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• Co-Principal Investigator in the project entitled ‘Establishment of an Ethnomedicinal plants -based Herbal Garden at the campus of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institutions Ujire, Karnataka State’ National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India.
• On going Seed Money project entitled ‘A Study on Endophytes of Halophytes in the coastal region of Dakshina Kannada’ sanctioned by the R&D Cell, SDM college (Autonomous), Ujire.
• Completed a Seed Money project entitled ‘A Botanical Investigation on Climbing plants and their Mechanisms of Climbing towards Bioinspired Innovations’ funded by the R&D Cell, SDM college (Autonomous), Ujire.

• Presented a paper entitled ‘Introduction of Drone Technology in Agricultural sector’ in the One-day Multi-Disciplinary State Level Seminar on “Tapping the Talents of Rural Youth: A Roadmap to Viksit Bharat 2047” organised by the SDM-Rotary Career Guidance and Placement Centre in association with the IQAC on 24 February 2026 at SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire.
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Psychological impact of Indoor plants on Human well-being’ in the Two-day National Conference on Emerging frontiers in Life Sciences: Innovations for Sustainable Development organised by the Departments of Botany and Biotechnology , SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire on 23 and 24 January 2026.
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Millet and Millet based food products in Gut health and Mental Well-being: A Run-through’ at the National Level Multidisciplinary Conference on ‘Millets and Mental Health’ organised by the Department of Psychology, SDM College (A), Ujire on 9th September 2024.

• Participated in the One-day Multi-Disciplinary State Level Seminar on “Tapping the Talents of Rural Youth: A Roadmap to Viksit Bharat 2047” organised by the SDM-Rotary Career Guidance and Placement Centre in association with the IQAC on 24 February 2026 at SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire.
• Participated in the Two-day National Conference on Emerging frontiers in Life Sciences: Innovations for Sustainable Development organised by the Departments of Botany and Biotechnology , SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire on 23 and 24 January 2026.
• Participated in the One day National conference on “Ganita-Samskrita Sangama – Uniting Ancient Wisdom and Modern Enquiry” organized by the Department of Sanskrit and Mathematics in association with IQAC, SDM College(Autonomous), Ujire on 24th September 2025.
• Attended National Level Awareness Workshop on Possibilities of Entrepreneurship Development Based on MGIRI Technologies’ held at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College (Autonomous), Ujire on 12 th August 2023.
• Participated in the National Seminar on ‘Scientific Heritage of India’ held on 26.02.2024 at SDM College (A), Ujire.
• Participated in the One day National Seminar on ‘Computational Mathematics in Navigating Complex Real World Issues’ organised by the Department of Mathematics, SDM College (A), Ujire on 29th August 2024.
• Participated in the National Level Multidisciplinary Conference on ‘Millets and Mental Health’ organised by the Department of Psychology, SDM College (A), Ujire on 9th September 2024.

• Organising committee member in the Two-day National Conference on Emerging frontiers in Life Sciences: Innovations for Sustainable Development organised by the Departments of Botany and Biotechnology , SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire on 23 and 24 January 2026.
• Undergone a Basic training in “Fire prevention and Fire fighting” on 10 July 2025, organised by R.A. Mundkur Fire and Emergency Services Academy, Bannerughatta Road, Bengaluru, Government of Karnataka
• Convener in the One-Day National Seminar on “Diversity and Conservation of Medicinal Plants”, organised by the Department of Botany, held on 11 January 2025 at SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire.
• One of the Resource person in an Orientation Program on ‘Glimpses of Western Ghats and Ex-situ Conservation’ organised in collaboration with DOS and Research in Botany, Manasagangotri, University of Mysore on 01.02.2024
• Delivered a Guest talk on ‘Basics of Photography’ organised by the Photography and Media fora of SDM College (A), Ujire.