He earned his PhD degree in Medical Pharmacology from Kasturba Medical College Manipal University (KMC, Manipal), in India. At KMC, he worked on the effects of APOC3, FABP2 and PPAR-gamma two-gene polymorphisms on metabolic syndrome with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus in human subjects. Prior to his PhD degree, Dr. Sudhakar earned an MSc. in Medical Pharmacology from Manipal University, and a PharmB from Andhra University, India. In addition, Dr. Sudhakar has a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research (PDCR). Following his doctoral work, Dr. Sudhakar joined the Department of Pharmacology at KMC, Manipal. He has been teaching Medical Pharmacology since 2000.