He is training as a researcher in the field of Development Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He has worked with organizations such as the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability. His writings have appeared in The Times of India, The Hindu and The Economic and Political Weekly, in addition to different online platforms. Youth Journalism International, a non-profit based in the U.S., named him as the Student Journalist of the Year in 2012 in a contest open to young journalists worldwide.