 He completed his Master of Arts at the Gujarati Anusnatak Kendra (Gujarati Postgraduate Centre) at Saurashtra University, Bhavnagar (1976), and the Gujarati Bhasha Sahitya Bhavan (Gujarati Language and Literature Department) at Saurashtra University (1977).He earned a Ph.D. in 1980 from the Gujarati Bhasha Sahitya Bhavan, Saurashtra University, for his research thesis "Radio Nataknu Kalaswaroop Ane Gujaratima Teno Vikas" (The Art of Radio Drama and its Development in the Gujarati Language) under the supervision of Ishwarlal R. Dave.He is married to Vimal Joshi, and they have a son, Aditya.