He received his PhD from INSEAD, France in 2006 and MBA from IIM Bangalore in 1997. He also holds a bachelor's and master's degree in pharmaceutical sciences from Panjab university, Chandigarh. Before receiving his PhD, Rupinder worked at India's pioneer online b-to-b portal indiamarkets.com where he was the head of healthcare and information technology industries; and at India's largest pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. where he was an executive in the global marketing division.