He has a Ph.D. in Production & Operations Management from the University of South Carolina, a Masters in Industrial Administration from Lynchburg College, and a BSc in Physics from Bombay University. Before pursuing graduate studies, he worked in the Quality Control and Production Planning departments at Amforge Industries in India. He has consulted with small and multi-national firms on operations issues. He has published his research in Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, Interfaces, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Operations Management and other journals.