प्रो. कुलकर्णी ने वर्ष 1992 में भारतीय विज्ञान संस्थान, बेंगलूर से पीएच.डी. प्राप्त की और आईआईएससी में (92- 93) और उसके बाद यूनीलीवर परियोजना में कार्डिफ यूनिवर्सिटी में पोस्ट डॉक्टोरल अनुसंधान कार्य करते रहे।
He joined JNCASR in 1995 as Faculty Fellow and is a Professor since 2008. Having been the Chair of Materials Unit till 2011, he has held DeanAcademic Affairs (11-13) as well as Dean-Faculty Affairs (13-15) positions before he moved to Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) as the Director. Prof. Kulkarni returned to JNCASR on Jan 29, this year, to take over as the President while continuing to hold Additional charge at CeNS.
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