Iyyappan has completed his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Annamalai University. Later he joined as a Junior Research Fellow at IIT – Guwahati, where he developed interest in data analysis and research while working on Waste Water Treatment. He has also done an Independent Research on Solid Waste Management in the state of Tamil Nadu, to design an integrated solid waste segregating machine for local communities.

Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology has awarded Iyyappan a fund of INR 15000 for his project on ‘Lignin binding with bitumen for road construction’.