He works with a transport research and consultancy firm (iTrans P Ltd) based at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Faizan has been collaborating with NGOs, academics and activists on a local, national and international level to work on promoting sustainable transport especially non-motorized transport. Faizan also works as a Research Fellow with the Institute for Democracy and Sustainability (IDS), an NGO in New Delhi that works on links between transport, livelihood and sustainability.