Ph.D. in Igneous Petrology (Petrography and Petrochemistry of Dyke Swarm in Garchiroli District (M.S.) from Department of Geology, Nagpur University, Nagpur. Supervised by Dr.N.K.Mohabey. Experience: - An academic with 30 academic years of post graduate 'teaching' including 12 yrs of experience as a Professor, 13 years of 'administrative' experience (with overlapping period), most of which is invested in building new department at Govt. Institute of Science, New School at SRTM University and New Model College at Hingoli (Pioneer). 'Ideal Teacher Award ' of Maharashtra State Govt. in 2010.