He pursued his Ph.D from Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore and his thesis examined institutional dimensions of watershed development in Karnataka. He pursued his Masters in Development Economics from Pondicherry University and M.Phil in Planning and Development from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has worked in various research institutes in the country and also with donor and Non-Governmental Organisations. He has published papers on watershed development, common property resources, agricultural marketing and crop productivity. He is also interested in working on issues related to Human-Animal conflict in Central India/South India.