In 1979, a young student arrived at Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Brindavan campus with no particular plan — only the wish to remain close to Bhagwan. When Swami said "take chemistry," he took chemistry. He did not know then that this single instruction would set the direction for four decades of discovery.
He went on to earn his BSc, MSc, and PhD in chemistry at SSSIHL — and then spent fifteen years as faculty there, before stepping into industry. What followed was a career that crossed every boundary chemistry touches: drug repurposing at Dr. Reddy's, innovation leadership at Tata Chemicals, CTO at Nagarjuna Fertilizers, and CSO at Mistry Ventures within the Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
His thesis — lived and proven — is that a molecular understanding of the world is the most versatile intellectual tool a person can possess. It does not confine you to one industry. It gives you the language to enter all of them.
Today he consults across healthcare and agri-solutions, teaches as Professor of Practice at CUTM, and is building India's first fungal biotechnology company. He has also co-authored Krishi: Rooted Wisdom — a book that brings ancient Vedic agricultural knowledge into conversation with modern science.
