Appointments: Research associate, University of Zurich ('79-'81) and University of Bern ('81-'82); Teaching at University of Hyderabad since 1982; Visiting appointments at University of Bern ('98) and LCC-Toulouse ('03).

Teaching: Courses - Transition metal chemistry, Chemistry of the elements, Quantum chemistry, Chemical binding, Bio-inorganic chemistry, Organometallic chemistry, Mathematics for chemists, Symmetry and spectroscopy, Quantitative analysis lab, Open ended lab.. Participating in ICTWIKI online course development.

Research: Inorganic Chemistry - Crystallography, Magnetostructural correlations, Coordination networks, 3d-4f Hybrid compounds, Polyhalide anions.
Number of Ph. D. students: Completed 14 (incl. one under external registration and one under TWAS sandwich program); ongoing 2.
Number of post-doctoral students: Completed programs 5 (CSIR 2, DST-Purse 1, UGC-Kothari 2); ongoing 1 (UGC-Woman).

Admin: Coordinator, UGC-Networking Resource Centre in Chemistry (2008-'11); Dean, School of Chemistry (2011-'14).