Having done his schooling from Lucknow, he had gone on to obtain a degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology IIT at Kanpur
शालेय शिक्षण संपल्यानंतर त्यांनी म्हैसूर विद्यापीठातून इलेक्ट्रिकल इंजिनियरींगची पदवी मिळवली आणि आयआयटी कानपूर येथून एमटेक केले.