I was born and brought up in Bangalore, India. After completing my high-school, I joined the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IITM) where I finished my B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. After completing my Master's in General Engineering at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (UIUC) in 2003, I am currently pursuing my Ph.D in the Department of Electrical Engineering at UIUC. I am being advised by Prof. R Srikant and Prof. Carolyn Beck.