He did his M.Sc. (2001) from Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He has done his Ph.D. (2009) from CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow (June 2008 to May 2013) at University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, USA), National Institutes of Health (NIH/NCI, Frederick, USA) and Trudeau Institute (Saranac Lake, New York, USA). Before joining IIT (BHU), he was Assistant Professor (June 2013 to June 2016) at Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad and Assistant Professor (June 2016 to October 2016) at Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU).