He submitted his Ph.D. thesis from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. His primary research interests are in labour economics, empirical political economy and public policy. His current work includes evaluation of different aspects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in West Bengal and other parts of the country. He received a B.Sc. in Physics from Hansraj College, Delhi University and an M.Sc. in Economics from IGIDR. Prior to joining the Ph.D. programme, he worked as a Business Analyst at Genpact India Pvt. Ltd.