Dr. Bhagwan (MSc, PhD, MCA) is an eminent researcher in Microbiome Diversity and Microbiome. After completing his postdoctoral fellowship at BRIC-NCCS (Pune), he joined Savitribai Phule Pune University, often called "the Oxford of the East," as an Assistant Professor. He is an Associate Professor at the Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) in Mangalore, India. His current specialization is Computational Biology and Evolutionary Microbiology.

He serves as the expert for the European Commission, the French Foundation for Medical Research (France), the National Research and Development Agency (Chile), Certified Educator and Ambassador for GPTZero (USA), and the Academic Advisor for Fengkai Group Co., Limited (Hong Kong) for various international and national agencies. Since 2022, he has consistently been ranked on the AD Scientific Index (five times, ID: 4509536). His research is featured by Nature and The Times of India.