He is currently a reader in the Department of Studies in Computer Science, University of Mysore, India. He was a fellow of BOYSCAT. He was a visiting research scientist at Michigan State University. He is supervising a couple of major projects sponsored by the UGC, the DST, and the Government of India. He has authored 25 journals and 124 peer-reviewed conference papers at international and national levels. His area of research interest covers image retrieval, object recognition, shape analysis sign language recognition, biometrics, and symbolic data analysis. He is a life member of Indian professional bodies such as the CSI, the ISTE, and the IUPRAI. He is a founder trustee of the Maharaja Education Trust, Mysore, which is establishing academic institutions in and around Mysore.