• Born in Jamshedpur (India) on 16 January 1959
  
  
• 1980 Bachelor in Electronics and Communication Engg., Andhra University
  
  
• 1983 Master of Tech. in Satellite Communication and Remote Sensing at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  
  
• 1989 Ph.D. in Generation and Recognition of Speech by Computers at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  
  
• 1989-94 Senior Program Manager, Centre for Development of Telematics, Bangalore
  
  
• 1994-97 Managing Director, ICSOFT Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
  
  
• 1997-98 Professor, Department of Computer Science, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
  
  
• 1998 Visiting Professor, Birla Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, and Expert Consultant, B.M. Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad

Scientific papers on:

• Computer Architecture
  
  
• Computer Telephony Integration
  
  
• Artificial Intelligence
  
  
• Dynamic Distributed Computing Systems