• Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,  2016 February-present.
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, February 2009- January, 2016.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, September, 2007-January, 2009.
• Principal Investigator, project under Women Scientist Scheme of DST at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, India, August 2004 to July 2007.
• Research Associate of CSIR at SCTIMST, October 2002 to July 2004.
• Post Doctoral Fellow at SCTIMST, June 2000 to June 2002.
• Research Fellow of CSIR at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, April 1994 to March 1999.

Education

• Ph.D. (University of Pune)
• M.Sc. (CUSAT, Cochin)

Funded Project

• Study of silicon polymer nanofiber as anode material for lithium batteries (Sponsored by IIST, PI: Dr. Sandhya K. Y (IIST). Dr. Nirmala R James in collaboration with Dr. Ilangoavn S.A, Smt Sujatha (VSSC), ongoing)
• Development and feasibility study of polymeric scaffold for tissue culture under microgravity (Sponsored by IIST, collaborative project with SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram,Co-PI : Dr. Anilkumar P. R (SCTIMST), Completed)
• Modified Polysaccharides for medical applications (sponsored by DST, completed).
• Radiopaque polyurethanes for biomedical applications (sponsored by CSIR, completed).