Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai (2007).
M.Tech. - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (2003).
B.Tech. - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad (2000).
16-05-2023 to till date: Professor, Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam, India
21-01-2022 to 15-05-2023: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam, India
20-11-2013 to 20-01-2022: Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India
08-09-2006 to 19-11-2013: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India
Visiting researcher at Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland, 2023, 2025
Visiting researcher at BIOMATH Group (Prof. Ingmar Nopens), Ghent University, Belgium, October 2020 - September 2021.
Visiting researcher to Process Dynamics and Operations Group (Prof. Engell Sebastian), Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, 2019.
Visiting researcher to School of Chemical Engineering (Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy), Purdue University, USA, 2017.
Visiting researcher to BIOMATH Group (Prof. Ingmar Nopens), Ghent University, Belgium, 2013.
Visiting researcher to Environmental Systems Engineering and Management Group (Prof. ChangKyoo Yoo), Kyung Hee University, South Korea, 2009.
Visiting researcher to Systems and Control Group (Prof. Joerg Raisch), Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany, 2007.
University of Girona, Spain
Autonous University of Barcelona, Spain
ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia
Otte-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
Associate Editor, Chemical Product and Process Modeling (June 2021 - )
Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (2023 - )
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Control Engineering Journal (2022 - )
Guest Editor, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024
Guest Editor, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024
Member of IFAC TC 2.1 Control Design (2020 - )
Member, International Water Association (IWA) Digital Water India sub-group (2023 - )
Member, EAC (Industry-2), Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India (2022 - 2025)
Executive member, Advanced Control and Dynamic Optimization (ACODS) Society (2020 - 2022)
Best Faculty Award from IIPE Visakhapatnam for 2024
Young Researcher Award from NIT Warangal, 2019
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer Award, 2014
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Ame Dye-Chem Award for Excellence in Research and Development, 2014
Best teacher award from NIT, Tiruchirappalli for the year 2009-2010
Invited workshop organizer at IFAC world congress, South Korea, 2008
Life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, since 2008
Member of International Water Association (IWA) (2012 - )
Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs) - March 2022 to till date
Previously :
Faculty In-charge: Center for Automation and Instrumentation (CAI) (December 2018 - December 2021)
Associate Dean (Students Welfare): March 2016 - May 2018
Associate Dean (Academic - UG) : October 2012 - October 2013