He holds a PhD in Operations Management (IIM Lucknow) and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum (University of Kerala). Prior to joining Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, he worked in Shipbuilding and Upstream Oil & Gas industries in various technical and managerial capacities. His research interests include Sustainable Businesses, Green Operations in Ship Recycling, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Ecological Modeling & Impact Assessment, System Dynamics etc.