Dr. Talluri Sekhar obtained his M.Sc. from IIT, Delhi and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Subsequently, he worked as a research fellow in Harvard Medical School. Currently, he is a Professor in GITAM. He applied 2D and 3D NMR spectroscopy for protein structure and protein folding studies, and uses computational methods for the design of drugs and proteins. He has developed novel methods for 2D and 3D NMR spectroscopy, Computer aided Drug Design and Protein Design.