Dr. Bhavya D K obtained her post-graduation in Biochemistry from Mangalore University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. She did her doctoral studies in the area of Photochemistry and Pharmacology. Her research areas of interest are Cancer Biology, natural product medicine, Characterization of Secondary metabolites, Agricultural biotechnology, Biochemistry and Microbial Biotechnology. She has 13 years of teaching experience in the field of Biochemistry. She has completed two UGC Minor research projects and one KSCST student project and guided various students for P.G project works. Currently, she is working as an Associate Professor, Department of Sciences (Biochemistry), Administrative Management College, Bengaluru.