I am an Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department at IIT Hyderabad, India. Currently, I am also serving as the Head of the Department of the AI Department at IIT Hyderabad. My main research areas are Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, and Machine Learning. I am a part of the Data and Informatics Group (DIg) at the Department of CSE, IIT Hyderabad. Prior to Joining IIT Hyderabad, I have worked for Samsung Research India Bangalore and Sybase Inc. (a SAP Company) in the past.