He is a certified Mining Engineer of Indian School of Mine, Dhanbad. He started his career as an engineer in the gold industry and rose up the corporate ladder and became the Managing Director of Kolar Gold Fields (a GOI undertaking). In June 2000, he took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. He is a member of Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI), Indian Nuclear Society (INS) and a fellow of Indian Geophysical Union, has presented number of technical papers in national as well as international conferences. He is the recipient of “National Design Award in Mining Engineering - 1999” for his “Outstanding contribution in the field of Engineering design” from Institution of Engineers (India). Since 2103 he has been an Independent Director at the SMS Group.