Raparla Mallikarjuna Rao has an M.Tech in Microelectronics from IIT (BHU) Varanasi with a CGPA of 8.84. He has over 6 years of experience in digital VLSI design, memory design, and analog circuit design. His M.Tech project involved developing a power-efficient and process variation tolerant sense amplifier for mixed signal VLSI circuits. He has worked as a teaching assistant for courses in Microelectronics and VLSI design.