Harinath obtained his B.Tech from J.N.T. University, Hyderabad in 1998, and M.Tech from IIT Guwahati in 2000. He has 8 years of industry and 7 years of teaching experience. He is presently pursuing his Ph.D under Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) at IIT Madras in Mechanical Engineering Department. His reserach work centers on acoustic characteristics of highspeed flows over offset plate.