Sarma MSSRKN received a doctorate from the Department of Physics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. He joined a CSIR project as a Junior Research Fellow (under Dr. C. Raghava Reddi, Scientist G, VSSC) in 2003 to pursue his PhD under the guidance of Prof. K. Niranjan. He started his career at GITAM in 2009. He became a part of the Atmospheric research group and worked with various instruments like Beta Attenuation Mass monitor, Micro Aethelometer, and low-cost sensors.