• Ph.D. in VLSI Signal Processing (2020), Karunya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.
• Master of Engineering (M.E.) in VLSI Design (2002), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
• Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Tamil Nadu (2000)
• Diploma in Computer Hardware Maintenance from Model Poly Technic Vadakara, Kozhikode, Kerala.

• Prior to his current role, Dr. Kidav was the Head of the Research Group (VLSI, Product Engineering, and Cyber-Physical Systems) at NIELIT Calicut.
• Worked as R & D Engineer, in IBM systems and technology group, Bangalore.
• He also served as a Scientist in the Signal Processing Systems Division at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), NPOL in Cochin.

• VLSI architectures for medical ultrasound imaging
• Semiconductors Technologies and ATMP
• Adaptive beamforming algorithms
• FPGA-based signal processing systems
• High-speed data transfer protocols

• DRDO (NPOL) Award for developing Parallel Processing DSP Hardware
• IBM Award for Developing Multi-Core SoC Emulation Platform

Funded R & D Projects as Principal Investigator

• Indigenous Colour Doppler Ultrasound Scanner with PNDT Compliance
• Design and Development of Indigenous Ultrasonic transducer probes for Medical Imaging
• Array Signal Processor for SONAR/Medical Ultrasound Applications
• Skilled Manpower advanced Research and Training Facility
• Ultra-Low power Edge AI Processor for IoT enabled Health care applications