Currently working as Associate Professor at The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bangalore. Dr. Vishnuprasad is a post graduate in biotechnology and obtained his PhD for the work on identification of modulators of GLUT4 translocation from medicinal plants. He has more than 15 years of research and teaching experience in different universities in India and abroad. He is currently involved in trans-disciplinary research in the area of Ayurveda Biology where the concepts of Ayurveda and modern biology are integrated to deepen the systems level understanding of biological changes in glucose and lipid metabolism related diseases like diabetes, obesity, NAFLD etc. He has several peer reviewed research publications, conference papers and book chapters to his credit. He is guiding PhD and M.Sc students at TDU. He has conceptualized and introduced an innovative transdisciplinary post graduate program, M.Sc Life Sciences (Ayurveda Biology), at TDU and currently he is one of the coordinators of this program.