He completed his PhD in International Political Economy from the University of Queensland (UQ) Australia in 2014. He is a Hansard/Chevening Research Scholar at the LSE. He was a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). His research interests cover a wide spectrum of areas which includes sociology of labour markets; migration and development, politics of development; poverty and inequality; regional cooperation; communication research; trade related issues and global governance. He has published a number of book chapters, monograph and peer reviewed journal articles in various international and national forum.