Vishal received his BTech degree in Production Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy) India in 2016.He then received his M.S.E degree in Nanotechnology from University of Pennsylvania in 2018. During his masters, Vishal explored various topics in micro- and nanotechnology from synthesizing materials to fabrication of devices like transistors and sensors. He is currently a PhD student in the department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at UPenn and is a member of the MicroSensors and MicroActuators group.