academic & professional carrier

+Academic

• B.Sc Geology (1983) from Department of Geology, Government Arts College Salem.
• M.Sc Applied Geology (1985) from National College Bharathidasan University, Tiruchy.
• Ph.D Geological Remote Sensing(1995), Centre for Remote Sensing Bharathidasan University, Tiruchy.

+Professional carrier

• May 2005 Professor and Head, Department of Geology,Periyar University , Salem
• March 2005-May 2005 Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, India
• 2001-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, India
• 1998-2001 Senior Project Officer, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, India
• 1996-1998 Humboldt Research Fellow, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
• 1995-1996 Research Associate, Centre for Remote sensing, Bharathidasan University