D Gracia Nirmala Rani received the B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Syed Ammal Engg College, Madurai, India, in 2004, and M.E. degree in VLSI Design from Karunya University, Coimbatore, India in 2007. She has awarded Ph.D. degree in VLSI Design from Anna University, Chennai India in 2014. She is working as an Associate Professor in Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai since 2007. She teaches courses on system/digital and analog electronic design and VLSI processor architectures. Currently, five research scholars are doing their research under her guidance. She has authored or co-authored 42 international journal and conference papers like IET Circuits, Systems and Devices, Spinger, Wiley and Elsevier Publications. Also she has published 3 Books/Book Chapter in Springer LNCS and CCIS Publications. She has filed 2 Patent in BioMedical Engineering Field. She has guided the B.E students’ project which won the India Cadence Design Contest Award 2017 and 2018 instituted by Cadence Design System Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. In 2018, she was the technical program chair of the 22nd International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test. She is serving as a reviewer in IEEE Transaction on Nanotechnology, Elsevier and Inderscience Journals, respectively. Her research interests include RFIC Design, Physical Design Automation, Optimization Algorithms using Machine learning for IC and mixed signal circuits and systems for Bio-medical Devices.