I am driven by a deep desire to develop and lead groundbreaking innovations that have a transformative impact on people's lives.

I am an innovator and leader with 18+ years of R&D experience in delivering innovative products and platform solutions across diverse technologies - AI/ML (GenAI, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning), Networking & Systems (Networking for Gaming and Real-time applications, Wireless Networking) and IoT.

I currently lead R&D and collaborate with other teams within Xbox to design and implement a state-of the art communication solution (that use custom ML techniques) to achieve best-in-class latency, power consumption and reliability for the next generation Xbox Console and Controllers targeting a $3.8B revenue goal with 9% CAGR. In the past, I have pitched business opportunities, led end-to-end incubation engaging with external partners and, pioneered novel solutions & services based on my cutting-edge research some of which have now been incorporated into MS products such as Azure ML, Windows Phone etc.

I have published 40+ peer reviewed research publications in flagship conferences with 8500+ citations. Recipient of 30+ USPTO patents.I received the prestigious ACM Test of Time Award in 2022 for the impact of my research contributions. My research has been cited by the popular press, such as MIT Technology Review, TechCrunch etc. I have mentored and managed researchers who are now faculty at universities such as UIUC, Cornell, NYU, Georgia Tech, UC Irvine etc. I served as a Member of Technical Advisory Committee for the FCC, AI Working Group 2022-23.

I am a principal researcher in the Systems and Foundations Research Group at Microsoft Research Redmond (MSR). My research interests include AI/ML, Video Analytics, AR/VR & Gaming, Networking & Systems, Wireless Communication, Internet of Things, Signal/Image/Video Processing. I have published more than 50 papers in reputed international conferences and journals which have been cited over 8000 times and hold over 30 patents granted by USPTO.

Prior to joining MSR Redmond, I worked at Microsoft Research India, and Bosch Research and Technology Center in Palo Alto, CA, USA. I graduated from the University of Southern California with a PhD in Computer Science in 2006. My advisor was Prof. Ramesh Govindan. Prior to my PhD I obtained my Masters in Electrical Engineering (Signal Processing and Control Systems) from Drexel University in 2000 and B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Varanasi.