Born on 13 March 1977 in Agraharam, India
Nationality: German
Marital Status: Married 

2001–2004 – Promotion (Ph.D.) in Marine Botany an der Leibniz Universität Hannover

1997–1999 – Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Marine Biology and Oceanography an der Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, Indien

1994–1997 – Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Zoologie an der Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, Indien

Since April 2024 – Head, Skilled Human Resources, Niedersachsen Next, Lower Saxony Ministry for Economic Affairs, Germany

Since September 2024 – Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

Since March 2024 – Visiting Faculty and External Expert on European Countries and the European Commission, Vellore Institute of Technology, India

Since 2011 – Advisor for International Relations, Leibniz University Hannover

Since 2011 – Member of the project team for the conceptualization and implementation of the DIES training course “Management of Internationalization” for universities in developing countries (joint DAAD project with partner universities in Mexico, Kenya and India)

Since 2010 – Board Member of the Center for Modern India Studies (CMIS) and the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.), University of Cologne

2006–2010 – Global Coordinator, Young Professionals Platform for Agricultural Research and Development (YPARD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, based at Leibniz University Hannover

2004–2006 – Scientific Assistant, Institute of Botany, Leibniz University Hannover

Since August 2025 – Member of the Leibniz Universitätsgesellschaft Hannover e.V.

Since January 2025 – Co-Chair of the SPD Council Group of the City of Hannover, Lower Saxony

Since November 2023 – Member of the Board of the Working Group for Migrants and Refugees in Lower Saxony (amfn e.V.)

Since November 2023 – Member of the Board of Trustees of the Buhmann Foundation Hannover

Since October 2023 – Co-opted Member of the Board of Trustees of the Freundeskreis Hannover

Since October 2023 – Member of the Board of the Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hannover

Since September 2023 – Member of the Board of Trustees of the Hanover State Opera Foundation

Since June 2023 – Member of the Advisory Board of the Kunstverein Hannover

Since June 2023 – First Chairman of Mittendrin e.V. Hannover – Association for Inclusion

Since November 2021 – Member of the Council of the City of Hannover and member of the Committees for Culture, International Affairs, Environment and Climate Protection

Since September 2017 – Advisory Member of the Committee for International Affairs, Europe and Integration, City of Hannover

Since November 2016 – Member of the Central District Council (Stadtbezirksrat Mitte) of the State Capital Hannover

Since November 2016 – Chairman of SPD Hannover-Mitte

Since December 2015 – Initiator and Mentor of Indian Students in Germany (ISG) in cooperation with the Indian Embassy in Berlin

2015–2017 – Board Member of the Migrant*innenselbstorganisationen Netzwerk Hannover e.V.

Since April 2015 – Initiator and Moderator of the Mahatma Gandhi Bust in Hannover in cooperation with the Indian Embassy in Berlin, the Consulate General of India, and the Indian Cultural Weeks in Hannover

Since 2009 – Initiator, Mentor and Chairman (since December 2011) of Indischer Verein Hannover e.V.

2005–2009 – Board Member of the World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS), Paris, France

July 2025 – Appointed Leibniz Ambassador by the Leibniz University Hannover

January 2021 – Recipient of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA), the highest honor conferred upon the Indian diaspora by the President of India, comparable to the Federal Cross of Merit, in recognition of contributions to Indo-German educational cooperation, international understanding, and political participation

1999 – Awarded for the Best M.Sc. Student Research Project by the Tamil Nadu State Council of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India

1999 – Awarded Best Student of the Year in Marine Biology and Oceanography at the Annamalai University, India

1997 – Gold Medal in B.Sc. Zoology from the Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India

2004–2005 – Postdoctoral Fellowship, IISC-Worldlab, Lausanne, Switzerland

2002–2004 – Scholarship from the Leibniz University Hannover under the programme “Promotion of Young Scientists and Artists”

2000–2002 – Scholarship from the State of Lower Saxony under the programme “Young Scientists from Non-European Countries to Lower Saxony”