An expert in education with a distinguished academic and research career. He worked for 35 years with the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi. During his tenure at NCERT, he worked as a Dean (Coordination), Head of the Department for Education in Science and Mathematics and Professor (Chemistry). He was deeply involved in the development of school curriculum and was instrumental in the development of four generations of textual & instructional materials in Science that are at par with International standards. He has published several research papers in prestigious Indian and American journals and he have visited several countries in connection with curriculum development including United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) study visits and international conferences.