Dr. A R Harikrishnan is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. He received his B. Tech. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calicut, Kerala in 2013. He did his M.S. and Ph.D. (through a dual degree program) from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Tamil Nadu) under the supervision of Prof. Sarit K Das and Dr. Sateesh Gedupudi. The dissertation deals with the interfacial and evaporation characteristics of complex nano colloidal droplets and its surface interaction. His major areas of research interest include droplet dynamics, droplet evaporation characteristics, interfacial physics and micro-nano scale heat transfer. He started his research carrier as a project officer working on a consultancy project funded by Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE) one of the leading tractor and farm equipment manufacturer based in Chennai, at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. After completing the doctoral studies, he worked as institute post-doctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Madras for six months.