He holds PhD in ELT from Madurai Kamaraj University, PG Diploma in Teaching of English (PGDTE) from CIEFL, Hyderabad, PG Diploma in Communicative English (PGDCE) from the University of Hyderabad, and PG Diploma in Higher Education (PGDHE) from IGNOU.

As a researcher, he has 65 MPhil scholars guided, 12 PhD scholars awarded, and 8 PhD scholars being supervised. He is an adjudicator and a member of doctoral committee in 12 universities across the country. He has citation index history of 11 in Research Gate, 18 in Google Scholar, and 173 in academia.edu His RG Score is 18.31 with 53,618 reads. He has 97 publications in national & international journals, 116 research papers presented in national & international conferences in India and abroad, 62 technical sessions chaired, 11 awards received, 5 international conferences organized, 91 plenaries & panel discussions delivered.

He has been a member of Editorial Board or Review Committee of 7 International Journals. He is a reviewer of Journals published by Elsevier and Web of Science. He has received 12 Awards for contribution to research. He has delivered 47 invited talks on Communication skills and Literary Theories. He has attended international conferences in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Dubai, and Cambodia.

He has 5 in-house textbooks on Conversational Skills, Reading & Writing Skills, Study Skills, Career Skills, & Spoken English, and 2 commercial publications on Communicative English followed in Madurai Kamaraj University and English Usage.