He earned his Master’s degree in Thermal Engineering from IIT Madras and PhD from NIT Calicut. He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical(Automobile) Engineering from University of Kerala securing First Rank. His major areas of research are convective heat transfer, nanofluids, CVD synthesis of nanomaterials, adsorption of refrigerants and CO2 in nanomaterials, biofuel synthesis from waste oils, plastic, tyres, etc. He has co-authored around 21 articles in international journals, conferences and 2 book chapters. He is co-authoring a book on Advances in Internal Combustion Engines being published by Oxford Press, UK.