He holds a Ph.D from Delhi School of Economics, India. He is associated with the India KLEMS research project as one of the Lead Researchers and also the project coordinator. His research interests are in area of empirical international trade, labor market reforms and economics of productivity change. He has held visiting researcher positions with Lancaster University, University of Manchester and Australian National University and Lahore University of Management Sciences. He is the founder of the South Asian Economics Students Meet- a platform for undergraduate students of South Asian colleges and universities.