After his studies at Delhi University, he completed his master’s degree in economics at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) in Denmark, where he subsequently attained his PhD. In the frame of a tenure track position as an associate professor there, he was head of the diploma degree course for supply chain management. His research is focused on the utilization, difficulties, and complexity of cross-border supply chains, with a particular relation to logistics and traffic systems. He is also researching the applicability of different information and traffic technologies in both the private and public sectors.