He has done his Master’s in Pharmacy from Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT/ UDCT), Mumbai . He has Supported implementation of projects related to land rights and livelihoods of marginalised communities in Maharashtra. Worked on issues related to Adivasi culture, land rights, conservation of agrobiodiversity; village-level grain banks, medicinal plants conservation, traditional medicine; water conservation, bamboo craft; food processing; NTFPs; horticulture; etc.  Collected and compiled up-to-date information on conservation of medicinal plants and identified NGOs for implementing an ex-situ medicinal plants conservation project in South India. He is mainly responsible for land rights, livelihood and NTFP related projects.