I obtained B.Tech. from IIT Madras in 1988 and M.S. from USA in 1992. I worked  for three years in the USA developing Microsoft Windows based consumer software products. I returned to India in 1995 and worked on several sponsored research projects: DST (5), DoLR-TDET (2), MeitY (1), MHRD-SPARC (1), GoAP (1), and APPI (1), developing and deploying simplified, open source public participatory GIS (PP-GIS) and participatory modelling (PM) solutions for use by school children, farmers, and NGO field staff in the following village development activities: Organic Farming (1995-2001), Community Forestry (2001-2007), and Rainwater Harvesting (2007-2013). I completed Ph.D. on PP-GIS and PM from IIT Madras in 2016, worked as an Associate Professor at IIIT Sri City (AP) during 2016-2019, and joined CUTM as a Professor in 2019.

I teach project-based courses on IT/Web/GIS Systems, consult with Government and industry (https://tnega.tn.gov.in, https://respark.iitm.ac.in/collaborate/incubate and others) on PP-GIS, remote sensing and AI/ML projects, organize PM sessions and workshops at international conferences (https://www.iemss.org/) in USA and Europe, and publish papers.

For details, refer my CV at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yC9ohgeXJyV-HdSPdPTe51Mt5K22HUAACvPNY7B2onA/edit?usp=sharing