Manoj Patra is currently working as an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of CSE at GITAM University, Hyderabad. He has obtained his B.Tech. in CSE from Silicon University, Bhubaneswar, and M.Tech in CSE from University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Recently, he submitted his Ph.D. thesis at NIT Rourkela. His research interests include Cloud Computing, Fog Computing, and IoT. His current research focuses on VM sizing, Container consolidation, and Container placement in the containerized cloud environment.