Arun graduated with Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, India in 2013 and Master of Science in Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2015. He worked as a Software Engineer Specialist for GE, Hyderabad, India from March 2017 to December 2018 developing software applications for Energy Management Solutions, Wide Area Monitoring and Energy Markets. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering at University of Houston. His research interests are Power System Operations and Planning, Power System Optimization and Smartgrids.