30 years of professional experience in academia and industry

18 years of academic experience including: 13 years as Professor (Computer Science Engineering) and 5 years as Dean(Research) at P.A. College of Engineering, Mangalore. Since December 2020 working as Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Section, University Polytechnic, AMU Aligarh.

12 years industrial/research experience in a multinational IT industry Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), engaged in various software development assignments in India and abroad including: 6 years in TCS Software R&D Lab at Tata Research Development & Design Centre, Pune, 3 years, deputed by TCS to GE-Harris Railway Electronics, Melbourne, Florida, USA as an IT Analyst, 1 year, deputed by TCS to United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, Texas, USA as a Software Consultant

Since 2010 involved in research related to Data Sciences, Data Mining Using Soft Computing, Big Data Analytics and High-Performance Computing

Published 86 research papers (47 in international journals and 39 in international/national conferences of repute) and 3 books.

Supervised 2 PhD research thesis. Currently supervising 3 PhD research scholars

Signed MoUs for research collaborations with Savitribai Phule Pune University and Novigo Solutions Pvt. Ltd in the field of data analytics

Received Research Funding from Vision Group of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka to build High Performance Computing Framework for Efficient Discovery of Useful Patterns from Voluminous data using soft computing

No. of google scholar citations to my publications Citations: 643, h-index 12, i10-index 18

Reviewer of Elsevier International Journal of Information Science (INS)

Received “Continuous Commitment & Excellence” award in recognition of dedicated service to TCS

Received Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada

Ranked 1st in two Ph.D. level courses (CGPA 4.0/4) at Florida Institute of Technology, Florida, USA

Ranked 2nd in M.E. Software Systems Exam at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

Obtained 1st and 3rd ranks respectively in third and final year B.E. Examinations at Marathwada University

One year in-plant training at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai as part of Diploma Engineering