MBBS: Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary, 1988
MD: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 1991
01.02.1989- 31.12.1991 As Tutor Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
01.02.1992 to 20.01.2000 As Assistant Professor Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
21.01.2000- 31.01.2004 as Asscociate Professor Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
31.01.2004 - Till date As Professor Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
Pharmacology
Past President - National association of pharmacology and therapeutics from 2021-2023
featured on cover page of ‘Mangalore Today’ and recognized in the article ‘Erudite Women’s Outstanding Contribution to the Indian Medical Education: A Recognition on International Women’s Day 2021’ by Manishi Bansal and Shahshi Raheja published in Global Journal of Medical Research : K Interdisciplinary, Volume 21, Issue 1; 2021.
Authored 26 text books including 8 titles ad published more than 50 research papers
Member - Library committee , PTC committee , HICC, NTEP
Professor and Head of the department
Life member National association of Pharmacology and therapeutics
Life member of All India Pre and Para Clinical Medicos Association
Life member of Indian Medical Association
"Text book : 2. Medical Pharmacology 7th edition, As per latest CBME guidelines. ISBN 978-81-9470-828-5 CBS publishers, New Delhi"
Text book: Pharmacology for Physiotherapy students 4th edition (2023) ISBN 978-93-5696-182-1, Jaypee brothers medical publishers, New Delhi
Text book : Pharmacology for dental and allied health sciences, 5th edition (2023) ISBN 978-93-5696-362-7, Jaypee brothers medical publishers, New Delhi
Research paper : Padmaja Udaykumar , Saurabh Kumar, Chandralekha N, Raveendra H Reddy, Badarudeen M N, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, “Daily monitoring of diabetic treatment amongst TB-DM patients under NTEP: Does it improve the treatment outcomes?” Clinical epidemiology and global health (2022) 101118
Research paper : Anurag K, Udaykumar Padmaja. Implementation of revised national tuberculosis control program guidelines: Practitioner's perspective and awareness-a questionnaire based study. Indian journal of tuberculosis, 2022 Jul;69(3):320-324. doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2021.04.006. Epub 2021 Apr 20.