R. Kartik obtained first class honours BSc (1998) and MSc (2000) degree in Zoology from Sambalpur University, Orissa, India and obtained PhD (2007) in Zoology from National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India under the supervision of DR Ch. V .Rao and Dr S.P.Trivedi, from University of Lucknow where his research focus on development and screening of medicinal plants screening on hepatocellular carcinoma. He then worked as application specialist in molecular biology for applied Biosystems for All-essa medical and scientific equipment Co based in Kuwait from 2006-2008. I offered a post-doctoral fellowship under Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India in 2009-10 where the focus of research in the area of tumor biology to study the role of EMT pathway in Oral squamous cell carcinoma. I then a short stint as second post-doctoral in 2011 in Department of dermatology in Indian University school of medicine, Indianapolis, USA where the research focus on elucidating and validating of compound screening for development of drug for spinal muscular atropy. He worked as a consultant (molecular biology) from June 2011- Feb 2012 for Food Tech International, Mangalore, India and joined as principal scientist for an oceanic edible international limited to head a laboratory for food testing (2012-14) and quality assurance and control. He works as a consultant, biotechnology research for hydrocarbon solution private limited (2014-2015), and was involved in designing, execution, implementation of state of art laboratory projects, proposal on research in field of biotechnology, life sciences and food biotechnology. All the related to projects focus in promoting our channel partner company Agilent Technologies.

In 2016, he joined as Clinical programme management executive in HLL life care limited in R&D for the development programme on project related to women and child health care.