Prior to joining IIIT, I worked as a Research Engineer at Pentagram Research Centre (PRC), Hyderabad. At PRC, I built the Logical Image Processing System (LIPS) software package, which included a number of image processing routines built using the Cellular Logic Array Processing (CLAP) framework. I obtained a B.Tech degree in Comp. Sci. from Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad in 2003. I was awarded the Gold Medal for securing the highest overall percentage in my college.

I did my schooling from the renowned Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Nungambakkam, Chennai and V.P. Siddhartha Public School, Vijayawada. I studied for the JEE at tutions held at Satyamoorthy school, Chennai.

I enjoy organizing conferences and workshops, having participated in key roles in

• WWW 2011
• Indo-Israeli Workshop on Computer Vision (WCV 2008)
• International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2007)
• Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV 2006)
• Workshop on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing (WCVGIP 2006)
• Excitement of Research Workshop (ExOR 2005)
• International Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (ICSCI 2005)
• International Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (ICSCI 2004)
  (as Conference Secretary)