He teaches various undergraduate- to PhD-level courses as well as guides many research projects at the PhD, masters, and undergraduate levels. His research interests include the development of specially designed convenience, functional and therapeutic foods; extraction of nutraceuticals; and the development of various low-cost food processing machineries. He has published various research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals. He graduated from Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur and received MSc degree with a major in Food Technology and a minor in Process Engineering from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.