Dr. Neelima has completed her Commerce graduation and Law graduation in First Division from Andhra University. She has completed her law Post graduation with business Law as specialization in First division and has also obtained her PhD from Andhra University for her Thesis titled “Indian Law and Practice of Geographical Indications – A Socio Legal study on Uppada Jamdani Saree”. She has served as a Guest faculty in GITAM School of International Business (GSIB), GITAM Engineering & Technology and GITAM School of Law. She was invited for radio talks on Legal awareness programme conducted by All India Radio Station, Visakhapatnam. Her other areas of interests are Intellectual Property Laws and Commercial Laws. She is Assistant Editor of Journal of Academy of Juridical Studies and also Assistant Editor of Bonafide Voices (An interdisciplinary Online Magazine). She has also acted as Co Panelist in International and National Events. She is also active in the research of impact assessment of Geographical Indications and identifying potential products in and around Andhra Pradesh.