He received both his B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1992 and 1994 respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2000 from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He is a recipient of Alexander Von Humboldt Research Fellowship. His research interests are in the following fields: vibration, active control of dynamic systems, estimation theory, fault diagnosis and sensor fusion.