She additionally holds the position of Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry,[3] University of Bergen,[4] Norway.
Her research involves the investigation of the mechanism of signal transduction via cyclic nucleotides, phosphodiesterases and novel cyclases in bacteria.
[5] Most recently, she was awarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges Explorations Grant[6] for her proposal entitled "A Small Animal Model of ETEC-Mediated Diarrhea".
[7][8] Visweswariah completed her Bachelor of Science in 1977 at Osmania University,[9] Hyderabad, majoring in Botany, Chemistry and Zoology.
She proceeded to enrol at the PhD programme at the Department of Biochemistry,[10] Indian Institute of Science and was awarded her doctorate in 1987.