Working as Associate Professor at Department of Data Science and Computer Applications (DSCA), Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India from 2009. Completed B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology, Puttur, INDIA (recognized by VTU, Belgaum) in 2008. Pursued M.Tech. in Network Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, INDIA in 2010. Completed Ph.D. in the field of Multimedia Communication under the guidance of Dr. Karunakar A. K. at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal on April 2019. Worked as an Early Stage Researcher at Intel Visual Computing Institute, Saarland University, Germany from Jan. 2018 to Dec. 2018. Also, worked as Guest Researcher at Telecommunication Labs, Saarland University, Germany in 2014. Worked as Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Visual Computing Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK.The research interests are Image/Video Processing, Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics, Video Adaptation, Network Protocols, Routing Algorithms, and Software Defined Networks. Delivered many guest lectures on Multimedia Communication, Network Protocols and Networks Simulator-2 (NS-2) at different engineering colleges of Maharashtra and Karnataka, India.