*   M.Sc., Madras University 1980

      *   MA., Princeton University 1987

      *   Ph.D., Princeton University 1987

      *   Research Associate, TIFR Bangalore., June 1987 - July 1990

      *   Fellow, TIFR, Bangalore., August 1990 - March 1993

      *   Reader, TIFR, Bangalore., April 1993 - June 1993

      *   Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore., July 1993 - June 2005

      *   Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore ., July 2005 - Till

ACADEMIC  HONOURS

     *   Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore

      *   B.M. Birla Science Prize in Mathematics for the year 1996

      *   S.S. Bhatnagar award in Mathematics for the year 2002

      *   Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi

           (elected 2006).