She is currently a professor at the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
Her main area of interest is the study of brain related disorders including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
[1][2] She serves as the founding director of the Centre for Brain Research in Bangalore.
She joined the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore, where she studied the metabolizing capacity of the human brain, focusing especially on psychoactive drugs and environmental toxins.
[4] In 1999, she helped Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India to establish National Brain Research Centre to co-ordinate and network neuroscience research groups in India.