Graduated from the Madras University and Tamilnadu Agricultural University. Served as Associate Professor, Principal Scientist and Project coordinator of All India Coordinated Research Project for Cotton Improvement in the Country.Postulated ‘Gene to Gene Action’Hypothesis for the out break of insect pests of agricultural importance.Receipient of 11 National and International Awards for the Research Contributions and published fifty research papers in the refuted International Science Journals