Education

High School- Studied in Unit-1 Boys High School, Bhubaneswar, Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, 1978

B.Sc.(Hons.), BJB College, Utkal University, 1982, Botany (Honours)   

M.Sc.(Botany) Ravenshaw College, Utkal University,1984 (Spl. Plant Biochem. & Enzymology)

Ph.D.(Botany), Utkal University, 1991 (Sub Area: Plant Cell Culture, Molecular Stress Physiology, )

D.Sc.(Botany), Utkal University, 2001 (Sub Area:  Biodiversity & Tree improvement)

Post-Doc Research at  University of East London,United Kingdom,  Germany, Japan.