Prior to joining TAPMI he was engaged as a Senior Researcher at the Thomas Schmidheiny Center for Family Business at the Indian School of Business. He joined academia after completing 8 years of corporate work experience which included stints at IndianOil and KSA Technopak. He has completed his B.Arch. from Jadavpur University in the year 2000; MBA from IIM Bangalore in the year 2004 and FPM from IIM Calcutta in 2017 respectively. His research interests are in the areas of international business, public sector management and entrepreneurship. He has published in the Journal of Economic Policy Reforms, Journal of General Management and Journal of East West Business, apart from presenting his research work at several national and international conferences.