Previously, he was a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a non-resident visiting fellow at the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo. He received his PhD in Politics (International Relations) from Princeton University, and a Master’s in Public Affairs (MPA) from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton. He has held research positions at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; the National Knowledge Commission, Government of India; and Innovations for Successful Societies at Princeton University.