AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Radiation biology & toxicology.

Area of Expertise

Cell Culture, Genotoxicity, Drug Delivery, Anticancer drug Screening, Molecular Radiobiology, Radiation Biodosimetry, Radiosensitization & Radioprotection, Heavy metal toxicology, Natural products

Area of Research

Radiation Biology & Experimental Oncology, Toxicology, Nanotechnology & Targeted drug delivery

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS:

• International Society for Mangiferin Research (Life member, Vice-general Secretary)
• Indian Society for Radiation Biologists (Life Member & Ex. Executive Member)
• Indian Society of Human Genetics (Life Member)
• Society for Free Radical Research, India (Life Member)
• Indian Association for Hyperthermic Oncology and Medicine (Member)
• Society for Biological Chemistry (Life Member)
• Society for Radiation Research, India (Full member)

Awards and Honors:

• 'INSA Teachers Award 2017'  by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi on 29th December 2017 at  INSA Anniversary General Meeting at Pune.
• Paper selected for ASTRO  CME  for CREDIT: Predictive and prognostic significance of glutathione levels and DNA damage  in cervix cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (Int J of Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2010 ) Oct 1;78(2):343-9  (doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.014)
• International Travel grant support from CCSTDS, Govt. of India  & organizers of the 1^st International Symposium on Mangiferin held at Nanning, China – Participation as an International Expert (2009)
• International Public Health Summer Institute Training - Sponsorship  by Sparkman Center for Global Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA (7^th July to 1^st August 2008)
• Visiting Research Fellow: The University of New South Wales, Australia, for three years 1^st March 2008 -2011.
• NIH’s International training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) Fogarty  Program Grant to attend workshop on Health Effects on Pesticides, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Sept. 5- 9, 2005).
• Distinguished Alumni Award by Kasturba Medical College Manipal, MAHE, 2004.
• Honor role of the Journal of Radiation Research Terasima Award- Best Paper Award for the paper entitled “DNA-PK: the major target for wortmannin-mediated radiosensitization by the inhibition of DSB repair via NHEJ pathway. J. Radiat. Res. 44 (2003) 151-159; by the Japanese Journal of Radiation Research for the year 2003 (Second-author).
• UICC International Cancer Technology Transfer Fellowships (ICRETT) & Visiting faculty, Sylvester Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA (June – Aug  2002).
• VISITING RESEARCH SCHOLAR, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, USA (July 2000 – June 2001).
• VISITING SCIENTIST, Division of Life Sciences, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Osaka., JAPAN (June 1999 – May 2000).
• YOUNG SCIENTIST TRAVEL GRANT award by COSTED-IBN to attend the first Asian Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, Fukuoka, Japan (1996).
• Fellow of Academy of General Education, Manipal (1994)
• YOUNG SCIENTIST TRAVEL GRANT European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology to attend 12^th   ESHO conference at Bergen, Norway (1991).
• Late Sri NC Narasimha Iyengar and Smt Ranganayakamma, Sri. NC Krishnamurthy, Smt. Chikkamma & Rukkamma Memorial CASH PRIZE  (Post graduate level)
• Obtained Miss H K Shamantharathna GOLD MEDAL  (Post graduate level)
• Obtained The Nagar Manja Udupa GOLD MEDAL (Post graduate level)
• Secured FIRST RANK in post-graduation level