Education:
B.Com. (University of Madras, Tamil Nadu), M.Sc. (Ecology) (Pondicherry University); Ph.D. (Ecology of woodpeckers)
(Pondicherry University).

Honorary Positions:
•   Director: Institute of Bird Studies & Natural History, Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh.
•   Secretary: Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai (1997-1998).
•   Member: Editorial Board of Blackbuck.
•   Representative for Tamil Nadu in the IBCN Network, BNHS, Mumbai.

Fields of Study / Research:
•   Survey of the Great Black (White-bellied) Woodpecker in the Western Ghats.
•   Worked as research associate / fellow in SACON and BNHS.
•   Participated in several bird surveys and waterfowl censuses in southern India.
•   Compiled a checklist of birds of Chennai (Madras) city and its environs.

Interests:
•  Ornithology, photography, Indian classical music, temple architecture and culture.