Dr. Gurushankara did his MSc in Zoology from the University of Mysore and obtained his Ph.D. in Zoology from Kuvempu University, Karnataka. He served as faculty in the Department of Environmental Science at Kuvempu University, Department of Bioscience at the University of Mysore. His post-doctoral research at the University of Mysore and Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. He has worked as Coordinator (Biology) at Talent Development Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is working in the Department of Zoology at the Central University of Kerala (CUK) since the inception (2010). He teaches Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Immunology theory and Methods in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Principles of Genetics, Basics of Neurobiology to M.Sc. Zoology and School of Biological Sciences students. Dr. Gurushankara is an external examiner for PG examinations and adjudicating the thesis of many Indian Universities. He is instrumental in designing the course and curriculum of Zoology. Dr. Gurushankara is guiding 3 Ph.D. students and more than 40 M.Sc. students' dissertation work. He has published more than 30 research papers and presented his research work at national/international meetings. He has authored the book "Understandings in Cytogenetic Techniques." Many of his general scientific articles were published in the Kannada encyclopedia (Viswa Kosha, The University of Mysore) and books. Dr. Gurushankara is a scientific reviewer for many scholarly national and international journals. He is a life member of many scientific professional bodies such as the Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences; Indian Science Congress; Environmental Mutagen Society of India; Indian Immunological Society; Society of Biological Chemists India; International Association for Ecology (INTECOL), and Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force–South Asia (DAPTF–SA) Dr. Gurushankar has organized many National and International Scientific Meetings. He has been invited to give lectures at many Scientific meetings/colleges/workshops/refresher courses. UGC, DBT, and DST fund his research projects. He has research collaborations with the Indian Institute of Science, Central University of Karnataka, and other premier institutes.