Dr. Viswanatha R obtained his M.Sc (2006) in General Chemistry from Kuvempu University,Shimoga. He worked as a project assistant with with Prof, K. J Rao, IISc Bangalore for close to 2 years. He obtained his PhD from Kuvempu University, Shimoga. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Professor KJ Rao, IISc Bangalore for one year. Later he worked jointly with Professor Daniel Mandler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and with Professor Sabine Szunerits, Interdisciplinary research Institute, lille University of Science and Technology,France, on “controlled release of Insulin using Graphene oxide and reduced Graphene oxide particles. In 2015, he was awarded UGC – Kothari postdoctoral fellowship and joined Prof. N Munichandraiah Lab, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Dept, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore to work on Sodium ion Batteries. He has over 12 years of experience in research. He has published 66 research articles in reputed international and national journals and few in conference proceedings. He is currently the PI and CO-PI in 3 national and international projects funded by DST and European Union agencies. His research interests are in the areas of Nanomaterials and Energy Storage Materials, He is also Life Member of Electro chemical Society of India, IISc, Bengaluru, India. He is currently working as Associate Professor and Head Department of Chemistry.