He completed MBBS from St Johns National Academy of Health Sciences in 2000.He subsequently served the rural population of India and was trained in the revised national tuberculosis control programme.He joined post-graduation programme in 2003 at the St. Johns National Academy of Health Sciences and was awarded an MD in Internal medicine in the year 2006.He started his professional career as a registrar in internal medicine at Apollo Hospitals Bangalore in 2006 and in the year 2008 joined Columbia Asia Hospital as a junior consultant in hospital medicine.From 2010 until Dec 2013 was a consultant in Internal Medicine and also served as Deputy Director of Medical Sciences at Yashomati hospitals Bangalore. He is trained in Diabetology from the reputed MV diabetes centre, Chennai. He also has 2 index journal publications during his tenure at St Johns.