Further to this he possessed a Post graduate degree in Political Science, Master’s degree in Psychotherapy & Counselling and Post Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics. He is a visionary in nursing education with strong academic credentials and excellent communication skills.He served as a Member of UG and PG Board of Studies for Nursing, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India for two terms. He has been awarded Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar and Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal. Recipient of Nursing Excellence Award by Kovai Kongunattu Arakkatalai, Coimbatore in 2019 and also authored 3 textbooks in Nursing.