Took over charge as Chairman & Managing Director, SCCL on 18th September, 2006. Selected to the Indian Administrative Service and was allotted to Andhra Pradesh Cadre in the year 1986. Before joining SCCL held various positions in the Government of Andhra Pradesh such as Commissioner of Rural Development, Secretary to Govt., Information Technology & Communications Dept., Collector & District Magistrate of Chittoor District and Visakhapatnam District, Managing Director, Girijan Co.op Corporation Ltd., Project Officer, ITDA, Joint Collector, Sub-Collector etc. Also had international work experience as Senior Area Manager and Portfolio Manager of United Nations Office for Project Services, Asia & Pacific responsible for technical advice on rural development in South and South East Asian countries.