He has completed his PhD (Chemical Engineering) at IIT Guwahati. Prior to his doctoral study, he worked as an Assiatant Professor at Institute of Diploma Studies, Nirma University and G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, Vallabh Vidynagar for five years. He obtained his M. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Nirma University in 2008 and his B.E. in Chemical Engineering from Gujarat University in 2005. His research interests are in the fields of Ionic Liquids applications, extraction based separation, eqaution of state modelling, process simulation and optimization. He is also inetrested in molecular simulation.