitative and quantitative estimation of marker/ bioactive compounds in medicinal plants and their products.

Academic

 B.Sc. Botany and Chemistry, University of Allahabad.
  M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Allahabad.
 Ph.D. from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad based on work carried out at CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow.
 Post Doc from National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi .

Professional:

 Scientist Fellow (under QHS) at CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur .
 Junior Scientist/ Scientist in Division of Natural Products Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.
 Scientist in Division of Medicinal & Process Chemistry, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow .