I graduated with a Bachelors in Technology (Chemical Engineering) in 2016 from IIT Madras, India. I received my doctorate also in chemical engineering in 2021 from Purdue University, U.S.A., working on the modelling and optimization of multicomponent distillation configurations under Professors Rakesh Agrawal and Mohit Tawarmalani. I spent one year as a postdoctoral appointee at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S.A., developing systematic methods for process intensification in the manufacturing and chemical industries. In November 2023, I joined the Curtin Centre for Optimisation and Decision Science, Curtin University as a research associate. I am also currently a fire warden for level 4 of building 314.