He has received a PhD in Philosophy from the Columbia University, New York in 1993. He received John S Newberry Prize for the most promising student of the year from Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University. He has completed his postdoctoral training in herpesviruses in Princeton University, New Jersey from 1993-98. He received Gall Award and New Jersey Cancer Research Award for Scientific Excellence 19961008. He was named as American Cancer Society Research Scholar. He is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and reviewer of 6 journals. He has published 40 research articles, reviews and book chapters.