• Formal education at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.
• 1955 – 60 - Diploma in Painting, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras.

EXHIBITION IN INDIA

GROUP SHOWS

• 2004 - Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
• 2003 - Manifestations, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, World Trade Center, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
• 1996 - Group exhb., Madras an Emotion- 1996, organised by Values Art Foundation, Chennai.
• 1989 - The Nehru Centenary Exhb. on Nature and Environment, organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 1989 - Retrospective, The Grindlays Art Gallery and The Gallery, Madras.
• 1983 Group exhb. organised by Mahindra and Mahindra, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
• 1978 - 4th Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 1977 - Exhb., C.P. Art Centre, Madras.
• 1974 - Mahabharata Paintings, Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi.
• 1972 - Deity Series, Aparna Art Gallery, Bangalore.
• 1969 - Retrospective 1956-69, Oxford House, Madras.

EXHIBITION ABROAD

GROUP SHOWS

• 1971 - Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil.
• 1969 - Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil.
• 1967 - Contemporary Indian Art Exhb., London and other parts of Europe.
• 1965 - Paris Biennale, Paris.

COLLECTIONS

• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
• Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• Tamil Nadu State Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras.
• Government Museum, Madras.
• Sista`s Art Gallery (Kala Yatra), Bangalore.
• Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
• Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
• Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
  

AWARDS

• 1998 - Conferred honourary doctorate degree, Sri. Venkateswar University, Tirupati.
• 1968 - First Prize, All India Art Exhibition, Ernakulam Kerala.
• 1965 - Award, The Andhra Pradesh State Lalit Kala Akademi (Also in 1966, 1969 & 1971).
• 1967 - Gold Medal, Hyderbad Art Society.
• 1967 - Award, Academy of Fine Arts Calcutta.
• 1965 - Award, Tamil Nadu State Lalit Kala Akademi Award.
• 1963 - Gold Medal, Andhra Pradesh State Lalit Kala Akademi.
• 1961 - Prize, Bombay and Hyderabad Art Societies.
• 1960 - 62 - Awarded Govt. of India Cultural Scholarship in painting.
• 1959 - Highly commended at the National Exhib. of Art, New Delhi.
• 1958 - Awards, South Indian Society of Painters Association.