Born in 1981 at Parigam, Pulwama, Kashmir, I did my schooling form Government High School Parigam and Higher Secondary School Khanda. Completed my Bachelors degree from SP College Srinagar before moving to Department of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir for my post graduation. Then I joined Prof. Namita Surolia at JNCASR, as a project fellow. In this part of my training we were able to decipher the key aminoacid residues in Plasmodium falciparum fabG protein responsible for interactions with ACP protein. Then I did my doctorate with Dr. Stefan Dimitrov at University Joseph Fourier, France. During my PhD, We resolved the structure of Chromatosome by using Cryo electron microscopy, Hydroxyl radical foot-printing, Coarse-grain DNA mechanics and X-ray crystallography. In my post doctoral research with Dr. Dimitar Angelov at ENS Lyon, we studied the mechanism of chromatin remodelling by ATP dependent remodelling complexes and how histone variants interact with linker histone.  In year 2012, I joined CSIR-IIIM, Jammu as a Scientist Fellow and at present am working as a senior scientist at CSIR-IIIM Branch laboratory Srinagar. My current focus of research is drug discovery using small chemical compounds. Apart from research, I like to play badminton and travel around.