I am a teacher and a researcher in Computer Science and Engineering, currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Guwahati, Assam, India. Previously, I have served at IIIT Kottayam, Kerala, and LNMIIT Jaipur in the same position.
I also have a keen interest in startups and am currently associated with EVXplorer, a TIH-IIT Patna incubated startup that works in the field of Electric Vehicles.
I earned my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering with the thesis titled 'Intelligent Scheduling Algorithms for Energy Optimization in Smart Grid', from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna in 2019, and moved to Aalborg University, Denmark, for a Postdoc. I have also worked at EMAX Group, Brussels, Belgium, a Greentech startup, as an IT Solution and Innovation Expert.
I completed my M. Tech degree in Systems Management from Devi Ahilya University, Indore, in 2014, and a B.Tech degree in Information Technology from Assam University, Silchar, in 2010. The final year of my M. Tech was spent at CSIR- Fourth Paradigm Institute (earlier CMMACS), Bangalore, where I did my thesis on 'Fully Homomorphic Encryption for secured High-Performance Computing'.
Current research interests include Scheduling and Optimization in Smart Grid, Electric Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and AI for Cyber Physical Systems. Recently, I have started to explore Quantum Approximation Optimization Algorithms (QAOA).
I am always keen on discussing various problems in the domains of Computational Complexity theory, Game Theory, and Optimization.
I am an IEEE Senior Member. I am an Editorial Board member of the Nature Scientific Reports Journal.
"I cannot teach anybody anything,
I can only make them think" - Socrates
The work of my M.Tech student, Asthami Mahanta, titled "A Survey on Reinforcement Learning Based Smart Home Energy Management Solutions," has been accepted at ICCIS 2025 conference to be held at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, in September 2025.
I am serving as the Chair - Students Posters at the 19th Innovations in Software Engineering Conference 2026, to be held at IIS University, Jaipur in February 2026.
Our work titled "ML-Based Refrigerator Scheduling for Energy Efficiency in Renewable-Integrated Smart Homes" is accepted to be presented at the 2025 IEEE IEACon conference, to be held during 8-9 September 2025. Congratulations to my students Sanjiban Roy and Yamini Sisodia for this achievement.
The work of my B.Tech student Navya Dhawde titled 'Intelligent Drone Surveillance with Efficient Charging Mechanism Using Eternal Vertex Cover and p-Dispersion' is accepted at ACM Journal of Autonomous Transportation Systems. Congratulations to her and my collaborator Dr. Mirza Galib (IIT Mandi) for this.
Our work titled 'Peak Load Management in EV Charging Through Intelligent Rotational Strip Packing' is accepted in IEEE BlackSeaCom 2025 conference, held in Moldova from 23-26 June 2025. Congratulations to my PhD student Shivansh Mishra for this.
I'm serving as one of the publicity chair for the Fifth International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI) 2025 to be held at Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
Three posters are accepted in the 17th COMSNETS conference, held in Bangalore, January 2025. Congratulations to my students Navya Dhawde, Om Sharma, Akshat Lohia, Aadesh Pochhi, and Shivansh Mishra.