degree in 1946 from Madras University and specialised as an ophthalmologist by obtaining his M.S.

He started practising soon after and joined the Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad.

He was the director of Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Hyderabad until his death caused due to heart attack.

He held more than 500 eye camps to provide medical help to the poor and needy, especially those in the rural areas.

[2] The government eye hospital established in Kurnool in 1990 was named after him.