1984, BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur; 1986, Master's and 1989, PhD in Computer Science, Indiana University, USA. 1989-90, MTS, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, California. 1990, Founder, and current Chairman and Managing Director, Persistent Systems, responsible for overall leadership and management of the company and driving the sales and technology efforts.