He received his Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree in Information Technology from Towson University in 2017. Prior to joining his D.Sc. program, he worked as assistant professor in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) in Nishitha College of Engineering and Technology, India and worked as Design Engineer in Centronix, India. Dr. Mallapuram received his B. Tech. Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Patnam Rajender Reddy Memorial Engineering College in 2005 and M. Tech. in Power Electronics from Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2008, both are affiliated with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.