The author received his Masters in Technology (Communication Electronics) from Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) and Masters in Science (Solid State Electronics) from the University of Kerala, with a graduateship in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IETE, New Delhi. With more than five years of biomedical research and development experience at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, he has been working with KSEB Ltd. for the last twenty-two years, as an Electrical Engineer at various capacities in various domains, during which he has been instrumental in customizing and implementing the Power System SCADA/DMS Project, especially the design of the physical-cyber-security aspects of automated power systems and Smart Grid.