Retired Deputy Director-General of the Geological Survey of India;holds a doctorate in Geology from the University of Mainz,Germany.After retirement turned to music and fine arts, especially to poetry writing in English as well as Tamil (mother tongue).Published number of poems mostly free verses and Haiku in several online poetry web sites, like poetry soup,All poetry, poemsclub etc.,.would like contributions to be commented upon in the right spirit and would like interaction with fellow poets.