Graduated in Chemical Engineering from Govt. College of Engineering, Thrissur, received M.Tech (Chemical Plant Design) from NIT Surathkal and completed PhD from Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore. He has 20+ years of experience in Information Technology in Tata Consultancy Services where he performed many leadership roles in various geographies (USA, UK and India), and also worked as a faculty in corporate training centre. Furthermore, he has 6 years of experience in research, in the areas of solar technology (dye sensitized solar cells), nano technology, process design, heat transfer, and modelling & simulation. He has published 10 papers in international journals.