He graduated from IIT Kharagpur, 1984. (first in final year class, first in thesis, first in viva-voce) He won the special award for research in architecture for his theories on a useful mathematical representation of architecture. His office (SFA) has designed and executed several important projects in and around Navi Mumbai, India. It was one of the main commisioned architects of Konkan Railway Corporation. His office used to be like an informal training school and became the spring board for several other important architecture firms. Architects Soyuz Talib, Kavita Parwani Talib, Zubin Zainuddin, Hardik Pandit and others started their careers at SFA. Quite a few students have also undergone internship at SFA (SFA = Sabu Francis & Associates)