Dr. Pallela is placed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Atal Incubation Centre of CCMB (AIC-CCMB), Hyderabad, since June 2018. Prior to this position he served as Chief Manager, Grants Management Division of IKP Knowledge Park (2014-2018). Being a Program Manager, he was more specifically engaged in Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) scheme of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC). His career at IKP has involved igniting scientific brains through meetings and personal interactions, inspiring proposals for start-up grants and mediating the process with BIRAC through IKP. His association with DBT started since his previous engagement as a Research Scientist/Project Manager at DBT-ICGEB centre for advanced bioenergy research, ICGEB, New Delhi. With a Ph.D. from Osmania University [CSIR-IICT as pedestal workstation], Hyderabad, Dr. Pallela has engaged in high quality research during his postdoctoral stay at South Korea spanning from 2009-2012. He started working towards transplanting his scientific acumen into management roles with a P.G. Diploma in Patent’s Law from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University, Hyderabad, India in 2005 and strengthened it with an MBA degree from Pondicherry University in 2014. Accolades in his scientific excellence is marked with more than 40 research publications in varied national and international journals/books.