I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Hyderabad, and also serve as an Adjunct Faculty at LTRC at IIIT Hyderabad. With over 20 years of experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP), my work bridges academic research and industry practice. Before joining IIT Hyderabad, I spent over a decade in industry, including roles as Principal Applied Researcher at Microsoft India and Research Scientist at Xerox Research. I also previously held a faculty position at IIT Guwahati.
I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Dublin City University and a Master's degree from IIT Kharagpur.
With an emphasis on building robust, inclusive, and equitable language technologies, my current research spans the intersection of Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, multilingualism, evaluation, and responsible AI. I am actively involved in the NLP research community and regularly serve in senior organizational and reviewing roles at leading conferences in the field.
Research Interest
Education
- PhD: Centre for Next Generation Localization, School of Computing, Dublin City University, IRELAND
- MS: Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, INDIA
- Post Graduate Diploma (Computational Linguistics): International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad, INDIA
- B.Tech: Computer Science & Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, INDIA
Professional Experience
- Principal Applied Researcher, Microsoft R&D India Pvt Ltd. (Mar, 2020 – Sep, 2025)
- Research Scientist, Xerox Research Centre India (Jan, 2015 – May, 2016)
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE, IIT Guwahati (Jan, 2013 – May, 2014)
- Post-doctoral Researcher, CNGL, Dublin City University (June, 2012 – December, 2012)
- Research Intern, Microsoft Research Redmond, WA (Jun 2011 - JAug 2011)
- Research Intern, MSR Lab India, India (Feb 2008 - Jan 2009)