diff --git a/.ci/linux-steps.yaml b/.ci/linux-steps.yaml
index 3b660741..a53b2efa 100644
--- a/.ci/linux-steps.yaml
+++ b/.ci/linux-steps.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ steps:
     unset BOOST_ROOT
     echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=BOOST_ROOT]"$BOOST_ROOT
 
-    sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated liblapack-dev g++ libboost1.70-dev libarmadillo-dev xz-utils
+    sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated liblapack-dev g++ libboost1.70-dev libcereal-dev libarmadillo-dev xz-utils
 
     curl https://data.kurg.org/armadillo-8.400.0.tar.xz | tar -xvJ && cd armadillo*
     cmake . && make && sudo make install && cd ..
diff --git a/augmentation/augmentation.hpp b/augmentation/augmentation.hpp
index de85c7b7..b5f6cc65 100644
--- a/augmentation/augmentation.hpp
+++ b/augmentation/augmentation.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @file augmentation.hpp
- * @author Kartik Dutt
+ * @author Kartik Dutt, Sirish
  * 
  * Definition of Augmentation class for augmenting data.
  *
@@ -105,6 +105,29 @@ class Augmentation
                        const size_t datapointDepth,
                        const std::string& augmentation);
 
+
+  /**
+   * Applies gaussian blurring to the entire dataset.
+   *
+   * @tparam DatasetType Datatype on which augmentation will be done.
+   * 
+   * @param dataset Dataset on which augmentation will be applied.
+   * @param datapointWidth Width of a single data point i.e.
+   *                       Since each column represents a seperate data
+   *                       point.
+   * @param datapointHeight Height of a single data point.
+   * @param datapointDepth Depth of a single data point. For one 2-dimensional
+   *                       data point, set it to 1. Defaults to 1.
+   * @param augmentation String containing the transform.
+   */
+
+  template<typename DatasetType>
+  void GaussianBlurTransform(DatasetType& dataset,
+    const size_t datapointWidth,
+    const size_t datapointHeight,
+    const size_t datapointDepth,
+    const std::string& augmentation);
+
  private:
   /**
    * Function to determine if augmentation has Resize function.
@@ -119,10 +142,31 @@ class Augmentation
 
 
     // Search in augmentation vector.
-    return augmentations.size() <= 0 ? false :
-        augmentations[0].find("resize") != std::string::npos;
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < argumentation.size(); i++)
+    {
+      if (argumentation[i].find("resize") != std::string::npos)
+        return true
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+  /*
+  * Function to determine whether blurring is needed or not
+    Will check if the string has blurring.
+  */
+  bool HasBlurring(const std::string& augmentation = "")
+  {
+    if (augmentation.length())
+      return augmentation.find("gaussian-blur") != std::string::npos;
+
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < argumentation.size(); i++)
+    {
+      if(argumentation[i].find("gaussian-blur") != std::string::npos)
+        return true
+    }
+    return false
   }
 
+
   /**
    * Sets size of output width and output height of the new data.
    *
@@ -169,6 +213,38 @@ class Augmentation
       outHeight = std::stoi(*matches);
     }
   }
+  /**
+   * Sets size of radius/ sigma of the gaussian kernel.
+   *
+   * @param sigma is the radius of the gaussian kernel specified by user.
+   */
+  void GetBlurParam(size_t& sigma, const std::string& augmentation)
+  {
+    if (!HasBlurring(augmentation))
+      return;
+
+    sigma = 0;
+
+    // Use regex to find one number.
+    // Input should be of form sigma.
+    boost::regex regex{"[0-9]+"};
+
+    // Create an iterator to find matches.
+    boost::sregex_token_iterator matches(augmentation.begin(),
+        augmentation.end(), regex, 0), end;
+
+    size_t matchesCount = std::distance(matches, end);
+
+    if (matchesCount != 1)
+    {
+      mlpack::Log::Fatal << "Invalid sigma/ radius for gaussian blurring" <<
+          augmentation << std::endl;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      sigma = std::stoi(*matches);
+    }
+  }
 
   //! Locally held augmentations and transforms that need to be applied.
   std::vector<std::string> augmentations;
diff --git a/augmentation/augmentation_impl.hpp b/augmentation/augmentation_impl.hpp
index c4494a35..2cf29cd7 100644
--- a/augmentation/augmentation_impl.hpp
+++ b/augmentation/augmentation_impl.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-/**
+/**Adding support for more data types to mlpack, it would be preferable to add the support upstream to Armadillo instead, so that may be a better direction to go first. Then very little code modification for mlpack will be necessary./**
  * @file augmentation_impl.hpp
- * @author Kartik Dutt
+ * @author Kartik Dutt, Sirish
  * 
  * Implementation of Augmentation class for augmenting data.
  *
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ void Augmentation::Transform(DatasetType& dataset,
       this->ResizeTransform(dataset, datapointWidth, datapointHeight,
         datapointDepth, augmentations[i]);
     }
-    else
+    else if(this->HasBlurring(augmentations[i]))
+    {
+      this->GaussianBlurTransform(dataset, datapointWidth, datapointHeight,
+        datapointDepth, augmentations[i]);
+    }
+    else 
     {
       mlpack::Log::Warn << "Unknown augmentation : \'" <<
           augmentations[i] << "\' not found!" << std::endl;
@@ -70,4 +75,66 @@ void Augmentation::ResizeTransform(
   dataset = std::move(output);
 }
 
+template<typename DatasetType>
+void Augmentation::GaussianBlurTransform(
+    DatasetType& dataset,
+    const size_t datapointWidth,
+    const size_t datapointHeight,
+    const size_t datapointDepth,
+    const std::string& augmentation)
+{
+  //Implementing using http://blog.ivank.net/fastest-gaussian-blur.html
+  size_t sigma = 0;
+  GetBlurParam(sigma,augmentation);
+
+  size_t rows, cols, depth;
+  // Storing initial matrix dimensions
+  rows = dataset.n_rows;
+  cols = dataset.n_cols;
+  depth = dataset.depth;
+
+  // Creating empty object bImage
+  DatasetType bImage(datapointHeight, datapointWidth, datapointDepth);
+
+  // Reshaping the matrix for ease of calculation
+  dataset = arma::resize(dataset,datapointHeight,datapointWidth,datapointDepth);
+
+  //Significant radius
+  size_t rs = arma::ceil(sigma * 2.57);
+
+  for (size_t k = 0; k < datapointDepth; k++)
+  {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < datapointHeight; i++)
+    {
+      for (size_t j = 0; j < datapointWidth; j++)
+      {
+        size_t val = 0;
+        size_t wsum = 0;
+
+        for (size_t iy = i - rs; iy <= i + rs; iy++)
+        {
+          for (size_t ix = j - rs; ix <= j + rs; ix++)
+          {
+            size_t x,y;
+            x = arma::min(datapointWidth - 1, arma::max(0, ix))
+            y = arma::min(datapointHeight - 1, arma::max(0, iy))
+            // Calculating sqaured distance
+            dsq = (ix - j) * (ix - j) + (iy - i) * (iy - i)
+            // Weight of gaussian kernel
+            weight = arma::exp(-dsq / (2 * sigma * sigma)) / (datum::pi * 2 * sigma * sigma)
+            // Summing all weighted contributions
+            val += dataset(y,x,k)* weight
+            wsum += weight 
+          }
+        }
+      // Blurred image
+      bImage(i,j,k) = arma::round(val / wsum)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  //Restoring the blurred image to original dimensions as that of input
+  bImage = arma::resize(bImage,rows,cols,depth);
+  dataset = std::move(bImage);
+}
 #endif