His research interests are in the areas of networks, distributed systems and computing for development. He co-leads the Networks and Wide-area Systems group and the Centre for Technology and Economic Development (CTED) at NYU. He is the recipient of several awards including the NSF CAREER Award (2009), IBM Faculty Development Awards (2009, 2010), and the C.V. Ramamoorthy Award. He has co-authored award papers at NSDI 2004, ICTD 2009, NSDR 2010 and SIGCOMM 2011. Many of his research works have led to deployments in several countries around the world, some of which are now being commercialized by various startups established by his students. He is the co-founder of Entrupy Inc. He is a member of the NYU WIRELESS initiative and is an affiliate faculty member in the NYU Global Institute of Public Health (GIPH).