Basic degree in Agriculture and later degrees in Library, Information and Documentation. Worked on literature searches and expert systems in Agriculture at ICRISAT (1989-1995); Faculty & Head, Information and Documentation, NAARM, Hyderabad.

Met Mr. Mans Lanting and Edith Van Wulsum during an interview for getting into AMEF. Liked the philosophy of Low External Input agriculture and natural farming.

Changed my career path. Switched over to home based freelancing projects - Compilation of organic Agricultural Practices; Ontology relationships of FAO's AGROVOC thesaurus; Abstracting IPGRI research reports and the like.

Currently editing Spice Board's Spice India (Telugu) magazine and translating LEISA India magazine into Telugu language.