He is presently in the final stages of a PhD in Visual Communication and Language Teaching from the Industrial Design Centre at IIT Bombay, and has previously done an MPhil in English Language Education and an MA in English, Media and Communication, both from the EFL University, Hyderabad. His research and teaching interests are in the area of visual narratives, including graphic novels and comics, language education and communication, and storytelling. Over the last decade, he has worked as a language teacher and translator for French, Spanish and English.