For five years he worked on several rural development projects with CARE International in India. He later took up photography and was mentored by Raghu Rai (Magnum Photos) in New Delhi. He received the Ford Foundation International Fellowship to study at the University of Missouri, USA, where he graduated with a MA in Photojournalism in 2010. He has received many awards including the Alexia Foundation Professional Grant and the Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography. He was a jury member for the 9th China International Press Photo Competition. His work has been published in TIME, NY Times, International Herald Tribune, The National, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, La Repubblica, Philosophie, Sunday Times Magazine, and The Sunday Guardian including others.