Niranjan Kambi is from Belgaum, Karnataka. After completing his Bachelors and Masters from Karnatak University in Dharwad, he pursued his PhD from National Brain Research Centre, Gurugram and postdoctoral research from University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. His research interests concern broadly cognitive neuroscience and electrophysiology with special interest in learning and memory explored using multiple animal models ranging from tiny worm (C elegans), fruit fly, honey bee to mammals.