He completed his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Texas (Austin). His doctoral research investigated subject formation at the interstices of economy and religion in contemporary Pakistan with a focus on the shaping of merchants’ subjectivity in Karachi’s contemporary marketplace. The study also examined how the socio-political response to the “War on Terror” involve fundamental questions of financial autonomy and independence as reflected in the monetary struggles of merchants. His current research interests include self and subjectivity, economic anthropology, religion, cities, money and markets.