Prior to joining NU, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the field of Nanotoxicology at Laboratoire des, Interaction Ecotoxicologie, Biodiversite Ecosystemes (LIEBE) Universitie, Paul Verlaine Metz, France. He did his Ph.D in the field of Molecular Biology from the University of Delhi. During his Ph.D, he was a visiting fellow at Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Dubendorf, Switzerland under collaborative research project. He has twelve research publications in peer-reviewed journals and has participated in various national and international conferences. He has qualified NET-CSIR and GATE held on year 2002.