Dr. G. Venkateswara Rao has studied M.Sc (Organic chemistry) in Andhra university at Visakhapatnam during 1987-89 and obtained university rank. He awarded doctorate degree on Marine Natural Products by the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 1995. Later, he did postdoctoral work on natural products in School of Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2000-01). He had published more than 40 research and review articles in reputed and peer reviewed, high impact factor national and international journals.