Prior to this, he was a Ph.D scholar at SJM School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology,Bombay. His doctoral dissertation focused on closed-loop supply chain modelling wherein the influence of various promotional offers such as buy-back and product exchange on design, operation and performance of an integrated forward-reverse supply chain was discerned. IIT Bombay honoured him with the "Award for Excellence in Thesis Work" for the year 2014-2016 for the outstanding research contributions.