Dr. Balaji Meriga
PROFESSOR
Email balaji.meriga@gmail.com
Dr. Balaji Meriga obtained his Masters from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and Ph.D from Osmania Univesity, Hyderabad. Later, he worked as Post doctoral Fellow in USA and then joined Dept.of Biochemistry, S.V.University as Assistant Professor. Dr.Meriga is currently Associate Professor in the same department and his research areas of interest are Exploring Natural product based therapeutics against Obesity and associated disorders. So far he has mentored 12 research students to obtain Ph.Ds, published more than 70 research articles, two books and half a dozen book chapters. He obtained funding for research from various national agencies like DST, DBT, ICMR, UGC, DAE-BRNS etc. Many of his Ph.D students are abroad and some are working as faculty/Scientists in private and Govt. Institutes.