Dr. Mrinal Kanti Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Data Science at Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Palakkad, India. His doctorate degree PhD. in Machine Learning from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. (Under Advisor: Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharyya). I work broadly in principles and algorithms related to several machine learning areas, and more precisely on privacy aware learning, learning from big data, and Bayesian models. I enjoy the harmony of mathematics, programming, and real world problems that I encounter in my research.