He works in the Technology Organization of iRobot developing new technologies related to mapping & navigation of mobile consumer robots, and manipulation research. Before iRobot, he was a part of the WPI-CMU team that participated in the DARPA Robotics Challenge where he contributed to the vision and planning aspect that went into completing the task of getting the Atlas robot open and walk through a door. He has also worked as a Software Engineer at Samsung R&D Institute, India working on mobile phone platforms. He has a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India and a Master of Science in Robotics Engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. His research interests are in Robotics (Motion planning, visual servoing, mapping and navigation), AI, and computer vision.