• B.E. - Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai (1978)
• M.Tech. - Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1980)
• Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1988)

Research Interests:
>Thermophoretic Augmentation of Aerosol Particle Deposition
>Studies on Fully Closed and Partially Open Enclosures
> Design of Nuclear Fuel Elements
>Cooling of Electronic Equipment
>Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Studies in Heat Pipes
> Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
>Conjugate Heat Transfer and Boundary Layer Analysis
>ANN Applications in Thermal Systems
>Design and Analysis of Energy Systems
> Energy Conservation and Management
>Alternative Energy Utilization
>Refrigeration and Air-conditioning
> Multiphase Flow Studies

Recognition:
* Reviewer for the Int. J. Num. Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
* Reviewer for the J. Heat and Mass Transfer (Warme-und Stofubertragung)
* Research guide of Calicut University and NIT Calicut
* Chartered Engineer [India] from the Institution of Engineers (India)
* Course coordinator for the M.Tech program on Energy Management