 She is currently the Chairperson of the Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Co-chair of the Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science.Over the course of 23 years as faculty at the Indian Institute of Science, Visweswariah has mentored more than 25 PhD students.Visweswariah is a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences