His research focuses on information theory and its applications in communication, computation, security, statistics, and control. Prior to joining IISc, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Information Theory and its Applications Centre of University of California, San Diego. Himanshu has a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, an M.Tech. degree in Communication and Information Technology and a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, both from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.