Paddy Krishnan is a computer scientist by training. He got his B.Tech from IIT-Kanpur, M.S. and Ph.D from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is currently the research director at Oracle Labs, Australia. Prior to joining Oracle, he was an academic for over 20 years. He also dabbles in Hindu-related philosophies, especially Vedanta and that too Advaita Vedanta.