Kummer Innovation & Entrepreneurship Doctoral Fellow at Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. Research focussed on advancing materials and methods for Laser aided metal additive manufacturing under the guidance of Prof. Frank Liou.Previously, Faculty in Mechanical Engineering at Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Kerala, India, with research focused on advanced manufacturing methods and additive manufacturingMasters in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in manufacturing engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), India. Thesis focused on the parametric analysis and modelling using artificial neural networks for wire electric discharge machining of Hastelloy X.