I am currently working as an Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Chennai, India. Prior to that, I was a Faculty Member at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, India. I also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at IFSTTAR, Lille, France. I received both my Ph.D. and M.Tech. degrees in Computer Science from University of Hyderabad, India. I serve as a reviewer of many peer-reviewed journals such as Applied Mathematical Modeling, Applied Soft Computing, Behavioural Brain Research, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, European Journal of Operational Research, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Annals of Operational Research, Applied Intelligence, Soft Computing, Swarm Intelligence, etc. I have also served as Technical Program Committee Member of several conferences of international repute.