An interdisciplinary researcher and educator at the intersection of Electrical Engineering and Advanced Materials Science, with a B. Tech in EEE, M. Tech in Materials Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Thermoelectric Materials and Devices from IIT Bhubaneswar. Specializes in high-performance thermoelectric systems, half-Heusler alloys, tetrahedrites, silicides, and medium-entropy alloys, integrating DFT computation, machine learning, and experimental validation. Further, I have published more than 14 SCI-indexed publications in Elsevier, Springer, and ACS journals. Brings R&D experience from DRDO, and also acquired successful funding from MSME, DST.